The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-12

custom themselves to economy and to calculate the value of things, But. in general. they should all be occupied during thrse-auarters of the day with needlewark, They should know how to make stockings, underelothihg and work embroidery. In word. they should ieara all the work that belongs to a woman
 "one should look upon these young girls as if they belonged to families which in cur provinces have from 1900 to 800 livreR income, and as if they could only give 10 their future hus- bands dowry of about 1900 or l.h0o francs and treat them accordingly. In this light it will be seen that the house. held labor cannot be indifferent. | T don't know that 1t would be possi- ble to teach them little medicine and l phnrmacy-at least as much medicine as constitutes the knowledge of n nurse. IL would certainly he we'll for them to learn little of that portion of cookery which Is called lottiee. A young woman. in coming out Of Ecouen to take her place at the head of little household. should know how to make her dresses. mend the clothes Of her husband. make the baby linen of her children, procure dainties for her little family by means of the pantry portion of her houaehoid duties. care for her husband and children whenever they are sick, and know how to do 1t like trained nurse. All that Is so simple and so trivial that 1t does not require much reflection.
 As for clothing. .hat ought to be un- | form. It will be necessary to select common material and give them sym metricnl forms. Upon this point i'm agine that the present dress of women leaves nothing to be dcsii ed. Of course the arms should be covered. and modi- fcations looking toward health and modcsty should be adopted.
 "As for diet. 1t cannot be too simple; roup, boiled beef. little entrse. and nothing more.
 T shall not. as at Fontainebleau. pre- scribe cookery for the pupils: would have too many people against me; but | they might be taught to prepare their | dessert and whatever may be given to | them for their repasts, or on their days | of recreation. will dispense with cookery, but not with the making of their own bread The advantage of all | this Is that they will be trained in everything that they will be called upon in after years to do. and be able to employ their time usefully and well. Their apartments should be fur nlshed with the work of their own hands. They should make their own | underclothing, their stockings, their dresses and their cultures. All that Is great affair in my opinion. want to make these young girls useful wo- I men, because I am certain that in this way I shall make them charming. They will know how to dress them selves when they make their own clothes. and consequently they will dress themselves with taste.
 Dancing Is necessary for the health of the pupils, but the dance should be lively and not a danse d'opera. grant music also, but vocal music only. If the objection is made that the es- | tablishment will not be much in vogue, my answer is that that is precisely | what I want. because, in my opinion, l of all educations the best is that of mothers, and my principal intention is | to come to the rescue of those young girls who have lost their mothers or | whose parents are poor. And if the rich members of the Legion of Honor refuse to send their daughters to this establishment, while the poor want ! theirs to be sent to 1t, and the young girls, after returning to their provin- ces, gain the reputation of good wo- men, shall have completely attained the aim have now in view. and I am certain that the establishment will gain. the highest and the most solid reputation.
 T have.no intention to train up in this institution fashionable dressmak- CTS. chambermaids, charwomen, or women destined for the modest homes of the poor. The mother in poor home is the charwoman.
 l "Men, with the single exception of the director should be excluded from the establishment, No man should cross its threshold under any pretext whatsoever. Even the work in the gardens should be performed by wo- men. My intention is that in this mat l ter the establishment of Ecouen shall I
 be placed under a rule as rigorous as that of the convents of nuns. Even the directress must not see any men, except in. the parlor, and in cases of se- rious sickness, when 1t may be necessa- ry to admit parents, they can only en- ter with the permission of the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor.
 T have not time to write any more ! 1t is more original than that of Cem- piegne. which, believe, resembled nothing of Its kind that ever before existed.
 T need hardly say that in this house the help women should all he old maids or widows without children; that their obedience to the directress should be absolute. that they must not receive