The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-15
SUNDAY At THE pROTEC1oRY.
How the Two Thousand Hoys and Girls
Passed their Weekly Holiday.


Sunday is always welcome day at the
New York Catholic Protcctory in Westchester
Tothe Brothers. the Sisters Of Charity. the two
thousand boys and girls in their charge. and
the skilled artisans employed to direct the in
dustry Of the latter, II is n pleasant change In
their busy life When the sunlight entered the
windows Of tho boys great dormitories ycstcr-
day morning. II found many wide-opon eyes.
for the first event Of the day was to be bath In
Westchester creek. The creek empties its
waters in the Sound. and gets return OF salt
water when tho tide changes. Three days In
the week the Brothers take the boys to battle.
and on the alternate days the Sisters take the
girls.
At about @ o'clock the boys carrying with
them their Sunday clothes. set out for the creek.
When the bath houses of the Protectory were
reached. the week day clothes were replaced by
bathing tights in the twnkling Of nm eye. Then
there was mighty splash. and nearly fourteen
hundred boys were swimming, diving, and
sulashing about IN the creek
When the Brothers thought that tho bath had
own seton i'S B"ys' he Time 2 u nm s VIM
out murmur. the bows promptly returned 10 the
bath houses and dressed themselves. Then
they marched back To the Protertory and ate
breakfast. At 4 o'clock they filed into the
chape and heard mass Next thoy went to
the class rooms, and Wore instructed In
tho cntcchism. Then they fled out into
tho quadrangle and formed long lines.
The project mounted y slight elevation.
might have done. cast his eyes over the body
before him. The Sub-Prefects stood ut the head
81 their divisions As the silyery clock
rranslc struck 10, tie preisct nude nude
q signal. and tho sub-Prelects led
their divisions toward great gate in the west
wall. Through this gnte most OF the boys
| passed into tho vast playground beyond. But
some who had stripes Of yellow in their brown
] NAr ltE ina tax al
| They Were allowed to nmuse themselves rs they
pleased within the quadrangle but not 10 90
| outside. The striped suit IL the chief punish
ment otthe offending boy in the Protectory.
-. While the boys were at play. Brother Adrian,
the rector. and Supcrlntendrnt Dooley plotted a
Sun reporter through the Protectory. In the
| dormitories the hygienic rules Of the British
army barrack Ks. probably the best In existence
are enforced. Every occupant has IA separate
| cot and six hundred cubic inches Of pure air
| Whtchmen are on the alert az night to sees that
| tAins only divide tho alcoves in which the
| projects sleep from the dormitories. Also
| lutte cleanliness rules here. in the class
whore food for morn than n thousand mouths IL
| cooked by steam. The shoe shop. which turns
printing Office. which does nearly as large q
| bust moss; tho Gaming shop. where the best kinds
| 9uhnirs aud setiees are caned the tailoring
| departinent which supplies clothing Tor all Of
the BOYS the carriage shop and smithy. nnd
the base ball factory were successfully Wis
led It," , Five BOYS boys were II the ingrmary
brother. had Just paid them visit. Three Of
the boys were up and dressed. one OF then
| playing checkers with n boy who was in bed
| The NTH boy lay doing in his white cot. He il
dying Of consumption. The four new inhrm:
aries mainly on the pavilion plan and isolated
| In gardens. and the opthalmic hospital. con.
| tAnsd only nine or ten boys. and not more than
| five OF these were abed.
At about noon the walters. boys detailed FOL
| the week 20 wait upon their companions. began
% put dinner upon the hundreds OF tables In
the principal reiectory. Wearing blue aprons
they stood .n II line and In turn approached the
! carNrfs table. The carvers. older boys. CAV,
| them great pewter dishes Of Irish stew roas
beef and string beans. broad paters of hrend
and big pots ot coffee. which they set GU
neatly on the tables. At noon tho boys fell tC
wanted more. they called one OF the walters nnS
asked for IL. After dinnor there WAS an al
J9urnment 70 the play ground. The relatives
olthe boys then began 70 arrive. with baskets o
good things. Whenever there WAS no objection
on occount OF misconduct. Superintendent Doc
ley gave th"n permission 10 take their boys gu
! OF the limits for an hOuro two. and imprOmptl
pienics were soon organized IN every shad
The earlier part OF the day in the Girls Pro
factory was moro quiet. Aner curly mass II
the chapel which Is adorned with an altar o
white MARBLE decked with newlycut flowers
and surrounded with beautiful paintings. tn
sisters and the girls strolled in the grove. chat
ted in quiet hooks ia the cool and still house
or read in the library Many went L
the Play room in the basement, and san.
manners reminded those who know her historl
OF the day when she WIS IA reigning belle in Thu
city. went from one group to another
During tho hotter part Of the da,
tho baby boys and girls. in the
separate homes, played in shaded rooms
In the neat inilrmary in the upper stor,
Of what was tho old Nerrian mansion. tn
nucleus Of the Protectory. not even one cot wa
occupied. But At a window. hung with snow
white Swiss curtains sat young glrl who i
dying Of consumption.
Brother Adrian. the head OF the Protectory
the largest reiormatory Institution in III
world. with branches in Utca and Troy, il still
young. He carries all the figures Of n
i immrnse revenue ana outlay OF In
his piercing black eyes are everywhere
He was the assistant Of Brother fellow IN
founder Of the Protectory. for years. About iiv
years ago they Were invited to the Republic o
Ecuador by the Government Of Garcia Moreno
70 establish n Protectory in the city Of Quito.
million acres Of land were set apart for the pur
pose Soon after this Moreno was assass mated
From Prosperity TO Adversity.