American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-01-23
Gdnfationat.
(rrom the Pennsylvania School Journsi) "a
Soldiers Orphan School.
(Contiaued.)
Food, Clothing and h ealh.

! Wholesome, sufi cient aud regular food
is all that is needed for childhood. Rich
dishes aud danties are prejudicial. Vi
course an occasional treat Of this kind
will be greatly enjoyed, would do little
harm if partaken of in moderation. and
is not forbidden.
The following, for the present, are the
regulations on this subject: 1t being
understood that sufficiency for all pu'
pills of at least one ofthe articles in each
of the numbered lists shall be on The ta-
bic, at the respective meals +:
BrsakJa1: l. Bread. 2. Butter,
sauce or Mo:asses. 3. Coffee, Tea, Choc-
olate or Sweet Milk, the latter to be
warm or cold at the option Of the pupil.
4. One o, more of the following articles
Fried mush, fried potatos, with or with
out onious, fried bread, fried or boiled
eggs, gravy, boiled potatoes with skins,
tomato sauce, milk gravy, mack kerel or
other fish, hash or other warm meat
preparation.
Dinner Bread. 2 Beef. Pork,
Mutton, Yea, loaltry, or other meat
3. One or more of the following articles:
Potatoe,, cabbage, parsnips, turnips, car.
rois. green beans, green corn,grccn peas,
humIny. beans, rice, stewed onicps, stew
ed bccts, or any other vegetable stewed
or builed, vegetable or other soup, boiled
or backed put>pie, tomato sauce, green
apple sauce, salad
Supper: ]. Bread. 2, Butter or
Molasses. 8 Coffee, Tea, or Milk. 4.
One or more of the following articles -
Cold coru bread, potato soup
Sunday dinner to consist of cold Meat,
Bread takes, Pies, stewcd Fruit, &c.-
Fruit to be given at any meal, Then in
season aud grown on the premises.
CLOTHING.
These children are to be plainly but
comfortably clal, and their clothes kept
in good repair by the seamstresses, assis-
tod by the female pupils.
Such of the garments as can shall be
ma lc at the schools, by the scamsressos
with the assistance Of tho girls !; and
reasonable compensation will be allowed
to the Proprietor of the school, for his
trouble and care i1 the matter, and for
the cutting out and labor by the seams
stresses. All the articles worn by the
girls, except shoes, stockings, cloaks and
head dresses, aud all those of the boys
except their parade dresses, winter suits
and ovcrcoats, and their shoes, stockings
hats and caps, will be made in the schools.
The uniform of the boys shall consist
of dark blue jacket with black braid
and gilt eagle button; dark gray pants
with black braid and blue cloth cap
with a strip of gold lace
The other garments Of the boys shall
be such as the season requires, but as
nearly uniform as may be.
The girls shall Wear black cloth cloaks
and bonnets in winter, with dresses oil
color similar to each other in the sama
school and garments suitable to the sea.
son, at other times.
There shall be room sufficiently large,
aud with couviences for the orderly keep
ing of every pupils wardrobe.
Every garment shall be marked with
the pupils name, or proper number, aud
shall nos be given to another until per-
manently so assigned
The matIon shall have charge of aud
shall make herself acquainted with the
number anu condition Of the articles in
each pupils ward aobe; she shall receive
fru The launlry tha clothes 81 the pu
pi,s an. sGt,i sce lhat they arc pa IN
their proper places, ready for distribu-
tiou.
She shall, with her own hands, distri,
pu,e the garments to the pupils, when
necessary for change. a
Every papil shall be furnished with
clean undergarpcnts every week.
Clothes hooks shall be provided at 2
convenient place, to enable the pupils to
hans their has and hoods upon during
school hours. No torn garments shall
be placed in the wardrobe.
INSPECTION OF NEW PUPILS AND CARE
OF SICK.
No orpha9 is to be excluded from tine
school on account of any degree OF des-
titution, OF of any disease merely tenn
porary aud not in itself dangerous. The
opposite course would defeat the very
purpose of the institutions, which are for
the improvement of the physical coudi.
iion, as we'll as in'ellect Still, due
means are to be adopsed to prevent the
spread of any contagious disease or 9th
er unpleasant eoGdition 10 the school, from
. new pupil thus afRicteddr
SO inesse of sickness of pupils while
memberS ofths sshool, - the. duty ofpro-
viding for their wants aud cure is even