I , loLiTHEaoE; WOMEN’S M. ;
J dance ltd one 7 of all^ r land.” ' b come i
hlet tQ' pa her- "My
nUXED MEMOS. .
|: skims i Idledee;
pd.the- liar de--
'to leave them [in the ground. Narcissi, ;snowdroos arid the May|Howering groups I of tullpE • bells o: early tu
:if It Is ■
I dance,:, pn and' 1 andl: ;;as|-:
batrast-': Ickatera. i extras,,
la r ” as. Sonja;
Ishoyv. '
pen and ; Spnja. I
premier ‘ night,
lits tre- I" Suez ” ‘ of the
te Cat,': be Red bllet is-,
out of I-...,____
ilps.i become smaller and [smaller. mor,e convenient to haye bulbs the 'beds, wall; [until the leaves
do not deteriorate annually. The hyacinths, and the blooms of
istr'engtl), iri ;the[ leai^e' " • bulbs. .a box. .The bos
The bulbs riidy then be brit into No korage material Is required, should not be bir-tlgbt.,"[ ' ■
of holding . trie plaiits upright Is with stakes ind [string. The strings can be tlghtene d by, pulling brick the end stakes to shoiterj [stakes slrinting outwards. )ps[ln trie lorig strings through
;.lot; plar ts .: [ This soft, fertlllsln Slujuild t e drained ofl [a roof into
collapse Ferns.
u dra
lanifest- pt'tim'e, but liext
____ promotes progress; : tl .loosen t le soil In thC riots with
—Rriln-wateri |ls Nature’ Suppobfing Peas.—Ari economljcal way
The S pring Bulbs.—The better way is | la
watering is rio'; possible, Cos varieties get permits
the pull, becau the rains an footo.
iSe their thin habit id the dews to reach the
have y< llow£id-;walt urjtll the sap, tlye | es has run Into the
I
I Lettuces may be grown with white or with green hearts In each of th< shapes'. The green; letti^ices are! white lii the middle, but i the outelde lerives of the heabt are greenj [The fibre of a white variety Is more tender, while the con stitution of green lettuces' ls mor; robust, this means that green lettuces will ri6t boltl so easily. '
, ENTS | . [ Dryness at the root >hay caUse some
which to pass cross strings; have [ cross strings in order that trie haulni may not Iriside the llribs.
varieties easily to run Into a tall rind thin stem with small leaves up that stem— to 'bolt, to; use the technical term— instead of to hearts The lettuce Is a good crop for the back garden becauseRt will be; within reach of the water tap. Any ■variety iwill be a success on the deep ly dug allotment.: The roots will be In the moist subsoil during , a dry spell of
.and the preclous;llquld' should bej saved; ior the [house plants; joots
lerefpre, itablri-
ILoretta Irtenslve j., ! ■, .
k-nltbat pid'year. wants
ug|wlth.
iLesseps, lets 'and tSpanish. p' to,i the Fgypt to
hg State
:iork. T'efns
Perns dislike cold ’ i draughts. Should be shrided from'[direct
..sunshlnt. Tjhe Ijlossy
remedy
aon aruoiuiwabarrel, I ;
Air aropnd .tne |
water I dig^ng Is practised; They rarely bolt who Is headmaster of the;poy’k ?dhopl. I :r,deal
, , . , weather. The brown and the red leaved lettuces are[ recomriiended wheije single
grown. The coloured lettuce aije nearly ^
of dressing as basic ,_ , , io 'maki
ground. ;;; ,i
the goes. ] She re-
don bali lesseps is. i'friend- nedJ'Ali,;.
iLessep’s.- Krisjand'.
lie corps, I tplir ot Jlan imp- Iwith de; Riding,'
wateh ; per square
iu»s, patches]-i-The tejnporary Is [watering the lawn|w]ith: sul-.- Iron—half ria ounce per gallon j j^idihebs arid crispness that are
the cure pefimanent;anent; hf; [ ' | Make;
of a fertiliser molding lltoe, such .'gJ need^ not b^’ enriched, but a little slqg or bpne toeal, will
i |
* of''well-growh lettuces. An outdoor seed- iwly hfertillser leads, to stronger seeallngs in
I Plants j lead's tri riiore strengtp in the plants—to I more sap In the leaf Sap in thcfhearts ls the reason for the fleshiness, features
liberally treatlrig the seeds
narrow hojes all overtthe laTO. sp that [gg^inidll. ■ [Thin the seedlings at a time the po37der can bp:/[ washed; into the ;rj{^gjj.j.j^g^|,jjjg^gt_ Thinning, and riot
Begon5as.7TThe seeds [may be .sown in
the groi nd In Jurie fori storlrig trie^tubers .for staiting to flower, in the g£.fden In 1940. ' [he thick velvety substah' :e[ of the .mower-leaves is bettei: dlspiajfed in the
from'cl aflrig against lts[stakb; oi a patch -of soft bark may be developed'ffoni an-
lb isees a. lerstdrm... Ilinean to, I connect-; l a short Istic [over Id [and is
Red Sea.
Ks^ibility, Ip French. ICvlnfe the I .he Med-
and the
of: thirst, but any lettilce bolts the'gfbund^ after trie heart
as tjerider as, those with green hearts, The; .leaves forming the: heart are not more thari palelyj streaked with colopr.
read, ‘ Education should bi' a,
prepprE.tloii for [life,’; . but, one bundled yqaxs school was regarded as fittmg i a
agb, girl
jjg^gg Jjgg'g^gg the quantity of soil Is wholeheartedly with th’
. | watering before sunshine, causes the seedlings to flag badly, as the soil arouijd thri seedlings will have \been. opened' to the; sun: ; [Weakening their constitution •is! [riot good, for weak plants pave the
..single 'varieties thari hiidouble begonias. A Reitirider.—A tree niay be damaged
[ [greater tendency to[ bolt. I !i [
i I MARROlWS.
