The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
WAITS OF WATER STREET,
CHILDREN roo RAGGED TO 90 M
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Tee Good Work Of Industrial sschsols-
What n Few Thousand Dollars Can DO.
Opposite the New York anchorage of the
T. tst River Bridge, at the foot OF Dover street. o
broad door gives entrance to n0ht OF steps
leading up TO two rooms where one OF the down
town industrial schools Ia in operation. Tue
neigh horhood IL not an inviting one. Within
the memory Of middie-aged mon Dover strest
was the residence Of substantial merchants. but
it Is now n neighborhood OF tenement houses
Water street. in that neighborhood Abounds
with all the vicious temptations which are beid
out to Jack ashore, is a street TO be Stunned
after dark, and not desirable as n promen ads In
the day time. The entire ne ghb orhood swafnf
with children Of all ages, varieties, ana coIors.
Certainly It would he difilcult to find astrongcs
contrast than between the outside world OF
Water street and the interior Of the school
room. This school Ia necessity Of the neigh
borhood, for the children whom II succors are
too poor to 70 to tho public schools In plain
words, they have not sufficiently decent cloth
Ing To give them what education they can re-
ccive In the very irregular and dosultory way in
which they en- attend the school, and to supply,
so far as may be- their poverty OF apparel ia the
duty enioincd on the mistress.
Something to eat Is a necessity, but in the case
OF all the little unfoftun ties who attend thh
school the something to eat Ia OF rarer occur
renee than the want OF IT, rrotty Week, In Dick.
ens's "Chimes." says: Nothing u so reguiariu
coming round as dinner time. and nothing "a
less regular Ia coming round than dinner" This
observation IL apple BILE not only to these chill.
dren, bur TO their parents. who are exceedingly
poor. These waits OF humanity, however. to the
nnnoor OF sixty or seventy diily, are O -rtain VI
one square neal Il uav Ia the school.
a description of an hour passed among them
VIII Des' give an idea ~ the WORK rried on
Just oeiofe O'CLOCK, when mini dressed boys
| ind gfis with their sat hels aud lunch bags
| were going ON their laughing, Chatteriug way 70
| the public schools, thirty or forv other httis
| ones climbed the Dover stieet stairs. lhe chief
disting uishng marx about them was their clean
ccs, Il being a hiEh cardinal point In the man
agement that, whatever raRs there may be, there
| must pc no ant. lneso norsels OF humanity
seemed TO be In uncommon glee, desoite tben
poverty, for part Of them were going to spend q
week ut watering pl &c.
TIE CuILDRENs WATERING PLACE
Certain worthy persons, blessed with album
dance have an Establishment At Bath, l.. l.
where every summer relays Ut children from tue
various Industrial schools are sent for
| few days. as many as 49, children being the
ground ~ one time. Most OF the young ones
! have never before IN their lives been out OF tina
swelttring city, aud IL Is 4 strange and suggest
! i've tact. that the nrst sight OF the broad ocean
with its sounding nurnur Invariably husnes
/ their childish prattle. From tbs particular
! school tuireen little Rifls were going, Certait
/ otners being detained at home TO help mother
| Pending the srrivols from the other schools q
prayer was said. some singing done, with the
aid Of wheezy old melOdeOn, and those whe
| were not Of the fortunate found what occupA
ton aud amusement they could la slate and
pencil. The Exporter noticed with much pleas
! are that the lazy teacher, who seemed more
/ Lac an auactiunats mother with large and
rather untuiy family than the traditional school
/ mistress. kissed every one Of the little traveller
Oh their departure, with many gentle admont
/ tlons about keeping on Their sues and stock.
/ ings and being good girls. ana the evident cor.
/ diahn between ali the children ma their teach
or was one oi the pieasanIest features OF the
l school.
rae pupils here are among the utterly poor
! Tie girls nud occupation at umes In sellins
/ flowers, matches, or similar articles, and both
boys auJ girls are among the horde Tho sell the
daily pa ers. The idea Is to give tnem not only
! some schooling. but to teach them LOT
/ practicable VIII, viii ne useful to them In afte
! hfc-not trade. Tor that IMPLIES constant and
| regular Al ten don. aud these young GOthamites
| have their own living to get. 1t Is diiic IL tc
ind occupation for ths boys, but the ghls ara
| Taught TO sew by md ana On the machine, u
| and 10 qualify themselves Tor service al various
| kinds when old enough To have PAGES found
| for them. ono YOU z lady has "A sctuubing do
| tail. Another dan,1ri Of twelve wore dr.sa
| entirety ~ her own m.kiug, aud was pOintud
ott as having been the vest glrl III the scnOo fos
that eek. an honor bile distinction.
