DREW 



1862 



DREYFUS 



unhampered bodily movements, and they have 

 helped to popularize comfortable shoes and 

 short skirts. 



i There will always be those who choose to 

 dress as the extremes of fashion dictate, re- 

 gardless of the laws of hygiene. The rational 

 dress movement, however, has accomplished 

 much. Common sense in the matter of dress 

 has ceased to be an oddity, and any woman 

 may wear clothes that are comfortable and 

 hygienic without being singled out for ridicule 

 or pity. Even Dame Fashion has yielded to 

 the outcry against the restricting stays, and it 

 is inconceivable that there will ever be a 

 return to the "hour-glass" shape that was but 

 a few years ago the accepted ideal for a 

 woman's figure. See FASHION. B.M.W. 



Related Subjects. The following articles in 

 these volumes contain much information as to 

 various fabrics from which clothing is made and 

 as to certain specific articles of dress : 



Boots and Shoes 

 Broadcloth 

 Brocade 

 Button 



Calico and Cal- 

 ico Printing 

 Cambric 

 Chiffon 

 Cloth 

 Corduroy 

 Costume 

 Cotton 

 Crape 

 Crinoline 

 Dimity 



Felt 



Flannel 



Flax 



Fur and Fur 



Trade 

 Gingham 

 Glove 

 Gold Lace 

 Hat 

 Hemp 

 Lace 

 Leather 

 Linen 

 Mohair 

 Muslin 



Plush 



Ribbon 



Satin 



Shoddy 



Silk 



Stola 



Taffeta 



Tartan 



Tunic 



Turban 



Tweeds 



Velvet 



Wool 



Worsted 



DREW, JOHN (1853- ), an American 

 actor whose successes have been in light com- 

 edy roles in plays gently ridiculing society. 

 He is the son of the Irish comedian, John Drew, 

 ST., and the actress Louisa Drew, and made his 

 first appearance in his mother's theater in 

 Philadelphia. Three years later he took 

 various parts in New York under Edwin Booth, 

 Fanny Davenport and other stars. For years, 

 beginning in 1875, he was the leading comedian 

 in Daly's company, winning great popularity 

 as Petruchio in The Taming oj the Shrew, and 

 as Charles Surface in A School for Scandal. 

 After 1892 Mr. Drew was a star, appearing in 

 The Butterflies, A Marriage of Convenience, 

 The Liars, Richard Carvel, The Tyranny of 

 Tears, The Will, Rosemary, The Prodigal Hus- 

 band and other plays. For many years he was 

 under the management of Charles Frohman, 

 but in 1916, after the death of Mr. Frohman, 

 he came under the management of John D. 

 Williams. During the season of 1916-1917 he 



acted, with high distinction, the part of Major 

 Pendennis in a dramatization of Thackeray's 

 popular novel. 



John Drew is the uncle of the well-known 

 actors, Lionel, John and Ethel Barrymore (see 

 BARRYMORE). His daughter, Louise Drew, is 

 also a talented stage personage. 



DREX'EL INSTITUTE OF ART, SCIENCE 

 AND INDUSTRY, a school founded at Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., in 1891, by Anthony J. Drexel 

 (see below) for the industrial training of men 

 and women. The institution is divided into 

 three departments, the engineering school, the 

 school of domestic science and arts, and the 

 secretarial school. Of these, the first is for 

 men and the second for women; in the third 

 both men and women are trained for positions 

 as secretaries. There are special courses also in 

 chemistry, architecture and English; both day 

 and night classes are maintained, and the work 

 is supplemented by free public lectures and 

 concerts. The museum of Drexel Institute 

 contains valuable examples of decorative art 

 and collections of textiles. The entrance re- 

 quirement is graduation from a high school or 

 its equivalent, and the fees are very moderate. 

 Nearly 3,000 are enrolled yearly in all depart- 

 ments. An important feature of the school is 

 a splendid library of over 40,000 volumes. 



Anthony Joseph Drexel (1826-1893), whose 

 generous gift of over 2,000,000 made possible 

 the establishment of Drexel Institute, was born 

 in Philadelphia. At the age of twelve he en- 

 tered the banking house of Drexel & Company, 

 founded by his father, became a member of 

 the firm eight years later, and in 1885 was nom- 

 inally the head of that great banking system, 

 with branches in New York and Paris. In 

 1864 he joined with his friend George W. 

 Childs (which see) in the purchase of the 

 Philadelphia Public Ledger, and was also asso- 

 ciated with the latter in the founding of the 

 Childs-Drexel Home for Union Printers at 

 Colorado Springs, Colo. At his death his for- 

 tune was estimated to be about $30,000,000. 



DREYFUS, dra'fus, ALFRED (1859- ), a 

 French soldier of Jewish descent, the victim 

 of a racial and military plot which stirred the 

 world. He was born in Alsace, entered the 

 army in 1882, and showed such marked ability 

 that he was appointed to the general staff in 

 1891. Three years later he was arrested on 

 a charge of selling information to Germany. 

 His trial resulted in his dismissal from the 

 army, public degradation and transportation to 

 Devil's Island, off the coast of French Guiana. 