' The vegetable marrow, ought. ^ have a, plaice L In irivery kitclien garden. The; fruits of triie bush Vatietles are the eqriadl
; -other; c luse; While: the wound! s young, • | duality to the fruits; of the ramblhig; little h irrii: results to the health [of the .mUrrows but not' in size. The rambling
,tree- b i t the (rot will sink deeper and yaiietles are Immensely productive when ' deeper into the trunk.: The reinedies the practice is to peg'down the shoote. are to cut oiit the soft portion, and to stopj the main stem early lri order to In-
'fruitilng.’ They will root from: the Joln^,
lialnt trielworind—first: with leM paint puce side [shoots.' Bury the sWe-shoots '•which is ail ^tlseptlc, and afterwards .fgUjhnches deep as soon as they are with pi Int the colour of the hark;
■Tinf tn Ihp thol finisri pf the Jcb. [ Lay a I If ripjpe'ot thri fruite are tc be long stakri a^ng the drill, anc push It'j winter use, It is an advmtege to so t l a t ' tS soil is levelled. ■ All the to trill ;by, the colour whether 0) , not the
seeds T rA tS s o ^ r t h e samel depth, prc^duce
Is.ripe unto harvest, seeas c re witjn sum* ,
j Soakted Seeds.—Soaking se^s
J that he I Eugenie,. Kaiwleoni. \ luade his : commend
I in Paris. , kappleon
Jinent, he Ivord that. 'Without , Redoes
tes iindet linted, 'de lia al posl- |p, reward Tn signs a Lctipn of Inaiiimoth Iplefe; the 1 has now project as Bo de
lor tv'elve •soften! their
germii ation.
stick t ) i)riC cviniim nnt he soaked' I but sUwl round: so that growth is not stayed and fruit-
Tieinff toiiprt in a sauiier being. 0Ued|n a sauce , _
1
It'sriifi small spaces and short supports. I The I ljou [variety Is more p roductive
ihlri ii3'w ruriher bean ,1s ,that itj does not J grown lore than three fket high,
Dwa 'f, Runner Beans.—^ e l eature of
■than an ordinary runner bean ls[ln pro- portloi. to'the length of its sterns^ for the leaspnlthat: t Is shprter; Jpinte l i
|is Sellltig g.j Toni
leets Dls- I promises nfej ofBce rieer re-
J Toni re- lip, {but a 1 do'jvn'^On
pesseps is B Lesseps 3 through
|hetr eyes pier, eput jold [dear.” lor fame
1 Empress btdionour
and the
Ihallet. of the
oars into jeh^es to' Aj piece
[rough substitute for a caulifloWer. This moderi vegetable Is A cross between our one-hiadrid broccoli and the Italian caulifl )wer. • It has! the const Itutlon of
brocco i is as ro,bust as a broccoU-^e The BroccL-----------, ^ ■
;!iuliflbWer.r[-The cauliflower- u-
a I
, .;Uriukted.l Let the-plantlefe’.bfe covereL- gpu^er pots every night. Leave the holris uncovered; so that the
,1 mnuri ing fiiiitlng keason, not the plant ue being ex-
nitofip; may not be without fiesh air. e blooms must be set by htrid Iri the
absrince jof bees, i R’he female blo6* s havfe tiny marrows behind tto m. ’The ' would drop—they would not
nbt strengi
py the pollen of a fresh, male [.pjjg male[flowers last [fresh but;
■•the former iflth theSdelicacy of flavour, ■te^tur; and' ;olour[ of the lattei. :Cabiages Bursting.-[r Calib iges with
'hard herirtri may [sprit [du:'lhr ^ i d weath :r..: One way of preventlag further growt: i-thelcauseiof trie hearte breatog
—is U i drive a [spade #iridei ft e pi^-nt^ and tl I cui the ropts
six.inchesj under the
'•base ( t ;ttte stem. ‘ ^ [
The Celery-Turnip.—This [p i^ t ^ 'big two rritembririg celery Iriayos, and the
tuber Is 'celery-flayour^d. [ It may be eaten raw to the-mixed salad m It may
ihe bo led[ as^ ordinary turnips; ^e. Not being a riiember-of i the brass lea family,
;.lt Is not [subject to the^ club-ioot disease
-to boxeslberiause the crop to Its Infancy dislikes ioigh soil; A detail in the cultivation, not commori to ot ler turmps, Is to blarict the bulbs in.order to make them the’proper flavorr. [, lover them
as t'u 'nips axe. • [: 1 • [ * ,. ■ , j Thf seedlings may have jtri be raised
the lead >a strong
[shown
|ooImaster ‘Convict
I master in jhe oppbr-: |ccess. You ' 1 WiUHay
lbeglnning[ 111 Hay [as L inj “Boys
Jis comedy Ikcsia real ch is the a amusing
khe ifun 13 I role of a
kever, and bk ih solv
ers I Is the'; i Egyptian I a special
|t."i'' ' puzdmg
■with a cciui le of Inches of si ll a month
;befqie tljiey will be ready for [use. ALLOTMEN't.
