New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-18

tic conditions are excellent a We asu ISM
to higher floor. Here we IND corfldOts
lined with religious pictures and the pest engEaI
ings Of holy families by renowned masDets.
is another chapel IN which the most d " roy
pupils are allowed, before going TO bed 70 pray;
This class Of lads are Knights OF the virgin ana
promise to respect her in their respeeG Tor ther
mothers and the virtue 81 tneir Ives and arranged
something on the system of a stable. The morse
boxes are chambers, containing each small De1, d
ysnS' There is small carpet beside the bed.
To prevent the multiplication OF insect lie I he
floors are IN tiles, and the wooden paTtltl3ns hoI
descending to within about foot OF the hoorlng
the air sweeps under them. A curtain serves az y
door for each box or compartment AT eacn eng on
the common passage Jesuit is stationed all night
We ascend again the stairs. We come to the linen
store of the house, Every boy has here his body,
table and bed linen, which is put away N large
piReOn-hOe bearing his NAME and carefully KepI ~
repair On this story there are the pharmacy, kepE
by lay brothers, and the hospital kltchen, mOaei
Of neatness and order The lay brothers are
not as servants but as friends. and have manifest
at heart the interest and the glory OF the house.
From the kitchens was taken to the hostelry'
THE REMEDY FOR HoME-sICKNEss.
At the Rue des Postes II O pupil is hOme-sick OF
out of spirits father mother. an uncle, an aunt
is asked on a visit and lodged in this wing Ii TINS
does not make up for the absent family, )uVenlie
relatives are also invited with the parent or parents
According to the number to whom the college eX-
TENDS nOSplGdllbHg tOuRlDHS aIo BNOh AhOAO SAS
suites of apartments, with sittIng-rOOm and sew
era bedrooms In all cases invalids may have those
near and dear to them in the hostery, and they all
meet 10 common sittinG-room. Board is also pro-
vided. The furniture, without being luxurious IN
this part of the college is elegant
"What additional charge do you make 1or each
friend who comes to stay here J" asked.
"NO charge whatever" returned my cicerone:
/" We never run up bills for extras The fees are
This led mo IN innnire tbo VeorIy cost of maintain
ing lad al the Rue DIES Postes. 1t 1s about I.OOO
francs, which covers all expenses not ineiudin H.
This was formerly the country seat OF Mile ue
Scudery, and the chateau stands in the midst OF
dee 15V canal. in which pupils learn to swim In
Winter some of the courts IN the Rue des POstes are
flooded to enable the lads to skate Robust exercise
is insisted upon IN all the Jesuit schools in the play
example Of muscular Christianity.
Vanguard is the school second in import ance 70
the Rue des Postes and Is situated in q suburb OF
Paris. The grounds are very extensive, the air good
and care is taken not to receive boys who are likely
to have an hereditary propensity for vice. his Is q
boardinR-schoOl
CARE FOR THE PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF PUPILS
The great day school IS in tho Rue de Madrid.
Seven years ago the Jesuits bought there tumble
down house in which they opened classes. At the
end of tho first year they had thirty pupils. They
have now $50 aud senior and junior college
which have vast Fairgrounds and covered prone
noirs. There are twenty-seven Fathers in this es-
Establishment, the rector Of which is Father de
Gabriac, brother of the diplomat who recently was
Ambassador of the Republic to the Holy See. am
slightly acquainted with him, and at my request he
ordered a subordinate Jesuit to take me over
the junior and senior schools The fees here are
not low. They come to. about 800 francs yearly.
Bat very complete education IS given for this,
and, in all that does not concern theology, modern
one Also, But the immqtabity Of Rome's dogmas
is ardently defended at the Rue de Madrid, and in
the domain of religion the possibility of progress
is denied. The ,Jesnts understand the laws OF
locker change of clothing, pair of boots. pair
of slippers, and two, pairs of socks. III he
comes to school wet his garments are at once
changed and those taken off sent 20 be dried IN
heated room. The Father who showed me the locker
deduccd from this precaution the singular freedom
of pupils of the Jesuits from infantile diseases.
When he had taken me over the vast buildings.
courts and Fairgrounds he said, We paid for the
ground here $50 francs a square yard. If we are
not dissolved our promises will be considerably eX
tended. Were they large enough nc should at once
have 1900 pupils"