, 1881-11-16
Pen.Picture of a School, Room
in the City OF St.
Louis.
A Hundred Happy Children Con-
t:olled by the Law of
Love.
Songs with a Meaning, Moral, Les'
Bor, and mn Esthetic yalue-Tho
r.: Song OF the Butterfly.
The Influence Of Kinderg arten Chill.
dren upon Their Parents and
Their Teachers.
ai1 Thousand Children in the Kinder
ga1tsns at St. Louia-The Manual
Training-Sohool.

ElA 1AVu1AuA NukkA4Uu Al ku0 AAtAAuA-
gartsns at St. Louia-The Manual
Training-Sohool.
10 fhe DiItor of TIT Chicago TRIBUNE.
CI11cs0o, Nov. LITTLE readers of'FitET TRIBUNE
are Mware ur thn fact that tho kindergarten IL Il
part Of tue public. school system OF st. Louis. It
vas established IN 1871 with nne school an't mn
enrotlmeut Of sixty eight pupils. At present
The system comprises about sixty schools and nn
enrolment nr nlmut O,u1o pupils. The ndoptaon
Of tho Kindergarten as part Of tho puUItc school
ptstan uf nuIHhbOrinK Hroat city 10 due chiefly
tu tho lnlefatixable eyerttun9 Of Af'ss Susie Il.
Blow daughter Of tho late lion. Henry T. lslow,
md Prof. William r. lfarrls, long snperlntensi.
cnt OF the St. Louis public schools. 1t Is proper
to remark, hpwcver, that these nxertons would
not huru been crowucd with SUCCESS hut for tho
aid OF au enlightened public suu,imcnt Nh the
subject OF education. It sllniltf be further re-
marked that st. f.ouls starlls ulone In tho ud0p-
tlou Of the Kindergarten into the public -schoo!
system. So much BY way OF preliminary.
During recent so1onrn III st. I.0uIe v1sftedt
By Invitation, the Eliot School, the Kindergarten
branch of which IL III charge Of Mrs. Clhra hoe.
ION fluttmrd. found there asscinbled nearly
n hundred little puptis-XIrls and l,oya from to
years OF AHp. IL WIS Il dull day, iehlen
cou1ed sky. II chill wind. MILDLY streets. and
pattcrsng raia-drops-eyetythins to deprcss AMI
nothing to cheer IN tho outer world. Hut tho
entrance to tho school.Iuom wus Ike
A TRANSFORMATIONS SCENE
IRON tho gloomy depths Of stage forest to tho
brightness md Joy 0t n hnppy iresl'u. The
walls ul tho roo.n wtre illuminated with varfutls
ornnlncntaI devices III brlxht- -cnlored paper.
wrought hy the laft fingers nt the pupils. tlt'oiK
which tho following nuilocs shoHo cpnsplc-
uuusly: "llouven Lies About Us In Our ln-
fancy: "Con,e, Let us Live for tho Children y;
"lInppy Chlltren": "O1r Law Is f.ovc': ai,d
nln,vc MI tho name Of the High Priest nf tho
kindergarten systcsu-" frocuel." There was no
sunlight III tho room, for tho sky was black
With ciuuls. Int thore WINS every other klnt Of
light therc-thn light of l,leHsca happy fhCes--
chid fuces-tlie light or III interest WHICH never
taEgctl for q moment III tho sonrs and phys
through which It was sought tn touch both tho
3nte!lcct md Tho hcnrt nf tho little ones. Every
Kindergarten sonE has tncnnlnR. touching s0n,n
practical thing, NJ tllat of "Tho Carpenter" -
Or ..Ttts ShurIunker.' nlng with MI accnunpn,Il-
Inent at manual limitations. or snorN! !uc.It.
sats saa I 5 SS psaHr IT, XII k.shts a
the '!oud ch!!,l q Iesso1 In naturu! history. ~
value. us. "Awny A,nt,nK tho Hoaeosns;' or a
chur,n or bodily movement. III
"TifE nuTrEHFtN."
In rendering this utter sung tho children gather
in II circle and move the!r hhntts III snltatlun Of
tho tiutterlnE wings OF the butterfly: several
chiturcn MI nbuut IN tho coiltro With similar
movements NJ thu hands, stopping now and thc,i
At,er Il @ Hs1s vMrsty Is af tne:o simple songs the
children narch to tha lunch tnhc, wherc being
scute III tiny chaIra, thoiriitle heads are ht''ved
variuty or hea,ls-curIy- hurried, Glnck- haired,
hruwu- h,!red. llont. haired. How pretty they
sS e1s sey Whit ,ns ssSSs aSSt TIL Ike ri @
luncis good iuGlo. alluticrs arr GsHuKht-saiHht to
sn!rsn sl nlxht o,aorwse {nS. 9ysF sslrs
children are Musty the ehlllrGn 0l poor pnrs1ltA,
anu many IT them II parents suffering tho us'
Tntchlny stares are told Of bencileent ret!os
Influences cxerted by The klndorNHrtcn ch!ldrot
n their pour homes y, h.; T9o saiIlemrns sn Est.;
III tho poverty. strUkGn and i0a often vicious
and tlehauehej hon,u crcIu, causes tho pnrcuts
iheru springs better. pirer lie. Thus the chll.