THE LETTU(?ES. ;:richrir th p are even freshlyRooked fresh Sa adri ar^ rich in vitamins
.allotment-holders’ fa. peoile who haye to
greei is. | whil! they
____________ They are
Salads arri much[ the richer are fresh. |: Tlii^ is how the
'iBefire the yems of aged anc: c^imcally trea ;ed food, pbople did not suffef from want of vriamlns-^the chle cause 1 of I
:mod;rn discovery of vitanlns 'sie necessary to
■.mril lutrltlin. (or Cos)
leaies tied ■top for l e t
enoigh tor pvn ind.
Lrttuces are to thrrie'shapis. The tall 'rarletles
. . ■ ' require
,, ,' their j outer
1[ and It iS;' ■trier. ex-;i
ll - ma r. be winted—the lower lie. 'Where
exp tofirderto up —h jartlngl. lett ices blinch- ball oon-Cos one with acc irdlng
____ discouragri the te:itre running; nto a iriafy stem instead of flUtog out cabbaglng)| ,
in at thq midqfii' and .at the the blanching;,ofI their hearts, the bsnd around the wrist be loose the heayt p
The L Round ; Thp toD tie shouW be tighter; , RiTien punctures were, the ” mwato” '
to have room, toj hq ld
—whiten—thejmselves, The, (or
the other Is self to the catalogues
type, m|ide h^
crossing the blanching—I but one tie
les: score; over ;go shopping. A
sclebce ls| that health,
onri day.’ Hand-fertUlslng maY
be.done, by lightly rubbing; a small b ru p around the Inside of a male flower and. by trans ferring the yellow dust’ intola female flower. [ The pollen must be d ry.
THE flower GARDjEN. flOSES
blooms: I but it is practicable by selec tion, br: by sprayings,: to havo a garden of rokes with the presence arm nd of; mh be V. I The fungus'Is a whitish colouring bn the foliage and oil the flower b u ^ : rink the leaves, shoots rind buds curl later. [
Mildew: ruins' the ,
[j IILDEW. chances of. goed
mariows !do not keep long, a : exprirlrinced are able to Judge [the ripe-
by draidrig a fork'through the M ought | yprietles as'well as^gfeen-m^m apd, •red fpi;
Souril Drillls—Making a seed furrow I Tliere. aijs aean^, si^phM,,a|ib,.OTaMe be able
primarily for one event In hrir ;lifri only,” Miss' L'umb said. Inde:d[ UttleLmore than sixty years have passed etoce|a:. famous [newspaper observe:| ; ‘]The object for which girls are supposed to be brought; up Is ‘ marriage ” I [The early Victorian Schoolmistress, I suspect, I had seldom read Rousseau bunejverthqless, am sure'that [she wouMhavei agreed e tentfmririts itnat
The ‘ following lexterict from iris writings is reproduced In [riUss
Perclval’s L dqllghtful book j ;pn | the English Miss” from which many of .the
quotations and much of tjhelr subject
matter in this talk are taken: j 1 | “The [ whole education | of| ;wpipen
should be ,related to thav of m®ri-, please them, to be useful ,to them, become loved and honoured by [themj; bring them up when youngj to; care them when grown-up: to advise, life; easy
“ In every modern book I bn [teaching We THE OLD ■ i-i V E R T I S E R A N D U CM IQ N : THE ONE IDEA OSED
“ PREPARATION Now ^omen^i
l
MISS LUMB’S iFASCI'fATING DEVELOPS
IN “ Day in and day out wi are'trying to
train young i minds; Iri independent thovght' . . . and suci independent thought Is the only safe guard ['against the. dictator or the mob.” ' | [■ [' ■)y Miss
Luiilb, [headmistress of OUtherdd Girls’ Grariimar Schopi, In the course of a striking [ address entitled, ‘,‘Women’s|
Edufcatlon: Then and Nejw,’’ wlil:hlwas| glveri to: members of Clitheroe Rotary Club yesterday; week. { Rotarlnnl'W, Kllrier (President) was in the chair hne aftey the address the thai[ks; oni|ie Club expressed by Rota rlari Lj. Hardy
GIRL’S IS
SURVriy OF TiRA lkiNG .
music, dancing ;bnd . father taught thri girls verY well forrthe' mere willing to give up his his children sho’wed that he hadto Interest In education. Inj sqch ci i girl [Often shared her broprir’s listens and some learntj Latln and 1 Greek. More often, however, parentk ,entrusted thqli daughter’s education tc a ;ovemes3 arid as families were [ usually latge this wm a particularly , economicril arrangement. About the .character arid attainments of these ladles It Is difflcfult to generalise
thrilr parents or a governed asslited often by; visiting masters who tiught painting, thsy often fac; that hb time to teac
when ‘’•'red
BE 'OR MARRIAGE n F H iD A T , J U N E 3 0 , 1 9 3 9 . AND
atlons not only .of Oxbridge but of other universities opened (0 them.
tor they differed as widely as dli P e intellectual "Btonte platers from a governess of whom a tormer pupil t res a description In Mrs. [GaSkeirs “Wives and Daughtersi” “ She’s not very, wise jcertalnlg, tout
She’s so useful ,and agreeable thi.t[I should have thought ariyprie wlio wasn’t particular about education; would have been charmed j to keep, her, as a gofer riess.” : ^ i'l ■;■ r-:
took; up’
pe.lk.iprofesslo.n .from ciclce. They were, In most ,crises ladles to re duced chreumstapees yho.I .in an when' It was [considered degrading woman to work ,for,| heri living, entered the [most gentee. teachlrig. Though thep iwere, cultivated' arid 'iritelUgeri; ; ■women gaged to:thls way,llt. stenis a large
one pirig, p
console them, to make pleasant' for them—these|_are ;the duties of women to every age, a id [this Is they should be .taught from childh
end of a woman’s life) and if, fortniie[ she remained
• .
