, 1876-04-24

ing. II Is wasbnI AMI d,cs5ol il closI'ss ko9t 1t
the =, creclo Tor ~ snd ,.,i y "a 1ss,n n IN.
night, and its avn ciotl,cs pit upon
It. The houts for meals aro D.. IA,
audi Whou a mother laAvcs = nursing baby
shs Ia expected to nnrao It 1t tho Crec'Io onco
OF oftenar during tho day. II was Abonti o'clock
II, tue Afternoon whon no visited tho Ureoho.
and seyaral Of tho little ores warn already mnul.
festing agnt of u'isaatneeR. ChdFen WHO couL
tNnt walk dragged thelr tir d |lttt1 fest nuDut
akIrts, horlrg 10 bo taken upon lluf Lap. One
little follow wA1kol About noIo mud solitary
making :!oroua noso, .ha wAs newcomer.
and Wan not quite used 70 ll'a surroundings. Wo
oscd llttle Thing, who had SWEET. hhv stn1le for
every ono. VIC VISITED tllB btus e-rousn With lis
piles Of dauuo!s and small blno and white
ehscked dressoa. Everything sHs of the plan:
clean. The 3fstroo baa charge Of tho storca.
We looked into tho kitchen, and saw roxs of
tiny, bright aAucophnA. All tito food the chill
dren got during Tho dsy is prepared At tho
iness. All tho ArranRnMrtlta connected with
tho Croche aro economical On leaving Tin
Croeho at tho aga Of 2, tLs ohisd entorn ths
Ecale Gard!cnne. or Guardian School, Which IL
maintained by the aity OF Commune out Of thu
public fundn for lucal sxpdnse1.
GUARDIAN SCHOOL.
~, Having obtained pcrmlas!on at The 1Iosot de
vl!le, 40 visited ono Of thess Gua,dlsn
10 the CITY Of Liero, al CONDUCT
sntesod tho lirst roon,. whsro tho y younger
ehildFen reeolsod their instruction. about 1fty
palsa Of bright oyes turned towards uu, Tho
fustross, Kind, intelligent .onng woman, on
hoarhG that no wers Americans received Us
v0ry kindly. anti was most Auxtous to make us
thoroughly acquainted with tho gystem adopted
tn ths instruction Of these iittle onea. The
Children in thls room were from 70 1 years Of
sge IN the second room, from to q. When
they loavo tho necond fouua tlloy are ready 10
enter tho trlmst! department Of tho pnbIic
school. IAe c1,ldvon wore teatcd Oh benchss
before small tablca.--tho girls Oh onA ado OF tile
room, and the bow on tho other. Tho acI.uol-
hours are two In tho morning and QUO and q
half iu tho afternoou; tho Intervening
saos, i,ms + nas,Ss assatsd nonop e. play out. out q
| for th0m ut tho school. In the frat room The
| chldieb are taught facte about common ,ljngs
by object lossous. ss the domestic animals, tho
suhpes aua uBcs Of different things. ato,; t!Iov
are ano tnught to nIhg, aud nra annacd by little
plays, and recslSo leahona III c4ltatllanics. Tho
uRtroas Gavo All objact-leAson fOt uui epso1tan-
ment. by tho help OF 4 rod wosntcd ball upou
ehich abe heked several questions and received
from The little ones intelligent aua"ers, ahe
asked Its color, shape, wtothcr It vas animate
or inannsie, stc Eycry few moments sho
made thonl all hns"er togethar to keep thols al
tention. Ihey each one rose to anBwsr, With
tlicir hauda folded, aud their s,olid belgian
AHIo0 <AIA00 tohAtu u9, IuVASN UHfR Il LHEtl
aud thought thcse form part Of tho coming
gontration, Of workers; tloao who arc to
@ beaF 80 large portion OF the heat
o t S"tdaa Ssy will 0t 10 .pa tI' to act nses b's
their important .parts for tie paus aud labor
bastonod ,tpon their early edueitton 1 am con-
yinced; toschlng tho httlo girls 10 think for
themselves, and by go1tle treatment. aoftau,ng
two were .itsinr on l,tlo bench By thon,.oive
10 punishment for misconduct. aud bonding
hAlt-shy, hAli-ashuMod glAuces tu tho direction
Of the vlsi.ors. Tho children sang for uB; and
thcn We were iuvitcd to visit the aecond room. for
somewhat older ehidron. On our exit the IT.
lie ones rose ard kissed their hauds to US by
way Of parting salntaton, tho glrls with half
smiles, Tho boys with honest indifference.
