THE SPANISH GIRL'S LIFE,

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 3

THE SPANISH GIRL'S LIFE,

"Spain .is, a land, of contrasts," said:a teacher, from ' Madrid recently.. "Contrasts in climate,, in type of manhood, ideals and development. A picture was drawn by the. speaker of the Spanish girls in tho : smaller : cities and. towns sitting all day; behind' grated windows, embroidering and singing .old .romantic bal-. lads, knowing no other l;ind of-life., : ■ Marcial' then described,, the .iyork of Mrs. Alice Gordon .Gulick, who, seeing.-, that the Spanish woman had no schools: iu .which to learn ; the. higher values' of self-development, founded; the International. Institute. for Girls; of how the school, was, fostered apd lias '.grown, .until, there are now- four , largo, buildings, with a/ yoarlyi increasing number of graduates. , The school life is' much like school life in'l'his country, save'that.a ; girl may never'go upon the street , alone. iind ; .may never have gymnastic training other than. in| the prescribed/ and 'restricted . forms, considered conventionally desirable..'

Flowers can now be kept/.by freezing.l, .They aro picked in/.tlio .bud and preserved by ■!refrigerator .'.while:- being transported., When, unpacked and placed in water they 6lowly awaken, and come into full bloom.

• During servico at' St. Mary's - Parish Chui'ch, • Ilford, an. organ pipo fell "oiifc and struck a.-lady named' Mrs. Isabella Lucas on the , head... ThankS to-a thick bonnet sho was wearing, her. injuries /do not seem serious. : •- ' '