«^at opd,”
Marriage, indeed, was tP bejh ; qnq singiel she (was w-
expected t6 spend her days to; a ^ t e of becriming and aln ost penitertHal
seclusion; Advice was} pjrqb^ly [ given ■io'lirir,[ similar to that |)Bstoiwed
I on his; unmarried daughtrifj [by i an : eigbterinth eetitary,father: | |
|
you certalrily ought to live retired, (and not,appear to the world vdth qn eyense which Isi reasonable upon the prospect of
If, you never Intend to marry.; . then
getting a husband but not pthe^sp.” , the ,; MARRIAOE ^ -'MARIfEli.
The end admittedly [was ' mrirriage.
What ’ means were takrin by {jWay nf educatlon to attain It;? ; To acquire the
the girl of. the early and rnld ;nlrieteenth crintury'-lyris often sent to a s* Young Ladles, of which Miss _
Academy [ at [Chiswick, deKrlbed; by Thackeray In Vanity, ;Falx, was [probably Here feek were high ‘
d .ntoeteenth ^
I . “+
that Mr. [Sedley, the fatheT , prild £93 a year—the; equivalent
to' sSOO a yriar'ln modern mbneyf return ' she' was dlgrilfled : by orthography,
grace and womanliness which 'would rrinder hrir attractive to the; other sex,
books ori which they [coiild fall' I Mrs. Marpam’s [History| of Eni Mrs; Trlininer’s Bible] Lessons' of(l>the fambus books of questloris:! Of I t lese the most i famous [was; .Mpmall’s “ Questions,” whose queries' rarige'dl 'lrom “ IS' It mot a mark pi'.the ‘klndpri® pf the ' Creator P a t these,; savage briasts (leopards) go p search' bf-'prey, dt rta'g^
well-established
back';]te[!d;H. ;1 irid,
the night;,”; to “ What dw Orieeri EUriabeth nf'eUlr clnplrincrR V” !
think of silk stockings ? I But a change came, I IWhat. ■
!;
that brought' about arr-al ;eratlofi ■ Attitude to womeri’s educ:itlon ? I think, prtoclpally the 'e:dktrince riineteenp' century ot .a; number iriarkable; women. ’There, were the| Brontes; there were reformers, PI Nightingale ’and, Josephhie Bulle.'
riioreover there was the Queen’’ Attention
caine.to be focussed on
t
As, .rt. the
. was,
i.thri if r p p:e,rit
.bad arid so, in 184ff, It:'wak arrangef triachrirs shbulcf’be ■ abl
^jjg^: jgpjj ifhe qualifyii ■J ,g examhlsmi
dlplolna.) [The trouble rtas
-.that, ■ ‘
rind ttosL Inrivltably birbutot a ch attitude towards their e iucatlon. I The flrst step was to p rovide a toeans 6f distinguishing; good gc^verrtesses
.fence and self, bmen £uged
from that
to ’’obtliln'' a when ation,
. Bebpiaw. for mortof them ifaHri.d. [i Classes were pefrir ss'Pihkertbn’s I fore'rirtahged fbr'wbuldtoriL.teriche js arid a college which owing toj the Intetiestilof pueeii yictpria was ta om as Cheeps fpollegei was set up ln.iHrirley-stoe|t,; To
kiiown' by the' more genteel - name of pkjnmanshlP-^and “ acquired /i -aj •very.
the ' spnptous | name ^ of, she,
[taurihit 1 speUlng- learnt | handwriting -n. ,.
nt of| £ 2O0 .'•Jh'
' 'suelUng— 'Buss. Miss
g^yjatlonlsto ofrthe ifimiteenth o-iituyy !-LD(aothe.a| .;Besdei, and
^ at a private school.and under a i umbel ho lorrcc 'Herite; whn herself suffered
Frances Mpjy iffeferi
of governesses, soon bee; ,me, head of thri newly ' •fbunded‘ Cheltenham Ladles’ |
. college; and w ith- the, a^ent, rif Miss
faWiteiterm; geograpiy. or the use.of, iggaie at Cheltenham, the'era of the the globes. ' Above’all'Pe[ le ap t tousle, [Girls’ Public' Sphool 'bepn.
dpclng rind embroider) fpi^i i'Loufch.vSS |. a^lscemtog parent oifl,ctlon, [remarked, I
<f'MariyN good;wonlain'tl' sK Ivrir ^grt 'm ar r ied -u n l&
’THe gemls of the disease float to the air, the ip'ores of the fungus epnot; find (resting places on varieties th; leaves pf [which have a glossy [surface Thri fpl llowliig are not the best In their colours, I but pey have the shiny toUap, that
lightly, did erbss-stiteh andl Played the piano. Which was reSpriijtfblly known as the instrument.” |
[:
kS '
TEl [ j ;
: kriepk free from mildew’ Chrlsjtllie gold- [p , [Madam .'Ravary-brange, Genml. [MbArthur-crimson, Phariker —blup Mrs. W. J. Grant--rose pink,
[Dorothy Page Roberts—coppery ; pink, [ arid' Madame Edouard Herr otr-intense salmon.
