Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-26

and Arrangements. 1hst the c,mm,n .-ho,,s
Si ne sonstry are tne only sd.9aa,e instra-
technical scientific teaching which Is now
eonfessedly the great desideratpm OF Ih-
Industrial classes, seems therefore beyond
dispute The idea ina: these sublects can
only be taught I'm colleges is q serious mlstake
me conn schools are pdonbtedly designed
esen reading, writing. and arithmetic;
SI NSIklns With ideas aRd acquiring positive
Anow,eose The roe aim OF the common
school 10 nothing les than the intellectual
p.op,a On 0i ,ee Greatest pertioa of the
10 very Considerable degree tney can
be made TO accom- phsh. They have charge OF
I'VE or six 10 sixteen, asd % say tns, n rson,rss
dozen years 10 get the ample use OF TIE intel
lectu2l tools IL preposteroas. Iudeed, th,s 4.
eVer. I, Is notorious shst sbe.e spsss,n,, hoy
point Of fact teach httle or nothing OF the k,nd
before e-mentioned; for the perfectly sun cient
reason that the teachers know nothing Of these
subjects. II ts trite remark. that ssas % the
teacher 90 10 the school," and thai 10 improve
the schools IL is necessary first 70 Improve
those who control them, the normal institutions.
taught The elements OF teohnicsi and scientific
knowiedge ter the practical purposes OF lite.
this can only be done by introducing the neoes-
suing them there systematicaiiy and thor
oughly. In this way. and in THE only can all
the people be reached. Colleges msy ue useful
subjects still more completely, but the main
work must rest with the common schools
common only i'm the sense that they are uni
versal.
But our system of school in str notion is carried
so Tar as TO render the pupIl, when leaving
school. unit or disinciined 10 seek hvelih ood
by manual labor. while ne looks with contempt
upon any form OF u winch may bs called SER
vale or mental. The labor question an the
United States rs becoming more and more per
picking every year, and the trouble arises not
more from the development Of our democratt.
principle than from the excess OF oar frp.a
educauon, which tends to the decrease of the
number OF hand-workers and the multipli-
cation OF head-workers. Servants, so called,
we have none, but those who come from
abroad. BY the by, even now \
have seen a letter OF Ehhu Burrit 70
the editor OF the New York Ttmes, dated Brr-
mIngham, August >. in regard 70 an Interna-
tional Land and Labor Agency, in which be
says: 81 believe that there are hundreds OF
families reached By your Journal that would
be glad 10 avail themselves OF the facilities AZ
offers them for obtaining tidy, modest, WELL
bred English house servants, and perhaps
about England, should not forget 20 mention
George Muller's "a Germapl Orphan House at
Bristol. He has fifteen hnndred orphans now
into the establishmsot are Kept tiII tn-r are
able 70 20 to service. They eener.sy remain
rarely leave so-aer. They are Instructed. be-
sides their school instruction, In all kinds OF
useful needewerk and household work. 1--WE
says Mr. Muller, ,"instead of apprenticine them
TO a b8siness. ne being generally far better for
their bodies and souls" Of course such girls
VII make tidy, modest, well. bred house SER
wants and governesses. As have said before,
the servants for this country must be imported.
And Yet, TO be servant he what we all are 20
wrong to despise labor in any honest calling.
While this is true of both sexes, it is especially
true OF women And IL is q shame that young
women In America turn away In disgust from
the labor Of a household, and prefer any SER
rice 10 that which Is the easiest and best paid.
L should not forget 70 mention here that
graded that the orphans are taken At any age,
maintained and educated until they arrive at
the age OF sixteen years, when they are gen.
orally provided with good homes, and have
attained a sufficient knowledge OF some trade
as a branch OF usefulness 10 enable them 10
support themselves. For this purpose the Lee
gislature at its last sitting made an annual
appropriation or Si5uO00.
1 beg leave once more 10 call the attention
not only of our women reformers, but OF all
the philanthropists. to the before toned in
stitution: for as reading, writing ana arithme-
tic are the three grand elementary studies es-
sentlal TO complete education, 80 cooking,
washing and ironing are the three fundamen-
tai branches OF domestic culture. They are
important for every woman; they are Indis-
penslble for servant. In regard 10 the in-
dustrlal Institute for Women aud Girls started
at Boston, a phllan thropist SAYS In a Boston pa :
per - Since the days and deeds Of one whose
statue adorns the square IN front Of cur Stlte
has been inaugurated, we venture 20 say, ia
this State, as the late action OF the hoOl COM
mittee OF Boston, sanctioned oy the Mayor and
councils, by an appropriation 10 found an In-
dustrial school Of - .00O-an experI nent OF tha
highest promise and one that will. beyond
question, cause thousands OF labering women
IN after years TO look back TO the ex-
ecutiye OF this movement with reyereut
gratitude" While we thus show now Eeenly
alive are the members Of tue school com N fttes
OF Boston 10 every electrical spark of inn
provement in the public schools of that city.
we cannot close without referring 70 the cause
OF TINS movement The Industrial School
mas been started, as mentioned already by DR.
Il. D Batcheider, the object of winch is 70 lit
women for the business OF life oy instructinx
tnem In printing, telegraphing, cutting ana
rious other trades and occupations yherehv
they may be enabled 10 become self-support.
ing, thus lessenlng the expenses OF the cityiu
and shy yeses IN R.,sI ngs 1ney San really nd home
the District of Columbia try the experimenr-
not only with an industrial school, out also
Win cooperative Housekeeping ana kinder
garten culturel Washington, the capital of
tne nauon, city OF 10000 tnha aoitants. and NOT
one kindergarten! i have mentioned that Miss
Peabody has been in Europe TO make q special
study OF the kindergarten culture
In conclusion, one word more about the
cooperation Housekeeping which has been
started started At Cambridge by Mrs. Charles p.
says Mrs. q. p Peirce "rhe spirit OF the are.
es conceive IL, far down beneath all the ap-
poisnt cnaos and confusion, far above ali the
sure ene conflicts, is that OF the brotherhood OF
man. .. = 10 the age wnen men help each other
IN neNery uint they do. IL is the age Of combined
capiIai, OF stooS companies, or INC VI -
organization OF labor, OF lahor-saving ma
chinery. The gfeat army OF men stand
shoulder to shoulder, and in solid phalanx are
marching TO the unknown, are fighting with
and subduing the powers OF nature-hinding
the ocean, chsinIng the lightning. ciyilizing the
wilderness, annihilating time and space, that
they may more quickly communicate with each
other. IL is true that the principle motive %
exertion for most men seems TO be, not the ac-
complishment OF all these great things, but
merely TO make money for their
families. Still the way they all take hold
10 do this is identical. They all work
together; they all help each other, and not
only the support Of their families, but
all these wonders beside are the result.
Now, IL In modern times men have discovered
that family support can be accomplished more
successfully for the Indi ual, and more ad-
vnntageously for the community by working
together, why should not women, too, hnd that
they can best fulfil their mission 0f family COM
fort by combined actioni "Bear ye one anoth-
the very essence Of christianity. "We are too
far apart from each other; we are every enc
too much absorbed in self; too indifferent to
the success or failure OF all the rest. Therefore
many faint and sink by the wayside, and
many drag along heavy heart because there
Is no helper. Shall it continus sol or, rather,
ehall not the age. which 10 that OF the brother
hood OF man, be also that OF the sisterhood Of
woman" But must conclude. Once more:
Kindergarten Culture, Oo-operauve Iudustry
schools, Co-oporative HOuo0k0eptng, Employ