Az noon on sumner ana autumn days this
Juveniles receive I'll the bre d. syrup, ana coffee
| dinner. lhis Is frequently breakfast Us well ~
| dinner for them.
SOUP
The N cal Is eaten in tins which re placed ot
the desks and 10 Is the duty Of the little house
Keepers to carefully clean IN ihin2s afterwari
in winter should there tie any soup left. ~ ~
given 10 some slck person, and tneTe Is never
.ack otappliclnls. Dinner is proraDly IN most
eases the chief temptation 10 go 20 school m,
furniture OF the room ~ worn ana shabby
SchulAfs are irregular IN tneir Rlten ance; foI
/ puyerty frequently compes them to st.y war
/ fr days AT a tiine Whit IN" rrn,risr ~,
present . snub-nosed little lass had 10 be ex
cuscd Ne mother wants me TO mind th'
Rom while she hangs the clothes on the roof &
/ dry Hut with all It's Disadvantages tue schoo
Is blessing to The neishbor.ood.
On the North side of FrahklIu Stree, between
HUDSON aud church. Is another similar srhOo
IN the second story 10 Two rooms connected hi
Z folding doors When the reporter reached luis
school the juveniles were returning from then
uo0nda} recess, and Mostly cm H. the stairs
One or Two delinquent Buys legged below. and
/ trgurcd lersuaslon 10 en,tr the fold. Ga tns
! teacher desk were two or three teaches and
huncn 81 hoWeTs tne latier lri ute nm
htte girl. In b.ck room were nOout twenty
children II 9he average aye Of four years sent
lrom home to lie our Of the WY.
In METRE OF t.tsc schoOis, which are both
su. ported hy private II ribuion- l. any pro
vision made for tine children other than theh
! Instruction anu their dinner, cut on the otboi
side OF TIC CITY, IN stanton street. there Is at
tached 10 the indusui ! school family Of ten
tuc entire exetnses OF winch are dcfr yed by
wealthy gentleman of This ci,y This school Ia
under tht ca tEe ~ an uptown cuurch, h visit
Ell b. 3 pastor. ana Is "a kind of mission school
luerc certainly Is every opening IN the neigh
borhunO toI schools ct the kind Tor 1t ahoundi
In tenement houses OF the y ores. class, and
eNC.Y utler lrst uoli Is % Deer saloon or Q
"hucntt snop.' lnis fanny ,tn We nios
home, p.eit, 90 elt and urink good b.ds II,
ni-ht, 1ud Kind il"tron to iuuh al 81 their wel
fare. sucn "a cuaiiiY a. TINS Is priceless, not
ouly To- tnc recipients hut To the piyer, wno seea
TIE acHoul every week, Auu SUI plies Whatever u
u ce-sary. he Icrorter de, not mention his
! uAllc, iut .thouEh suCh men are rare, they sol
dua care To have tneir good deeds neralGed.
AOBLI CHARITY.
In connection with this last subject IL NAV
not hr iuappTouriat" to refer o "a similarly noble
nct, ANA to Il chalty DOW, like It's 10 iudrr, dead.
severed years ago there was ~ &c ire 81 eeL
10 Al uOuf 10 icuri, "A modest house with "a Dlain
el-t, " lue Strangers ilumt.' Ii was fros
Home, NOS .ur tue iaIN on worthless, but Tor ans
decent Uan who, 10y ACCIDENT or otherw ise
tuuud himself ,n TINS wilderness al IA city, zen.
| huv,- uA aVlii,ss. here he WIS prOVIued
Win u %, heJ, leuN Of iuuets aud uaga
Z u-.. ia nl-ncd with ne'nlcs and Unread, II IA
Hccdr4 ,'uiu, ANA SHAVING appai ats and DlaCk
| lu-,it q suI pu. ter 90 taIa Hume " oil hue~
| th.t IL fQunutN SD .ublu, IS IItC.udos a mhu
tom hnunl uccuuatiun. IL " p astonishing
the clcrk II The lioue 10, now mucu good
! QNi ul 500 would DO ma Yeur, nuN much
So n'HuS relieved. and now seldom 1t va.
ia 4 odVHuta-e was tahcn OF the welcome eiyeI
| by the lIuuie.
a coed hing tot him that he Stormed >ionI
Paint.
Prom ne one. ~ Len a AsCS
Years ago Charles VI. Lee WAS II great
LAWYER in ltNrhr- Co.. =. \. 900 one occasion hs
WAS oti Luil4 a.. Ola N"fvrta flr passing q