' ' ' | '
I I Other than roses that are immune are vrirletles that are less susceptible'than other varieties. I See the desc^pUve catalogues and'see the gardens, m. ypur friends. Liver of sulphur Is an effeepe remedy for mlltjew. The recipe Js jan ounce of soft soap and threj gallons, 01 vater. ’The sulphur wfil quickly dissolve In a little boiling water.. ’The ^soap m^es trie .mixture sticky, and p u s the siriys longer on the trees, ^ e soap y:fil asojehoke the grrienfly-ntpey breath tl irbiigh the pores,of their bodies. -
neWspaper was printed taprev Fred Roy learning , he had raly a to live. , The ordinary, editu^n carted, toe
A!: special edition of a .TeoMssee, D.,
story of his,
impending.death,special edition only spoke of his ambil ions.
hbdesian motorist who a^ccldeateUy^^^^,^ a porcupine on a road in Nortlem Rhodesia.
iI Latest of all traps lor car tpves tas t o [ him imprisoned inside.
enters toe cal [toe doors lock automatl^y. dnd toe car stops after a fewj yards, leavuig,
nvented by an Italian. Tpen toe thief
Thomas, Hood pokes :uii at j4 eS;Bates’s Spool for iM n g ^
rind..ends'thus: . -T_ ii J .
STIFF BANkS. & S'? EEL COLLARS. 're produce [a p l wrio
appealahee arid mai ^ early .Victorian edicatlpn,! rind so
‘ as atttactlve was the aim
bertaln
describes the week s m ;als ,and lespns I I , ,
.-Ti [ ■ ! ;
Stocks, backboards,,lash, stplicollarsj ^ fouiidlhg Glrtoii College—oegp to and'goodibrAeqlng.’i j j
Satui:day4soraps, siort|lesBop short feeding
but, of all [the instritoi snts jrif the most famous was the jpekpara,
a flat wooden bar usW tor straighten ing the back. Sometimes it jwqs worn
behind the shoulder [blades, aifm-plts; [orij alter-
successful headmistrtes is ' bpeved | ' ' '.: , ; THREE PIO|«EEBh. - ' — — - piO'CEERS
only a ’cross instead q: her nariie, it ggirool and because iminy Psro]^ qh, Girton College was rtaAUifiikely that the:y )urig;lririy]would hg'(.|.g^:;to:r^s^
“ [iPeltenham'was ai;,first 'A P y
, school only-^a, decislqn,
tfiat.roubed the protest that-itqachers were Idle and drimandeda holiday' every day.’]
day to fetch'their daugl iters, Ml^ Beale arranged that there bh'iuld be luornlng
•Uttle more ,than;,ten. yters wfied a new-,
struggle.begah :,, the,.battle to what
Miss Beale had .brien, at (Iheltonham
may seem 'tb the modern ^ r l a somewhat dubious priyltege '• thq right qf, .being
a public day school for[ girls—the North ; ‘London, Cqlleglate
, Beale, Miss Bust, who- ----------------------
privilege, my . ...
j^^^g puhijc examjaatlons. ij. j — ,
School, , pd,, Miss
ad now ft
; [ ' ■_,; [Emily,Davies, who was.lqtpInsjmmptal Tagltateithat gtels',sbioqld.:b.e;teahdldates;i
^toA^^SiliWlce .a '^■vr-k ■ •. i . „ ON
open theri lectures to the lyoifien of Girton and of Nevnham Collego: which had now been to ended iff Cambridge. Some however,; wire not too greclous,. arid -there Is a leg 2nd of one professor ■who, -when asked r women might [cOine to his lectures, fer lied, “ Yes If ypu put them in a dark cot ler.” Not long after, an attack was mad 3 on the University of Oxford and Lady Margaret Hafi[And Somerville, and laler St Hugh’s and St. Hilda’s, were set Uj. •, Iff: teany cqses the iriore modern uiil rersities openefi [their lectures or gave d igrees to womCnjfrom
Soon
the first , but ;lt w£s not until later that e awarded to women
o|y of the struggle for
and modesty.” They: were scathingly, informed that .“ the: examinations were nbt fltted
fof.girls nor girls for p ap to a- tions, but- they, pressed,on. ''I^d.r in, 1863. Miss Emily Davies coaMdj tfie
1 L tiiiiitraH It I■
essential [for the ac]lu|slilon qf_good U „ r tir tarigeandp,wfien-ps^qU^^
[Corrbet deportment ws is’[eteentlal Md ke Igqod girl accortong [to
,; she never lolls on ch air oi stqol.
i “ Observing what at [ she turns her toes 'Arid[when returne '[ I school
MrinV girls, however, c id nqt go to school and [ their education [ vas tarried on by
T’ambrldEie Loc&l Exainirii&tions; The arrangements ri/ere made with due regard
left Miss Ptakerton’
slAcademy.fier in^ .a^egatoff, a f^p r^ 'so le to o in t .o .f , hburs dally durtag theVfxt p r to
’sfe'«reBatd^"ank u'examlna«.-p.
Banks,;Who wrote In ipll, wp o’^ P ^ ° ^ | fo^
4that.mosT°oI,thmi [icrioolshe’s;taught
[ asj children o u |h t atat night frbih
' ‘‘nii
tenflnPH riot only'to female candidates were ^
amtoatlons
women’s educatii'U. ■ What are we attempting to do In our girls ^schools
[ to-day ?., Above all,,we are trying 'to lit our pupils for Ufe..
