The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886 — John Shaqi
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886Various
General
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals
THE HEIGHT OF WOMAN.--Given sixty-six inches as the average height of
a man, the average height of a woman is sixty-three inches.--_Charles
Blanc._
LITTLE MINDS.--It is the characteristic of little and frivolous minds
to be wholly occupied with the vulgar objects of life.--_Blair._
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
EDUCATIONAL.
TOM.--We think that you might be received as a pupil at a school in
Dresden, before recommended by us. Write to the matron, Frau Johanna
Knipp-Frauen, Industrie Schule, Elias Platz, No. 4, Ecke der Sachsen
Allée, Zu Dresden. Before attempting to teach the English language
she should make herself better acquainted with it. She uses the third
person singular and the second in the plural in the same letter, and in
addressing one and the same individual.
MIDGE.--We think that the College of Preceptors would meet your wishes
better than any other. Write to the secretary, C. R. Hodgson, Esq., 42,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C. You write very well. We may add, that
this college grants diplomas to teachers of three grades--associates,
licentiates, and fellows--for which persons of both sexes are eligible.
Lectures on the theory of teaching are given in the college rooms.
ADA BELLE.--Write to the secretary or lady superintendent of the
Mildmay Deaconesses' Institution, Mildmay Park, N., of which there is a
branch home at 9, 11, and 15, Effra-road, Brixton, S.W.
LAURA.--1. See our answer to "Chatterbox." The mere question of having
obtained educational certificates does not include all that is required
of a governess. 2. The phrase, to "leave no stone unturned," is taken
from "Euripides," and may be traced to a response of the Delphic oracle
to Polycrates, with reference to the finding of treasure buried by
Xerxes' general, Mardonius, on the field of Platæa. Literally given, it
was "Turn every stone." We think it was a very safe answer, and did not
require supernatural wisdom to dictate it.
GUARDIAN.--We advise you to write to the chaplain of the Rue
d'Aguesseau Church, Paris, the Rev. T. Howard Gill, for information and
advice respecting the education of English girls in France. See answer
to "Anxious Mother."
RENEE VIVIAN.--1. If you refer to our recent answers to such queries as
yours, under the above heading, you will find a reference to a shilling
manual, called a "Directory of Girls' Clubs," educational, religious,
and industrial. The ages of the students vary in many of them, and so
do the other rules. Write for it to Messrs. Griffith and Farran, St.
Paul's-churchyard, E.C. 2. The quotation, "Call us not weeds," etc.,
is from "The Mother's Fables," by E. L. Aveline. Our society (the
Religious Tract Society) has depôts all over the kingdom.
UN VRAI SINGE.--Apply to Miss Leigh for advice and information, Avenue
Wagram, No. 44, Paris.
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