The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-31
ESSAYS AND
BRIGHT TOPICS
Mrs. Bourne's Lecture Before
Young Women.
Motherhood and school Her Tonic.
Followed by Scholarly ScIntIiIa-
lions From Apt Scholars.

! AT lecture given by Mrs. S Bourne.
| president Of the Lydia F. Wadleigh As
/ ISOLATION, before the friends and pupils
/ of a New York female collegiate iusti-
( tuition. on the subject of The Mother and
! the School, mothers were earnestly
/ counseiled to look out for the physical
/ Well-being Of their daughters-to see that
/ their mealtimes were made convenient
/ Tor them and their food nutritious. II
I was the mothers place said the lecturer
/ to cultivate perfect confidence in the
/ teacher, and she advised the pupil 10 go
/ straight to a teacher when things were
! going crooked. and talk over matters.
| rather than complain at home. Some
| times said Mrs. Bourne, "a little talk
between teacher. mother and daughter
VIII tighten the burden" The judicious
mother according to Mrs Bourne. must
also know when TO keep silence. There
are times she said. when every girl
finds her doll stuffed with sawdust. and
then is the time for the wise mother to
stay with her apples or more probably
bOn-bOns."
In closing, Mrs. Bourne declared. some
Of us feel that may do better by our
be that as 1t may We are all trying TO do
our best"
After a duet and THE Chimes" rem
dered by the Misses Grace Harvey and
Mary Bradley Miss Marion CopperuolI.
the teacher of language work and cOmpo-
sition in the institute. gave little re-
sumo of the methods Of instruction in
this department.
The topics selected for the students are
| never abstract subjects. but are invar-
: IDLY something that they know about
themselves. Neither are they written al
home, but in the classroom and the Sc
cret of their good work. according to
Miss COppernoll is the steady persistent
application that they are taught to give
They are always made to feel too. that
they can do anything when they FRY
Miss CODpernoll emphasized the necessity
of training before writing for the public.
and agreed with Charles Dudley Warner
IN his premise, IF license for dentistry
is required why not for literature: and
why should horde of unskiled operators
in newspaper work be turned forth on the
brains Of the public?''
Those present were also entertained by
several essays. among which was one By
Miss Genevieve Kilcham. who gave a sup
posititious talk To an interested Listen
er. She began by saying: Il am boy |
believe | am like Abraham Lincoln. for
like him have an ideal and live up to IT,
John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians. is
my ideal Then followed the story of
the man who devoted his whole life to
others. Miss Minifred Gay in her imagin-
alton, became the fiance of BENJAMIN
Franklin. and as such wrote the story
of his life, and her engagement to her
heroic n friend
At this delightful little congregation
other ladies read essays and poems and
told exquisite tales. that were worth
dreaming of when their hearers nestled
up for their beauty sleeps at dawn of day.
a criticism upon Thackeray by Miss
Margery Bourne. read. THE only thing
that redePms him for me was lust be-
cause he wrote The Cane Bottomed
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