To-day there ii no lobiger. a cleavage between education fpr marriage-and fort a professib i- "
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HouSes.are smallsr,. and we live in an afee of electric 11 (ht and the ,“hoover.” I The modern b Dusewlfe therefore. Is
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likely to have far more leisure tlriie. than ■ -kndiltlsthedutyofthe ng windows onilifC,’', to
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idea that woman should be a prlpner to iten to a [ - toqi slavish
“ ult v|hich' I beUeye to, be. ribrrespondtog coiitempt arts,
tbat’ thelf fi^dwrlttag; jwris'j ^ n iv!
off the point!, possibilities of. boys jed
[ Now we ri raai^e inau.uie^piuy evei ’ for
allsri tl thatUfe jflay hold those, to^ whom
education,: j and lor the domestic
Nevertheless they‘h^d[proved rihat they mathematics am. LaUn appeay .to be ? set out to show. [Girls could] pass ex- j sealed book andlconyersely
that.house and soon the Loca(Examto.-
(Continued 1 xit of next column). Governesses
[ GENTEEL. ^OFESS^()I^. differed lilt thef had
commbrii iJone of them agq
tor.'ri iiad
profesrilon— nqany eii-
nritri-
ber knew -little more p a r i their I umls. But ; there -were ■
trlb threw themselvas. Into ai new[ fray. The (iovernmeiitI decided to set up Ian Inquiry Into seconc ary education rind Miss Beale, Miss BUts rind Miss Davies— ■with five others, acted as witnesses. Apparently ithe: Cpmmlssloffers.lwere' much Impressed by their ‘ladyrllke be- havlour for one writes, “We were [all much struck by thep perfect worriaph- ness. 'Why, there were tears iri Miss Buss’s, eyes!” Them evidence and that of others laid bare an appalling stqte of. affairs and revealed the existence of girls’ schools In whlc 1 there were neither blackboards, ink-wells nqr. desks. . And In many, the pupil* knowledge was as Inaccurate as that o ’ the girl menljloned by Miss Beale, who stated, “ I [think Chaucer lived In t ie reign of George HI., but It may. ha (e been any other reign.” ' The result jvas' that the Com missioners recommtnded ; that endow ments used hlthertc' almost exclusively for boys should be si ared to some extent’ by girls. Arid sb i number of Girls’ Gramriirir Schools sprang up throughput the country, and It :s, I suppose,, to ,thU report that Cllth'eroi owes the fact! that, rince 1915, Ithas'iiossessed a-gills [as wen as a boys’ grammar school. ] ; They:suggested too that there shopld
, About the same time, this Indefatlgtol® ; SPECIAL PLEADING. ' 1' i ’ i. . ■ . J. . 1 ' -
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be Iri every large tovii
a.tohool In which for a reasonable fee' a liberal education
should'be-: given. '-And
soon.that'dreAmi was-L reallsedi—in . 18’ 3 the' Glris’- PuDllc- iDq'y .School Trust w is set .up,. andjHlgh- Scnoblri 'wrire fourided up and down the country, giving tp girls
.an.educiatipn. similar In sofile "respi icts to that receiyed, by boys at'the Pubic Schools. 'When later, in ,1902, perm ssibn .was. glyrin! |tq counties to set ufi,' secbqdary schools, these High Schools f irmed the modejton which thqLn'ew glrjs ribunty' and munl- clpal secondary schoils were b'asedj': j:.
BOARDING SCaopLS;’ , TOO Girls’ public boarding schools too
began to appear. Miss Lumsderi, one of the flrst women students at Cam bridge, became headmistress of [St. Leonard’s St. Andrews; and in : 1884, three remarkable Women, the Lawyenpe risters,;'’begari In Brighton a hoarding schbol to'be run'on the'lines of a;bf>ys’ public school. In tl lis school which was later mbVed to Roe lean', ' great Iritefest was from the flrrit, t
ikeri.In gariiesJ .In deed a rival estal llshment, circulated the rum ou rW hi :n one of. the [Miss Lawrences comes to 1 gate, sfie does [not open It—oh. n o ! She lays her,hand bm'theitop and lightly vaults overt|t.’v[ i 6uV'‘tehobls caniot exist withbut teachers ahd a fiirth >r movement waqto
■ provide riff adequate supplyi '-Mlgs m ily Davleshad |dbrt'detriin)3rited thatVbihen should entel unlvers t r life, and In 1869 the flrst step was tiken. On a chalk cUff [above Hltchln .some riillesi jfrpm
Cambridge, a large io“?P with.- A. teqdy gardehL was: taken and't to this house came flve women wet ring the long sklrtsji bustles and “ boatert ” of the period put determined to undergo. the'-same ePurse as that taken bymen at the university. Kindly lecturers who were Interested Iff ;he women’s, mdvenent priihe by;tralil
jroni Cambridge to instruct' them' a'lfd soon there were ,thr ie students'ready to
1 ported that they ha: r passed. 'Wbripithe students, In quite.-Un-,
take to® degree exa riilnatlbh; but Gamr bridge'would not 0 ’ course allow ithsiri to .take) degrees.-;: The examinees [did hovvevrir,' agree' tb Inspect: their papers clandestinely and naving done 'so re-
fashidri, 'ang' the rilarm 'hell-
with the result that,the Hitehln||)Ollce, ^jeg^n^to’.grit d u tr tle’Are ,engtoe ariHfpd
with staging “Gaideamus” and [tying flags,to, the,chimneys, Tlie number of students grew aiitilfcwas nbw. decided'to.
