The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-19

o find position of the eyes, head, etc,
n another figure on the board.
A bit of advice was given his hear
srs. 1t was to study drawing, to work
it up. Take something you feel you
can do, then If it be drawing, don't
try to be an art teacher. There is
always demand for drawing teachers
where any number of artists starry
He compared art and drawing to poe
try and prose-there is always a de
mand for prose, but very little for
poetry. One must reach the pinnacle |
to receive anything for art or poetry, |
but drawing is absolutely necessars. |
Not a public building hardly is bull !
until it is worked out on paper from
rectangle.
There the class was warned that all
forms must be drawn with light lines.
hard thing to do, but worth working
for, because it will be needed all ones
life. BE able to grasp form and pc
sition," however, seemed to be the
keynote of the lesson.
1t seemed very simple when told by
DR.. Augsburg in his pleasant concise
manner, but what bit Of study was
back of his quick strokes with the
chalk on the board, these teachers
could easily understand.
Domestic Science and Art.
But while the others are puzzling
their brains over some intricate prob
lem in geometry, etc, in a large room
of the main building another class
is at work, but here sklful fingers are
required as we'll as study. Miss Min
ME Hopper, who by the way, is a S.
M. c. graduate, is instructor here and
in her gentle, quiet day, makes the
lessons fascinating. Fitted up as an uO-
to-date kitchen, the room is popu'
lar one with visitors, for the classes
in cooking invite callers to share the
dainties they have so proudly made
if one happens in just when the dish
is completed.
Not only fancy, but general cooking
is taught here by Miss Hopper, the
South Mississippi College kitchen be-
ing used. Yesterday a group of girls
were learning to make candy and some
delicious dainties were the result.
This candy course includes fondant
marshmallows, cream mints, chocolate
drops, Spanish nougat, French dain-
ties, Mexican penochi, etc. Then an
other class of lessons given by Miss
Hopper is fancy cookery, such as
puffs, mayonaise, apple and nut
salad, etc. Even the chatting dish is
not neglected in this department for
good things from a Welsh rarebit to
French omelet and fish a la Newburg
are taught. The housekeepers heart
will be delighted with the lessons in
general cookery, for to many women
the making of biscuits, rolls, brown
bread, sponge and layer cakes, etc,
is thing to be postponed and dread
ed, while roasting beef, stuffing veg
etables, baking fish, ETC., are always
an experiment. Under Miss Hopper's
instruction this will become a pleas
ure and help in the home life of the
one studying it. Any one may take
either course and give just a certain
amount Of time to it or as much as
she wishes. Strange it is indeed
that more women and young ladies do
not study this when one remembers
that the atmosphere of the whole
household is affected by the meals
served, or wasted in cooking.
Dressmaking.
AS helpless as a baby and depend
ent on the dressmaker or ones family
is the woman who cannot sew. Miss
Hoppers classes in dressmaking were
busy yesterday making and design
ing shirtwaists, etc, while some be-
ginners were neatly hemming aprons.
In another room a class was practic-
ing machine sewing.
Basketry.
Quietly chatting over their work, the
class in basketry was turning out
pretty designs in baskets of all de
scriptions. Some were weaving witt |
the 'Raffia," while some artistic de-
signs were shown, made of pine nee
dies and reeds.
Chair Gaming is taught here, too,
but the boys generally study that.
When questioned Miss Hopper said
tina. in the fourth grade, the manual
given was in making wood
york articles. One little fellow was
,usy drawing his design on paper. He
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