dreB uncs,Nscnlsly assume tho character 0t
n 1 ~ sr 1w M@ss a eho fs saSs
pointed lives and half'wreckcd moral nut
ures Of
r1fE1N UNFORTUNATE: l'AltESTs.
Do the children uf thesu wrotcheu parent
brnr tho hotisehold grters ind SORROWS 70 The
kIIdervarten? Not tnAny Of tticin. The lnfhnl
nln1 = 70 ,nuta1lo ard so iMpress!onMnle taat Il
IiaasrssrsS Visited IT,, xsFs " % TssnI Si .t wifi
c: ss 'ys' e. %ss esous i exs ss;
pro!npt. and delivered joyo,.sIy. and Wilt, i
sInlle: hut II careful study Of tho group dis:
pain: whether !uhorlted OF stamped upon IL
from d,y u dny by tue iunornney ai,d cruelty ol
iur.nE El ink 10 t.e 10y Syos I Us or npprchsndsi evsi
nshrinklng as II " fear u hi1w, y reflective
exprsss!mi too ,9n.lro for tl,s yo!,i,E eyes Yss
su!att taaaR|,ts sh.a!p i'rs ti!at "i;S'1ld nsSc'
Tst sa bs srSel C II t nre Ms
nut many uf thon. thnnk Huil Aud I'M cuh'
t!Aent that there VIII be less and less propur'
fif,IpItF
spreAls !ts hlcssuHs hbroad nvcr ts,u lMntt. rI,t
fnct that tlero Rrs so,ne such children. chtlu'
aear1 OF cru.,ty, SHOULD ,stiinu!a.u all hulnal,
t0rIIns. ~! cducntora. TO Investigate the stitler
u the kiulsrxarttn; and " found te 10 :
tnincsty oven III I,Mrt. press fur rs NnlyGraa
adoption fnl0 tho public school SYSTEM. '1t
THE LADIES Of GlilCAUu
who aro prosHlnx tho subject Of cl,urlty kintsur
S sds apq o IT, q nespy sr s
would mover 9hate their effort, Until they Al'aI
~ crowned W!!h cplnl,iut6 sueugss: Aud when
u lie systoin iii part q tic puuo sshooi estsS
II shuiI 10 accused Of exn9Eerauon when ! ~
that tho hundred children saw ~ tho i:!l.
School wera noary ~ vvry }reity children. u,
loynusncEs that ttIumined thelr fnees thu
nude them sook 70 protty nna interesting:
lnusl tender a1ll lnpresalonabio tlKs uhilslrc
G,lu be takcn from attAies or slual0r, t.lvurt.
hiId Hisory, Whvrt tile Sery attlusphere Ii pulli
liUu, aAA pauuest IN nn Nt1,usphrIu Of pGntr, 1
joy. md Or Hlud1luss uuIts beyuna tho puWer /
my ppnr pen to lcscribe for throo ht,urs .ln,
41,d X. In thu new s!tuaton lhsy cn,l be tnllKf
tue ruustnenta Of 1uany things lmptlrtnnt *
them 10 know. It Si!i su'.rresy " disputed Lii
tue etftct upur all their Mttsr life nlust bu Krel
and Denet!cent. II tho nssoctatinns u III
xlnltrEarlcn nro 81 potential III to houutlfy all
shortly : pla!n !aee low nivh anru must thu
purify aud rxnlt ltlo huart Ut tho l!ttlu puull!
II IL not !ligtllt to Ind tuachutp Ut til
re.luiht Judgment and kentleneas to tnh
chlrK0 at
THE TRAINING or little cifltnnENp
Rm assured by M!Ra Hluw thut, Us the ghElure
pxert y GonslaGrnble influence, Il runl,lx al
hun.nhizNg tuttneHco ilpoll their pArents. 60 vi.
they exert y worry xreat Influence upon the
teaGhers. The schoul.rounl happlnass OF II
ltttle oncs IL contagious; IL intscts Mlt with who
tNey ur4 brought In CnntGet; their tDynusilu
3rcntes y pure atmosphere wAnso influence r,t
tho teuGhers u tho temptation t0 l,a SDur al
aArsh. and makes them Muru ind Il0ru gent
hlsa Etuw has never withdrawn her caro of I!
kindergarten schools which Rho Afdsl W puwe
FkIta hl1A@tk