a,yere forced’', ti i'riontehrt theirisrilYria _» onri'-ifvintr
give up the house it Hltchln and[ build a college for women [ricAr. to’Cambridge),
I t musL not be- 11 Caml)rldgb; :ltsel|, because thierij as M ss Davies feared, the
students, mlghti sii lei; visits tjfrbih’ tlielr b btner&^and possibly other undergradua tes—and so in 1872 begun, j'.;/,]!: - f , / -
TO THS DNhERSlTY.'i'[ university lecturers began to
: backache, yriniry djjorder* rh«um^
c.pylni 'fcequcrtly occur’when strain worry 6r; a ; cliill or fever has overtaxed the kidneys, frhese vital
; tfift bu’ijen andithe'Whojsjsysteni suH^ijS;;. : v. Tissue vast'es and|acids fr6fn[ycur!food .rc,m
l.h'bod, rts^ead‘of being fiiterct away byjthe action r
,flush t lit the itldneys,
so.that t!i s njitllons m tiny of w
! riuscl !S and joints,•. swollen insist UPON bpAI
Cor linued from foot
cjfiheathy-kidneys.' ‘ • !■'. ■•■( \''\ !' P'on’t drag about' in- paln,|’hding worn'iout |ind ftiiscrajle! Let Doans brand Satkache jOdney|Piils ou well again. They str inethen. stimulate and
I Vi :h’ ih^se organs are cofnp )S0d can dp their work
toans iPlIts' for, r«.^oyery -/r(Jm|'sharp |qr nagginj .airis In the sn^ail pf .thc .bjlckrturlnary^ dU^^^ ^>|a'dd r weakneis, dWturbfed sleep, lumbago, painful
craft 1 eeds as good a with a more learned n a balince between
t.ie
.ack'ofttalApfevirt sitae'to:i ' i :oiri 'speak- me of the many oth®-
and ; • Npy'
Elris’ education—o f ; ;h[e efitoge from- gefaevcient despotism ! to; :^7f-:gdvem-
™
■irirtit of the much-discussed subject of schboi reform. Of gimes, suffice At to say that the day is past whenia[;head- mlttreri-on being toll by.a jiarent that: ,thb sC lool had riot en mgh ;teflnls; courts •—toull say, “Ah, yes but you see^ that | doe ' mattfer,
becai.se our four £ I side !”
sri In coricluslijh, I; would “Mshy [of tfi®
of evllence. lately and with an In lependent concl islon. Day 'dly (ut;we are trying to train tadi in independent thought
ieW ig to think Its way thrdugh ft
iiiuiwf^ ------ a mass [which are
cl arerteristlc qctivitliisi of thrtgrfhrih^f schoo) cannot
be.photograpjed [or ex-
hlbltei-a young italrid,- ft I example
lumjllty, to I ta and,' young
[mid^ch independent thought 4s the only 'sifegiard against tfiP djet^tor or the |! nob.’ '
ol brain
rope I/. Thousands pf men anMomenhkvb thanked; • ■ • ■ • ' inklifs and ijmbs. ! 1 ,
'S, I/J', J'-, 5'., next colunm).
s subjects rira;
the thfeoretical, to te£,ch Its both hand and brain-this ,1s ■ th i modem girls’ schoDl
To achieve ctlcaj and I pupils use I the aim of
wtcrln; ’organs a"^ apt to clog up or,w«ktn uridfif] . aln in the .
"i-; . . (E L E V E N ) ' ’ •
w
Society for the PreservatloitOf the Friuria Of the Empire on June ?(ithj' : ]
at toe London Zoo as [tile! guest!
AN uniiiual exfierlensqi riwalts the Duke of Gloucestei when lie dines the
[IL'
; Thrire islsomethlng paitiinlarly terrl- fylng: about eating wlthlri'[the sight and sound Of Ilpns—nqaybe hungry ones, | i As a fellow diner at a late right ise^qp, at the;;ZOOS’ [remarked the! other eveplng, “Ratier odd sitting herq eating meat whileihuntoeds of brutes'outside would probably like to make uri Into meals.”' But beta; a hardened big game hunter,
I hav|e rio Houbt the Duke wlh not allow thoughts Itae this to Interrupt his enjoy ment; :'■ ' ' ■ '
: Perhaps the most Interesting thing after dusk Is'the AquarlulinL'. Even more alert by night thari’ the animals, are the flsh!,*' ind . he high spoil pf|j a night [visit to tori Zoo Is the long dark gallery where thelflsh are Just waking.iip,; ' ,; [ ’;. The troi leal fish make a blaze of colour
ft'pursuit of
lUs.prey,
SD lE ’TTER DAlj i tele the hes'
: ] [[■ :;;[,;.[.[:„■ :
mltted i the States, that he ine
[was more excited dyer “ My lucl^
ijldtoiy. THE LADIES LIKE THEM DRY.
I
Iris custom did not hold good lii After the mateh he told me
tpan over a major diplomatic [;
shaker n the West End once again. After an absence of five months he Is now; shaking Park Lane at the new Dorchester uttery. '. ,
FT was nice to see the familiar face of T Hapy Craddock, the: world’s best- mown bar-tender, behind a cocktail
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I supiose no man In the world, knows ore; about the mysteries of blendingl
rinks that delight, the eye arid palate ban Haro. ' He should, tor he has beeti: rixing cocktails for forty [years and h^s; .ever, yt t been asked tor one he did notj now hew to prepare.
[
as they dsirt round the [ttuiks and even the usuall r motionless giant plk’
seeri.in sV? 1
ei can’ be
FOE aIk.p ; les this- 'week
play, whlc i must have been 'the riiost Stic ei er held In a great city, and the ........
I with Chelsea’s mock[ air raid dis radlpibroa least of an airraid. ■ a'M;Pa; Id 'National Service whlchihave
been [going on steadlly 'in- Ldndpri during the 'last six months [feac'h; .thielr 1 Cul-■ mlriatlng I pcrint| when tho King attends the ;blg|-Niti'onril Servi<ie[ Rally In'[Hyde Parkfiext week.
