The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-04
PASCAGOU1A, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, APRIL H. 1879.


joys to the little learner. Before
each snfiling maiden, whether with
the tow braids and the blue eyes of
the "Fatherland,1 y the black, flying
hair from the Emerald Isle," the
deep, solemn eyes from Italy, or
the dteef little brown face from
China, is set a complete array of
breakfast dishes with table cloth,
napkins, and small round table to
match.
All, What bliss! the first toys
they ever Had With these before
them, they learn how to lay the
table, to put on the cloth, to place
hives and forks, glasses and nap
h,M When all is arranged, they
Iepeat tde lesson together, pointing
" ,tm, e11n aricle as they name it.
~, Anese areGttle break fast tables.
Ihis Is the coh>e-pot it should be
scalded before the cof.ee ;s mt IN
This is the sugar-bovl; it should
be filed when taken tro,. tho tahle
These are the knives. TGs ia tbe
fork !; we eat with the fork. 9hese
are the breakfast-plates; tGsS
should always be hot" and so on
with the whole.
Think how many useful lessons
in that one exercise for little girls
who hope some day to work in real
kitchens, and who began by calling
the tines of a fork its teeth and
who once set the breakfast-table to
their own satisfaction by placing
the coffee-pot-that being the tall
est article-in the middle of the ia.
bic, and the rest of the service in
ring around it
Next comes clearing the table,
teaching What to take away first,
how to collect and pile up silver
and dishes, and brush and fold the
table-clOth so that it will retain its
creases aud it's fresh appearance.
Then another toy-a dish-pan of
the most "cunning" SORTS placed
before each small hodsemaid, and
she plays wash the dishes, rinsing
them in clear water, and drying
each article on its spcial towel,
while she sings:
Washing dishes,
Suds are h6ti
Work away briskly,
Do not stop.
"First the glasses;
Wash them well
If you do them nicely,
ALI can toll
"Then the silver
Must be bright" etc.
You'll better see the use of this
careful teaching when | tell you
that many of the girls, at first,
breathe on the glasses to polish
them! They are taught here to
not only wipe glass on the glass
towel, but also to set it down with |
the towel, without touching it with |
the hands. SO thorough is the
training in this school.
The play ends with each little
worker placing her clean dishes in
their two small boxes, setting the
boxes on the round table, and turn.
ing the dish pan upside down over
all. Then march strikes up, and
the girls rise, take up the articles
they have used, march around the
room, and leave them in q cupboard |
at one side. /
"Bed making and sweeping
doesn't promise much fun, does it 7 |
But you should see these happy |
each with q dolls bed |
stead, which has nice bedding, like |
a regular bed; you should hear
them sing:
"When you wake in the morning
At the day dawning,
Throw off the bedding, and let it all air
Then shake up the pillows
And leave them near windows, If the day |
is quite fair"
For this play, the little maiden
lays the clothes from the bed over
two small chairs, folding the
spread and the "pillO -sbams,n
aging off pillows and turning mat
,resses to air. Then she begins
over and makes up, spreading
everything carefully, tucking in,
md making bed; while the teach
,r, by questioning the class, makes
,he others tell why each thing is
lone.
Strange as you may think it, the
weeping is one of the prettiest ex-
,rcises they learn. To lively
long, the delighted children, in
couples, skip around the room, each
at one point pair OF
,rooms tied with gay ribbons and
lfter various performances with
hem, singing song, they sweep,
orm into line again, and skip
Irouud through an arch formed by
,art of the class with their raised
,rooms, and, at last, leave their
,rooms where they received them.
The lesson teaches the different
ses of broom, whisk broom, hair
rush, feather r-duster, dust.cloth
nd dust pan how to sweep and
lust and wipe the woodwork; in
act, how to put room in perfect
rider. May be that's more than
Many of you girls know, though
our opportunities have perhaps
'een much better.
The fourth lesson takes the eager
title maideps into a genuine Mon.