FRENCH GIRL STUDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 3

FRENCH GIRL STUDENTS.

. ,c schools for girls in Paris art study and the training which develops a- correct, enlightened taste is -made an essential part of the course of instruction. The pupils are taken by thoir teachers to visit museums and picture galleries, so that the best resources of the Louvre, the Luxembourg, the and other musoums hecome available .as, object lessons. Besides these, there arc .five industrial schools, supported by the municipality, whero girls are specially educated in dressmaking, millinery, glass , and . porcelain painting, the making cf artificial flowers, embroider};, and all the vast range of dclicate, dainty handiwork for women, in the production of which Paris is unrivalled. These schools are located according to the character of the population m the adjacont quarters! tho highest in this respect being the school for china, fan,, miniature, and glass painting, water-colo tr drawing, and enamel. work. Mmc. Elise Lemonnier, a wealthy French lady, has founded .two of these schools for tho higher art education and .training of 'women. Two other schools were established by private beneficence, but have been purchased by tile city, and entered •in tho • public "school system. \\hcn the schools wero under private control, the pupils paid a small tuiton ' fco; and could remain as long as they desired; but under municipal management they are admitted free for a four years' course.

A liberal supply of aprons is a wiso economy for tho housewife; one or two of these should be made ;With sleeves and a high neck, so that_ if it is necessary to go into the kitchen with a good dress 011 it may he compiotoly covered. A full ruffle six inches wide across tho bottom of all aprons is a great protection to the lower edge of -.ha skirt. Nowadays, many women who do their own work, or som-e part'of it, weir cotton dresses exclusively about tho home, adding extra under-garments for tho neces6ary warmth. This mothod is a groat saving of wool dresses; but it may add too much to a large family washing to be practicable in all cases. It is worth remembering, howovor, that no woman who spends much time in the kitchon can afford to wear her street costumes there without proper protection. The care taken of clothing is just as important to economy as care in buying it. ,