We passed. into the Becond room. where tho
ntstross an iuselhgcns msdde-agad, but rather
de'lcate-lo9king woman, received us with much
kil.durss.
tbs rholo class wero ougaged IN drA ,iug,-.
thoac who woro juat commencing, on sIatos,
wtllo tho moro adsancod scholars had pApor, and
soma Ut them had pencils Of all c,Iora. Every
thing IL provided TOR the children II tho school,
t!is parents lncurfluB no exponao Of xny sort.
Tloy arc taught 70 draw by tho holp OF ths
blackboard vertical, holizoutal and psrpondic-
and thon they lnyont their own desigus. forming
comblnas.ons to suit themselves which, II they
DO carfuly ard vol. shey are allowed to eu1lven
by meana OF colorol poncils. 1p tAouo Guardian
Schools Tho little pupils are not oven taught
their lotsors, aud tho old theory thas te4chiug
should commence With the alphabet Ia quite ex-
ploded. We asked the mistress ii she
ssoas Sssa' y sn.1, aa ZIG buaaiss saSw'' .; o
smooth sticks. each bupdle containing ten sslcks
with these the chldEon 20 through tue first four
Tulea Of arithmetic, up ten Drawing, object
lossons. Hinging, and piaotlcal arithmetic with
gt!cks form the curriculum In the second room.
AL tho Guardian Schools follow tho xamo eys.
TEN. One little follow Of years, who is to
enter tho public school At tho end Of this torn.
showed ua q neat aud really elaborate drawing
with great pride. Aa a carpenter or builder,
thls early training in flucs and squares may be
( Of great use to hfn,. Tls children make fancy
mata OF co!ored tissue.papor. Indeed, every do
vce that can bo tmagiued for amusing ohtdrou
tlco. No sevoro punishment Is allowed,
A lady who Ia much occupied with tho ubjtot OF
| education for rich aud poor, told mo that sLe
much admired our FREQ minGltng Of tho eoxca
| system might have itH drawbacks. but that .hcso
| wero loss preluoic,al to tho gonaral moral touo
| Of tho public than too careful separation Of
| tho scxos. There ID, however. happy medium.
vatioa IN Belgium, and s ooly attempted IN these
Guardian Schools, which tho children leave 1t
tho ago Of o years. 1t should be serious oon-
s!deration for LIZ Americans, how much thought
tui and earnest vorkers In Tue Old World look
religious probloms that arc fast becoming thd
great ques.iops Of the dav. And oitop wish /
could g,vo moro hearty Yes 70 she aprlous
and ofs-repcatod inquiry. whether the spirit
Of liberty aud toleration tLat guides our ingtl-
tutiouB did not provo itae!f to ha tho trua sou-
tlon to all theso difficulties.
Tho system OF education Of which LAyo
tried to give = faint idea, though almplo III ap-
poarance. aud really 10 for tho Child demands
gro.t caro- aud patience on the part Of the
teacher. I should SUPPOSE they would have to
bo raapod to 1t. Indeed, 1t would seem that old
school'roQm saying that ":fhors WAS no royal
road 70 learning" Was proving itself to be liko
| many another good old saying. . fnllsoy. X.
Pouring Tcns
1outtkttptr.
There IL more to be loatned about pouring out
| hot tea and col1eo than most ladies' arc willing
| to be!loye. II those decoctiops arc made At Tho
table. which il BY far the boss way. they require
| experience, judgment. and sxactnosst II they
nre brought on tha table ready made, It Etill re-
| qulres judgmont 60 to apporiion them tbAs they
| shall prove sufficient In quantity for tho family
|. party. and that tho elder mombera ahsll haye
| tho atrrnKcr cups. 0lteu pcrao1H pour out tel