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Show ; Useful Education for English Girls im THE English girl is in a fair way to be made wiser, if not happier, since an Englishman, evidently deeming himself competent in the matter, has undertaken to I instruct her in the practical de tails of ovoryday life, having established, a school for that purpose. Thc pupils at this odd institution arc taught how to alight from an electric 'tram" without endangering- their own safety and that of pedestrians. They are taught how to open a window And put up a shade in a railway earrhgc; what kind of bhoes to wear 'to conserve their health and comfort anil when to Jwear them, and how to filla fountain i ?-. pen. a s In addition, instruction; given' In the attof folding clothes, bbth'J'uien's aiid vomen; the proper method of doing upJ umbrellas aud trimming lamps, of open- ft mm Jng packing cases nnd tin, cans, and of ?" BBf driving naila and pulling corks, to ssy ' KB? uothing of the correct method of llghtiug ' Hk fiies, or, as rhe British say, of "building" H them. j H , Other courses embrace instruction in i WBf ,.lhe care aud feeding of dogs and other mW- animals, and show, for instance, why it BBp Is wroug to give dogs chicken bones. j, Bfo Q'he theory of sanitation is also tuught, Ht and practical demonstrations aro accord- a&i ed of the effect of grease, on the linings 1 cf pfp and' the- reasons for keoplng it , M as far as possiblu. out of sinks. Lectures arc given on tliq prices of all Bj household thluga, and. the quantity je- Vj Quired for atated numbers of persons. a Every girl In Uie school must have, a j ih pocket, since purse carrying in thc hand Jl strictly forbidden. J J fl KVBSBVBSBVK |