The evening world., 1912-06-13

check line IL placed on her. What
honorable man viii want her for .
wife?
Look at them for yourself. pow
dered and painted on the way to
school. and our public schools per-
nit II.
In one instance, take the public
school at One Hundred and Eleventh
street west OF Fifth avenue At $50
A. II. on. One would wonder what
their mothers are. W. 8.
WHAT A VISIT TO A SCHOOL
REVEALED.
The suggestion In this letter seemed
81 we'll worth following that with The
Evening World artist | visited Public
School No. 10. and with the permission
OF the principal. Miss Sullivan. saw the
girls OF the higher grade In their classes
It seems to me only fair 70 the
school to say st once that Z saw
there NO girls who were made mp
ana observed no conditions OF
spectacular dressing or Of bad
tasto which are not COMMON to
RAsSeASSAy eis s8V BSnVoAU VI INV
York City.
The condition u general. Every
mother meets It ana every teacher
10 confronted BY IL.
I'VE don't have to go outside tn:
classroom TO learn the latest fashions,
declared one teacher in Public Schoo
No. 40. while Miss Sullivan. the prin.
ma al a..
scr!bed by the letter to The Even!nl
World with the following statement:
For the last year, with the aid OF
the teachers In the school, have made
the most determined effort to chang<
the conditions described in this letter
have had girls who came to schoo
with their faces made up brought herr
to my office and I have wiped thell
faces with a towel till they were fras
from paint or powder. have seen girl,
with their faces 20 whitensd with pow.
der that they looked like Humpty
Dumpty N an old-fashioned spectacle
But you tell me that you have observed
no girls IN the school who appearst
made up 70 you. am glad to hear II
a. We have been struggling to Obtain
such result II 10 not fair to the school
to assume thar all the young girls who
pass here at $50 In the morning are
pupils of No. ITO. On my way from the
One Hundred and Tenth street subway
In the morning l pass sometimes two
sometimes as many a. ten very yount
girls with their faces made up Blu
they are on their way TO work down
town. They are not school girls.'
The principal Of No. 40 was greatly
distressed that her school should hav'
been chosen for public criticism.
3ut Why SHOULD the teachers OF
our public schools bs compelled 80
sdd to their many dudes the
guardianship OF the morals ana
mannsrs Of their pupiisf
The public schools now teach girls I,
cook and sew. saw an admirable
cooking class IN No. 40. and severa
little girls showed me shtrtwaists the!
were marvels OF neatness and goo,
taste. The city now relieves ths New
York mother OF the duty OF teachin,
her daughters the housewtfely arts
Must 1t relieve her OF their mora
guardianship as we'll? What else ca
We expect when the principal Of
school has to Wipe the makeup
from little girls OF twelve and fourteen
Very pretty little girls they are. tn
pupils Of No. 40. Of course. l "a,
among them the gigantic bows. tn
laborate curls. the bandeaux and IN
low necks witch characterize the school
girl all over New York. One little Gil
Of twelve actually wore two huge bow
Of Night blue ribbon besides . patriot
hanlsau Of red. NhltA and blue. WITH