A Girl's Wardrobe

S.ikl tilo hard-working niolhrr of twr younjj lady diiughters, the other dtiy : "I declare, I don'i knnü vvhht I sha 1 do with Julia. She keepe ma iorevei mending fir her, I pnid öftéen dollar f'nr ;i gruimiliiie drts# fi' her not tv weeks ;ifo ui SteivartV, :i;] m Inoking at t to day. f lini it so torn that i woiild 1)0 adiiy's wuji'k : try and put it in order. ' " Why don't you eet lier to work it it - tn::ko lier liieml it herself':"' Wilf asked by tho pereon v-hotn r-ho ad iliv-v-ot!. il Uli ! dear me, it wotild !c vrtmè lhiin to do it tnyeelf; hiis nevtír mudo a etitch of Ih.t own ölotlies, nr t'VMl incndod her stockin(H 'm her liio." " Do you intond bbc .sli;ill innrry in 6iieh ignoi'ance f'1 aeked the visitor. ' Olí ! tve!! - I un surc I don't koon Wlwit eau [ d ? Her time is s taken up with music, nud bcan.v, aod gning out, ihitt slu can mtoud to notbing else ; and I tlji,:k for pi tv 's snke, let lier bive a oud ti;nj whiio sho is yoong - lie uiil come uto troublu oon enougli. ' It wou ld no uso to tel] uch a mother that her indulgente was selfi.-tli, cruel íind inhuman - that she was preparing iibundant suuraea ol the " tronl)lo;' she leared in the futuro and titpriving her daughtor of thu mea na of ranch present liappihesa. All that, and mnch inoro roiild ba (iineand breath wasted. und good adviso seeina alfaya bo (rite, and stalo and coroinon place, that it is Qvariably reserved for the last cor-n er in country newspapers. But for t .e sake of future husbands, il m(ithers ara too !a.y and to sei(i.--l) too du tbeir shnre, Ut t!,u t-arecf ihe wardrobu be part of tho discipline ofsohonU, Let the care of the wardrube be part ut the discipline oí schools. Lel every girl in soine way or otfrér bu taught to mik e and mond ever ortic-le of cl o t hing which is ueoded in the family, and es pecialy her own. Let the auwing machine tako its place besidcihe globe iu all oducatioiial mstitutions, and a thorough knoHlcdtro oi.it wil] ba considerad as essential as tho piano. Modern skill has invented charts (or dressmaking, both tor chiluren and adults, which ougtit also to bu used in schools. Tho principie ia simple as two and two are four and a few prautiticalloNsons woukl render any girl of ordinary ability capable of cut'.ing out her own dressos, while, wi:l t!iy se w ing machine, it would bo onlv a.nusonioiit tj make thern.