IN THE BIDING-SCHOOL. 9 



striving to make her do ; but his delighted cry 

 of "Just right!' was a surprise to her, inas- 

 much as she had been conscious of no muscular 

 effort whatever. From that time forth, incessit 

 regina. 



You may not need such rough treatment, but 

 it is necessary that you should be corrected 

 every moment and almost every second until 

 you learn to correct yourself, until every muscle 

 in your body becomes self-conscious, and until 

 an improper position is almost instantly felt as 

 uncomfortable, and the teacher who does not 

 drill you steadily and continuously, permits you 

 to fall into bad habits. 



If you were a German princess, Esmeralda, 

 you would be compelled to sit in the saddle for 

 many an hour without touching the reins, while 

 your patient horse walked around a tan bark 

 ring, and you balanced yourself and straightened 

 yourself, and adjusted arms, shoulders, waist, 

 knees and feet, under the orders of a drill-ser- 

 geant, who might, indeed, sugar-coat his phrases 

 with "Your Highness," but whose intonations 

 would say " You must," as plainly as if he were 

 drilling an awkward squad of peasant recruits. 



