Judge — June 14, 1913 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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Finishing Schools A YOUNG ladies’ finishing school de. rives its name from the words “Fin. ish, to complete a work of art,” ang School,’’ the original definition of which is ‘‘A place of leisure, freedom from business, a time given to sports, games and exercises, and occasionally time de- voted to literary pursuits.’” Hence the curriculum of the present. day seminary embraces all the branches of a refined education, including art, lit. erature, mathematics and a few of the sciences, Art being the keynote, this study is taken up with great avidity by the ma- jority of young girls pursuing the col- legiate course and desirous of securing some knowledge of painting as well as powdering; and, while recognizing the impossibility of giving a finished course to girls not yet past the bloom of youth, everything is done to make the art course lead in the right direction, so that in after years, if they wish to make a specialty of it, their training will be found to have been along the proper lines. Consequently much attention is given to the correct lines of Cupid's bow and the exact reproduction of a maiden’s blush. Literature is the next most useful course in higher education and has the advantage of being strictly feminine and allied to art, as it deals entirely with the ornamental. Literature was originally intended to furnish the interior of the cranium, but has latterly devolved into treatises and essays designed to furbish the more conspicuous exterior appear ance. Therefore the literary course now comprises the works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Beatrice Fairfax, Madam Qu Vive, Lillian Russell, Dorothy Dix and Valeska Suratt. a Mathematics, like all other branches, i is very thoroughly taught. It includes the science of adding two and two, the theory of three constituting a crowd, the || \ 9 addition of a title to a million, how to \ and development of a figure. S (Advertiement.) The scientific course includes physics, e geology, astronomy and chemistry. e Sin Physics teaches the development of neck, shoulders and arms; personal mag- netism, all phases of disturbed heart action, motion and poise, light and color Gum schemes, the switching of a train and the training of a switch. Here the young || ladies are also trained for the ring. Geology teaches the distribution of metals (gold and silver), the study of precioug stones, mollusks, fossils, artico- lates and vertebrates. In this depart The Original. All Others Are Imitations isis! aed “secede. ise ere Peppermint or Wintergreen Flavor study of the precious stone age. Astronomy includes the study of the stars, social and histrionic; the entire social system, and the observation of the heavens on moonlit nights. The moon is FOR SALE EVERYWHERE — Every lover of a good cocktail should insist that Abbott's Bitters be used in making it; insures your getting the very best. C. W. Abbott & Co., e) ‘more, Md. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com