Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-07-27
Cioss's Column

~ III fc'c" Junior College. She
WIS " i....S lndI competent artist
ana had exhibited in the Gr,nde
salon IN Paris. She taught MANY of
hcr pupils something abour ar, and
an al her pupils something about
llNlhS. And she nd her ccccntrici-
ties.
MIS-. Moore was large woman
WIN" always gave the appearance of
dragging her black skirts IN the d,,s,
Her dresses were not 50 long I'm,
1t seemed that way. Her grey hair
was pinned on the top and back
"i hcr head. She wore rurpiccc that
WIS always getting dipped into the
water pitcher al the dinner table
ana she wore three pairs of glasses
ohc par rested on her forehead =,
second pair somewhere alnnu bor
nose and the third pair she carried
III her hard whenever she hadn't
misplaced them. | remember oncr
MIS-. Moore stopped To- criticize nv
drawing when Lucy Clean Gil WAS
posing Tor us. The third pair of
glasses had temporarily diSappcarcd
ana mere was larger space Than
usual between the first and second
PAIRS ct glasses. Mrs. Moore glared
al my drawing and drew another
up between Lucy .Glcnn'S mouth and
nose. protested, but my protest WAS
drowned IN kindly sarcasm. Several
weeks later when correcting oIr
DRAWINGS A1,.S NI..,.., ,
Z" lind that my sketch Of Lucy Glenn
wore a muStachc. | had been fearful
|" change il and she could never
be persuaded that she had drawn
The mustachc herself.
Her observation-disclosures was NOT
confined 10 mislaying glasse,. and
only once aid ii threaten TO be more
Than Joke. OF course. there WAS
me Time she confessed that She had
forgotten 10 put on any underwear.
lhal morning and once she for
got and locked four of us IN the
studio until nearly lunch time. "a
c"lored man IN the studio garden
heard our cries for help and unlock
cd The door IN time for us TO make
chapel But one day she gave three
of lis serious fright. She invited lis
10 cal lunch at her table. She had
pcnchant tor serving unusual
things. the most recent having been
shrimp which | had never be-
fore used Is anything except fish
bait on very hot days at Morchead
and Today was no exception. She
nodded tU us warmly and then TO,
ward dish of something strange
and chopped up ana blacklookinp
She said. Il invited you TO eat with
me today because l have something
special. something knew you would
enjoy mushrooms! | know they
are d.i TI@ht e. not poisonous
because today | went out on the
campus AID picked these mushrooms
myself"
Three days after exams. Mrs.
Moore came 10 history of Art class
.n " state of dithcr Young ladies. ="
sIc said. Il am as angry with YOU
Is ] can be. And | am embarrassed
I" tears. The day after exams |
h ndcd your history of art grades
10 Dr. PrcSsly and / gave every one
an \. Now | have graded the papers
and | ind they are terrible,
Terrible. Not one of you has pass
ed"
licr examinations were always I'M
usual. Questions were often related
!" what last years class studied.
not ours. But she reviewed the uues-
ions later and we learned the an
>wcrs. cvcItG we learned them back
wards. Each examination was par
y. History of Art classes were small.
i've % ten girls. and Mrs. Moore
provided the refreshments.
| remember one such eXamina-
non on hot day in May. We had
not dogs with onions and mustsrd
Then we had warm gingeralc potIr-
ed over half-mclted ice cream. Mrs.
Moore had forgotten the ice. There
was huge bowl of this LIQUID
There were five girls. The first tall
paper cup full vert down all right
as VIC were thirsty and il was cool
The second cupful was warm and
wouldn't go down al all. We looked
Il all that punch and then AT each
other. One Of the girls had an in
spratiOn. Mrs. Moore" she said.
we have finished our exams. and
hat punch is so delicious could
Mt we take cupful 10 Our room
mates?" Mrs. Moore thought il was
= lovely idea. took cupful TO Ruth
Cromartic and another TO the tele-
phone girl downstairs Ruth poured
hers down the drain and the tele-
phone girl regarded me with suspi-
cion for the rest of the year.
Mrs. Moore had two pet theories.
first. rever trust q person whose
expression doesn't change Second.
what the eye can see. the hand can
draw. Train the eve and you have
trained the hand. She was extrava-
ssn' ~ hsr 10y. t;r at and fr~