The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-14

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In discussing the question of the ed
ucation of children, Dorothy Dix, in
the New Orleans Picayune says: The
most important thing of all, however.
is TO try to give every child an educa-
ton that is of some practical value.
Personally, / believe that any educa-
ton that does not fit boy or girl for
real life is rank failure, and 1 nope
to live to see the time when all the
frills and furbelows of our public
schools will be cut off, and after teach
ing the basic elements of reading.
writing, spelling and arithmetic, all
of the school fund will be spent in
manual training. People who have the
book hunger will always be able to
crafty it in these days of free libraries.
and those capable of the higher edu-
cation, or who have any desire or need
for 1t, will find the doors of plenty of
universities open to them.
There is no other one thing that
would make as much for morality and
virtue and domestic happiness as to
send every girl out of our public
schools capable of cooking a good din
ner and making her own clothes, and
every boy with an honest, self-support-
ing trade ready to his hand.
IL hhC biutC ever WdS Wn0u one
becomeseducatedf from books alone that
hour has gone by now. This is an age
OF science and observation and expert
ments, where the successful man is
not the man who knows what other
men have done, but the man who does
something different himself. The high
est prices that are paid to-day for any
kind of work are paid for original
work. The man or woman who can
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been sung before, who can say a thing
differently. or draw a picture like no
other, are the ones who are drawing
all of the capital prizes.
Our ideal is no longer the student,
burning the midnight oil, full of knowl-
edge that he can put to no practical
purpose, but the man or woman who
has learned from life, who has read
books and seen people, and drawn their
own wisdom from hundred outside
sources. Life does not ask us: Where
did you learn that? What college
stamp is upon it?" but What do you
know? What can you do that is OF
real use in the world?" And the an
swer that we return to the question
is the sllHi of our education.
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People are apt to be inconsistent in
their judgment and criticisms of a
pretty woman" said an artist. TO a
New York Tribune reporter. "They
think it is perfectly permissible for
her to study her toilet with a view to
its becomingness as much as she likes,
but If she places herself with intention
against some custom which she knows
will prove particularly good back
ground for her peculiar coloring she
is called vain and self-conscious. This
is hardly fair. 1t Is as legitimate for
a woman to study her SURROUNDINGS
with view to enhancing her charms,
as her dress, for the former has as
much to do with her good looks as
the latter. Every one knows how little
details aid the general appearance in
gowning ones self, and it is the same
in the drawing room. One chair may
be more becoming than another; an
arranged corner often suggests an at
tractive picture if Its occupant seems
in keeping. OF course, a woman should
not be continually considering her
charms, and her choice of attractive
surrounding therefore should at the
! time be instructive, but there is no rea-
son why they should not be studied at
leisure and chosen and considered with
a view of Tightening the general effect
of the looks of their fair mistress in
,asmuch as every one conceded that ii
is the duty of a woman to be as pret-
| tys as she can, antb5tl1e tstil1 life that
surrounds her Is as important as hei
clothes. Few women however. realize
this, and seldom consider If the rooms
are furnished to form a harmonious
ensemble with their own personality
They choose the furniture and hang
ings with aesthetic appreciation, per-
haps, but with no idea of making an
attractive whole, with themselves as a
center figure, as the charming mistress
of a charming house has a perfect
right to do, without being considered
vainly maneuvering. At a recent din
ner one of the guests called the atten-
ton of his neighbor to the pretty blond
head of their hostess. which was
thrown out in strong relief by the
carved back of the chair, which ex-
tended well above her parure and form
ed a sort of frame for her face and
figure. Yes, it is certainly pictur-
esque.' admitted a woman. rather
grudgingly; I dare say she added ma
liciously, she considered that effect
when choosing her dining room furni-
ture.' If she did, she considered her
friends, as WELL answered the man
rather, sharply, as the chairs are the
same for you ALL
Seats with very high backs are al
screen placed behind a high char
makes an admirable foil for brunette
while a blonde looks her best against
pale blue, gray or pink. for the ar
rangement of cushions is sometimes
wonderfully fetching, and brings out
both the face and figure in beautiful
relief, while foliage plants, such as
ferns and palms, always make effect
i've background The woman who con-
siders such things cannot be. at least
called selfish: it helps others as well
as herself, for her friends always lock
at their best in her drawing ROOM
A writer in the New York Times,
writing of guests, puts the case perth
nently as follows:
You look tired, dear" said the wo-
man in gray. Has your cousin
gomez"
YES" said the blue-eyed one. she
left at this morning"
six? Isn't that pretty early?"
MY maid thought so" said the
blue-eyed one. Then she burst into
indignant explanation. "It wasn't
nice of Mollie. 1t wasn't! 1t wasn't
considerate. She studied the time ta-
bles and she found that by leaving
here on the 500 a. m. train she could
save twenty minutes at R. You
know the connections aren't very
good. That meant we must have
breakfast a quarter after five. which