THE WELLINGTON GIRL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 617, 21 September 1909, Page 3

THE WELLINGTON GIRL.

■ I/EARNJ DEPORTMENT^. : ;"; .'.''■• . : j-''y- '■) ''!:■".•.- [Br ; AVCoifrßiiurbE:] /: : '■'■-■■' .'■;■■'■ '■ ;'^/ : Hto-it'eyervO«bnrred'to'f]ie.'motfaers ; of-'.t(vda]r ; that,lessons in' deportment have'gono-out- of ' j;i:fSsHlOH?.-.;.':-.-.-.i-"-.'-.' : ?"/ V"'"- : "' ;,; . ' i '" : :- ; ' ■■ : ;'. : Only '.a-generation'ago, 'no fashionable 'girls' -/school; was .without ."its l master or' mistress of 'V../aepo^tln6l^t,vvwho^'^beaae'B■;^teicning^''' , danbirig,- ; ; ;ment—how; to-enter ."a;-room,'-how • toV '■-''. ■-' ■■•sit-gracefully;, how tomaie:'.a: curtsey, ■"■'■ a !™|<:'aboiTe';yell,.;:how : ;to l carry;.'., oneself ■-.''and : walk erectly...No,sohool.where:these graces did .' not reoeiv'e.careful. a'ttention;'wbuld:have- flo'ur- ■ .nahed;;,.",';' :,£<!:.■(■:•,":*; -.'■: ■.--■•-,:.';',^ : ; .;' : w . L y; ■.-",',• : -ii^ o i.kn^ytlmtithese-arte arei'noV/'taugbt, in ;;.the';fashionable -girls''/schools:, of . : .tb-day; : one- ■-. need.only-meet, the debutantes,, who .make their v.WPewanc«'eaeh , j«arV.vfr'esh'vfroin'Vohb6l/iW'ith. .out'knowledge .of .theso/things'.' : '. ; '.C '.':-:- ■; parents, , n b; doubt, 'could tell oblong bills' : ...for. leans''in, dancing-, of'.".'physical ,culture • . : w)rk : ;ia^he-gy*nasiu'ras,:,etCi,; : and'ret':fof,:a .•'bpw/one/meets.'eithef a':'(!url"bf.''.the'upper.- lip '■'■'■ ?f•"?.'i nr V n6^';or: ia'covered-eyelid.;-These' are ..,,-to-day's iforms;of • salutation... ■ •;'■.-' '■/>■ <:■ .,','-.,'-, ' ■'/: theVschool 'girts: ih-,W«Uingtori'i>elong-J ?.^ T to,-fashionablei.echbols; fnking.-their daily ■'■''• **&',:. & ways;;aecomp i aMedV- , by'.'a school- mii "' ?;; i ; S 6T ? B °^ l ? li S'v rolling.' their -whole • :. bodies,-.swinging:their:artns:'.:their" heads poked .forwardrand;ronnded.'.shoulders';-:. ; :Which-..'-of : rtieni knows ' -.way? ' :•: '■ :.■;■',' ■;•'.■v';'-'.' >•■.::'- '"'' -v-.' t -.•• \ : :' "' . ••.?Jf*eß;i» .b6ing.:negleefed.;and-fojgotten (that ; v.the sMiety_girl of'to-day-ih. spite:of:a'wider i .'-Person:;bf;:a'g6neratiph v br,two':agoV,;;Perhapf i : dav%SSf'v -men ,of'.to- i : r&w°' So 's%?W<ls.a ? ;jn;thedaysmen: '1 .: they,.met;; graceful,;yeli:mannered- women. ' i