Already I notice thrilj workmen are, ] j |[ ; ,i [ i :l ■
busy ere< ting stands [liii the Park, and Territorla officers: are.[superintending •■he 'erectl m of “hush hush” apparatus behind sc reens. • This iljatlonall Service ralirt will bd the greatest of. Its iklnd to take place In this; country anfi thbusands of Nation ll Service workere of all typed wlllftake])art. ' ’ •■:
The [tests will Impress tjh® King with • ' L* [.'.
the[grfeat strides that hat elbeeritaken In natiqrial recruiting, evk [In tlje short time; he has been awqy. He;\willsee paraqiiig 'befdrei him- thousand^, of the flttk^yoi rig men and:
women.itai the country and he will have • demonstrated to him the swift moves that ale. being taketoto qiake London Impregnable from
the 4lT- “MOST Popular man ,N|-of
IN ENGLAND
la ' rr Ambafesador.'Joe Kennedy. During the bast :ew days that: imlle' qfjhis:;hriq beeri]ever, broader, for hej Is still receiving, a constait stream of praise for the, part pjriyed In'
Rrbmo.ttag
the! happiest smiles,rlnl London lri.s;.toridrice of |AmerIca’S'PopU“
to the :Umted States. /: Taken all [ .^rpund., [the .American
Amb^ai lor must be the. most .popular Amerlcar Envoy to visit {England, His frlerids rangeYrom members of the Royal
Family down to to®. y®P newripapt r reporteris^ and his manner to '
.bothlls’jii?t,to®:saW->i M 'i 1 1,' I* I remember meeting him some plme ago
It
when [he had-just-achieved the dream of every golfer by Qoing a hole in one; was [drinks all round, although he ad-
,2Y „ I .... ■ 'a c a n s ^ fM /
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ladles from tea to .sherry and frqm sher to ebekt Ills. ■ ■
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I Althoigh he Is'delighted to see them In Iris bar. Harry still has ari oldr
[fashioned Idea that ,they should sit m tables ra ther than lean on the bar. One thing d slights him, that Is the change amongst women from sweet' drinks to d ones. “Iff’tile old days the
ladjes.were.all fdj
sweet drinks tokwnsp lay hzrio etaolb sweet wines and cocktails but today toey like their drinks as dry as men do, aim certainly drink as carefully and Intellrt gently as the men," Harry told me,
• A MAN OF PEACE.
PEW meb are' more deserving of tli®*, title cosmopolitan than Dr. Nicholas’
iMurray Butierti 76—year-old President of|> New-Ykk Columbia University, who Is {now In London with Mrs. Butler on theW laiinual jrisit to England. He Is one of Ithb world’s grfeatest educationalists, arid; Ian’ inveterate traveller.' He' holds honor-! I ary degrees In every Imiiprtant university) Iln Afiierlcal CanadaJ [England, France;; {Italy, fiustria', 'and Hungary. His forelgff [orders, .affd, decorations. iflU- inearly iS [column in:our own “ 'Who^sJ^lhOi”;- * • ,. 1 I In rectot years Dr.iButler has devoted [much of] his time In the cause.of, world ipeace.. |as President of: the. Carnegie iCorporatjlon tor International Peace he [has lectured throughout America, [Canada and Europe. - His peace efforts ! earned lilmi one-half of the Nobel Peace [P r i to ta p i '.
. . YOUNG AS YOUR MIND.
•before he left America on his pre8ent[ trip, he'[said, that the world’s best wofk Is done. by intnl of youthful minds, no matter Low many; years. toey have lived. He IS a yplcal example of such a creed. I n ’Silte 'of'hls 'age; Dr; Butler has one
H
■oFthemost vigorous minds In America. The American Society Jn London, has
'chosen Dr. Butler as American gpept pf honoAr bt'their'American Independence Day banquet and ball on July 4th, and he will pro^se the toast ‘'The Day wo
celebrate.” . LONDONER.! ' ;
e holds a philosophical view of old agb. - Lecturing, to’ his students
:ji| ' Greatest change-Harry has noticed ijff!
[the last forty years of dealing' wlto- thirsty iieople Is the emancipation of thsj
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Y ou
Y )U; are, recommended to, carry T ravcllers’. Cheques for, £S> f 10 or/20 obtoiniJiblefrec.Qticotn- n ission from the Midland Bank'. 1 hese cheques afe an easy but 4aie r eans of covering money require;
n ents for long or short journeys ai lywhere, by road, rail, sea or, ;air,-
Midland Bank Travellers,’Gheques ' a -cacceptedinpaymeritof sccoqnts,
[a; leiding' ‘hotels throughout the Iv brid, the principalBritish railway s ations, European ajr line offices, t le more imporrint London stores,
a iifships criiisin|[ to all
'These cheques [may be cashed at z[66o branches'of the Midland f-1 ahk aiid'affiliated comipanieri'the
I .rifast, [Clydesdsle and • North'of S cotland haniks, ancjrtlso at other
tanking' offices in the British Moreover, [they may ,pe.
pi&fented Tor ;’ conversion '.into II )cal 'currency at 13,000 [bspkiqg clficcs in' overseas counjnes,
‘i ji alternattve means of readily ob-
:'t iinmg'trtsh'rt home andoyer^ tanking offices is,to car,ty d Mid-
1 md’Bank Letter of - Credit _ iof i ny sum. you inay have- in nuqd.; ■ ' '•'
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FuUparticuiswof these of Travel Servic«;wdl gladly be furnished by, the MaMger; of
■girls play [
quote [words of one of [our greatest living [ headn IstressSs:
any \ branch,, wb® .V'AI,, ,’Lo iupjily-upon:request a copy of. 1
TRAVEL’IN^OPE ‘ [•;.
which wribefouhd useful ifaviBit' to the Continent ricontepplated.
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