The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-29

county Va: II 3SyV 3Silsby's office sbuild-
Ing, N export. News; Eastern State ~ os-s
MAKING | GEN \ | | l. I
First Article of a Series on the
Training Of Girls for Good
SocietyThe Ideal Woman 'ln7l;a'1:
Of Perfect Breeding [T'ru e,
View 81 G onvelltio Present. 1lts'
Day Craze for Pleasure 81 he,
Remedy.
II By Nathalie Sieboth Kennel y.
{From 1895 to 1904 prin cipal of3the sieb9t II
stitution foremost In the West IN. s me y,
training Of girls destined for high nia't'.
-, HEN lovely Queen AleSandra ~ o.
IYAT good rea sons = !, I = y Les
INV IN pearls ,lnrls
ISNSEX5l lishSwoman knows exactly ~ lat
SG&{Aaj she would like to do With her
,----''- own. and as long as. lm q !. {
Villa m IS mustache turns Il up II az 3tnc5
corners numerous picturesque must g c ! &:
OF the same variety Will be observed IN n
tine Tathcrland, $s 3SS5 N q. z .-, 81
tribute that calls forth imitation So II g
En asi;l a. always polite himself made
bqnsssi bnet
me n (: and that Tesla bic resultant char
acter the plain, blunt man. " no, con-
siders himself Of Ms blnnt,eSs
ed boots has not8entirely. disappeared .
@ Nor would the fingers Of one hand SUI
fce to keep countof the pGtenta.es WIG
What the early Hanovcrian kings did
monarchy nc look upon It as bad form 70
be better Or more ~
I A republic can find no one model ~, to.
pattern after. on the Whole most ,I y 49, rlaI
tunately; but as to-day women could 90
gentleness Of Alexandra, SO In the last
reign no woman could Do BETTER, 1nan
ln bsr 't tastes esu Correct in her manners
and "a above ali rigid in her ad herence to
the loftlest standard of Womanly virtue
rl MSs q rs hays Sos
The ideal Of perfect breeding, the lady
par par excellence. Her dignihed prtaenc e Is
felt wherever she ma " PC suspicious,
and We know that in theIbest /! sense Y 70. %
the word she Is thoroughly fine. !, sh ie
will hardly be youngImore lik ,e,so siig a =,
crown OF years with regal repose. and.
physically beautiful, or not. she pr,oducefsss
the effect Of beauty peii Se n,n
be found tn,r in every ease FIGHT We're
G formed IL u the graceful Victorian school
that held sway. in England. and .Ane ~,
al AZ. case se She Ell is Still very young that
mothers and grandm:olther,s were we re-
Is not eonceivab lie that ser anyon 2 3
natural model for US. Were It 80. mere 7,
conspiciousness, pr0Hi hence In the pub J,
wopd be Il ah
sorry outlook. Whose example shall We " g
follow, that OF the reckless and vulgar y, e, !
OF the statesman, say, who pyldes, him n
self on never wearing socks l' -
bars Is ~ wq Gaagse that
common sense rs viii lose itself In slayish
following ef even the hestmodels I the
contrary, the vast mn orlty of elti X =
independence, in revolt against any inns
posed Obligation Of. good nlanner;s. !. !. II l,
plenty Of places gOOO EIlluHHeIS 5aFsaIuuRsu
to be an ntolerable affsct e 40 e dnd are
Just landed from Europe; where iffer-
ent Il not more adm q tram e ~
Good morning. to the, conductor as !
left q cross7toWn4 ca The conlte.mpto, !,
laugh and Crazy (, tl.a en-
further than was necessary L. penetrate
to my ears tShes too much on ell
quette for me- I'd eclared departlng
maiden e., !, y, % inn
t thstot liz mstrsss thinks erssi enttsd
to the, aloolness Of tlqlle y Is ut'T
doubtedly calling. Vi
If convention were nothing more than
code of arbitrary rules or trivia. pceas
sions 1T would be more lonore I, in 2
ought TO be. and in itself an ethical e e. 9;
| If the conventional woman Is I she Wl9
binds those about her In lla rmony ana
prevents injustice, VIII ana even t41oIr
unlovey d,se9rds from isn con-
vention, Hut nut Who, after all, shall be re-
| snonsIbie for this iWorIhier35 view of con-
vention and nfuse soul Into y &.
u maybe taken Tor gran. ea M. ~. % men
edsntal nations Wamfaf1 oIs sY o eo aas
a ass rue that IN our busy day few men
viii intialy trouble themse enough (, ! ~
the matter to or mar ",
reserve the right OF erls' bt acaiescent
maasculIne attitude. the duty surely de- g,
| wolves on tile women Of our colln az. a ilIV
Extraordinarily On those who by circnm,,
| stance of mental strength or d1ls I'M ulsi ls
culture or compeiling ,,,m. hrhe as,estIon