New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-29
Mrs. Sackville In Lecture Will
Explain System She Used to
Develop Girls Mind.
By HENRIETTA R0DMAN.

II twenty dr!adS daHceu DdDJ "''""'
OF six or seven summers, Of course, and
maidens ten years older.
This Ia Isadora Duncan's school.
In a rose-lit alcove the teacher was
lying on a couch.
Ny Anglo-Saxon, Puritan soul shud-
dered. felt that the beauty Of the
silk-clad children, the music, the per-
fume, the soft couches and the rosy
golden light must be quite wrong
had never seen a school like this
before. and felt the pain Of new
idea.
"Now, we shall have our literature
lesson" said Issdora Duncan, as the
hitler ones futtered about her, lowell
er moths, cobwebs and pea blossoms
than Shakespeare ever dreamed OF.
She read them
"Tiger, tiger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night
And then
"Jittle lamb, who made thee7
Dost thou know who made thee!
And, finally
"Piping down the valleys wild,
PIPING songs of pleasant glee."
As she read, the strange beauty OF
the Mace grew familiar. Blake's poems
brought nc back my own Childhood
and the dreams Of fairyland which !
had lost amid the blackboards and
clamped seats Of schoorOoms.
Nov, we will sing for yOu,' said
! Miss Duncan. 1--WE are altogether IN
ternational. The older girls are Ger
man, the little ones French and Rus
sian. Miss Hunt, their gOverness, Is
English. and | am American
They sang quaint songs in all their
languages. watching one another 70
catch the less familiar words.
Then the older girls led the little
ones through their physical exercises
and at last Miss Hunt, a very charm
ing. rosy-cheeked English girl, led
them away to their reading, writing
and arithmetic.
will you come with u.s." she asked,
cordially. But had learned enough
| for one day.
had learned that genius and child
hood are close together. and that il
we were not forced TO become common
place we might all be geniuses. Hasn't
Professor Sidis said so?
The B. Of f. has much 20 learr from
Isadora Duncan.
Mrs. Winifred Sackvlle Stoner will
lecture, under the auspices OF the
( School Of Mothercraft, on Natural
Education" at the Cort Theatre Thurs
day. April I, at II o'clock.
She promises 70 demonstrate he
method by. which she says she has
taught her own daughter of twelve 20
speak eight languages, cook and sew
and do a number of other things
Mrs. Sackville, like Professor Sidis.
of Harvard. says that any normal boy or
/ girl can do as much if properly taught
/ II | were the B. of +. | should ap-
point committee to look into Mrs.
/ Sackvile's work, and that OF other
teachers whose pupils have become
prodgies Of learning.
When | had discovered how TO teach
children half dozen foreign Ian
guages | should use the method to
teach them something worth knowing
The Peoples Music League OF the
PEOPLES Institute has just sent out
report of its years work, which shows
in the number Of people reached by
music alone greater results than those
attained by any musical organization
vet heard from in the city.
One hundred and ffty-eight concerts
have been given in Cooper Union and
the public school auditoriums, and the
recorded attendance is slightly more
than 100000 Admission was free.
Public School /, The Bronx, Jewish
and Italian neighborhood, leads the list
in the number OF concerts given and in
attendance, closely followed By Public
School GO, in the heart OF the East
Side.
The attendance at the Peoples
Music League concerts this year shows
100 per cent increase over the attend
ance last year.