The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07
THE KNIGHTSTOWN HONE.
The Reorganization Complete and Every
thing Tn Good Working Order.
A Kindergarten to be Established at
t1e Home-Disappeera OF the
Floating Island"

The reorganization of the Knightstown
Home is now complete, and word comes from
the Institution that new life has been in
fused into it by the adoption Of better meth
DDS. and everything is working in perfect
harmony, with a fair prospect of reaching
the END designed by the State in establishing
and providing means for maintaining the
Home. Energy and ability chsracterizs the
new management; a number of persons sre
at Work preparing comfortable clothing for
the children; the same food supplied to the
Superintendent table is given to tasm, and
the little orphans find themselves indeed
the wards of the State and their
interests guarded with a Jealous care.
A little incident connected with Sunday
nights supper is related of the Home which
illustrates the childish propensity to pro-
vide itself with the delicscies OF the table
without regard to those that are to follow.
In the bill of fare Sunday night was float
ing island" dish made of milk, eggs and
sugar, and on that occasion Favored with
lemon. The children ste Fl rst. and when the
Superintendent and attendants sat down 70
supper ii was discovered that the floating
island' had all disappeared, the children ep
parently relishing the dish more than any
other on the table. A person who took sup
per there that evening and who is the Ssn-
tinePs informant, says that the matter was
regarded as good joke and produced moie
enjoyment than would have been occasi0ned
by eating the custard.
The same person rays that on Saturday
some OF the discharged employees took occa-
sion to show their spleen by making insinu-
atoms endcthrow;ng out slurs against the
lady member of the Board. but she bore Ii
all with that calm fortitude and womanly
forbeaTance which said, IN language palmer
than words that she would not permit her,
self TO fall TO that level by bandying words
with them, The action Of some of those
who were discharged showed conclusively
that they were not ut 10 occupy the positions
ihey had held, and in illustrating this fact
they really paid high compliment 70 the
penetration of the power that gave their
positions 10 Others. One of the employees.
so cay the children, advised q NUMBER
OF tie orphans to run away, and acting
upon this advice. four OF them scRmpered
OIL. They soon repented OF this rashness
however. snd returned to the Home. where
they expressed themselves as heartily
ashamed OF their course, and promised never
again to follow such bad advice.
Mrs Pittman. says the Sentineps inform.
ant is still at the Home and IS supsruteDd-
ing the work of making clothing for ths
children. and they are beginning TO appear
neat and tidy those who have the con-
forts CT home and the fostering care OF
mother ard father She is up early in the
morning. and takes the lead OF bevv OF
girls in handling the broom. mop, SOUNDING
brush and dust pan. and in this way she
not only sets example, but teaches them
the value of the work, as we'll as how ii
should be cone. AT her suggestion a change
will be made in the school OF the Home, aud
il will hereafter be conducted on the kinder.
garien plan, q cnap go that will be doubly
advantageous to the pupils. who must ulti-
mately leave the institution and depend
upon their own exersions for q support aud
il will be found necessary tn have something
besides the mere rudimeuts OF 81 English
education. The prediction is made that
under. the new order of things, il will
be bat short time till everything
will be going on both prosperously and hko.
pilv. Peace ia the watchword and harmony
and good Will the motto of the institution"
The same authority said: THE statement
which appeared in an indianapolis psoer. in
effect. that the lady member CT the Board is
nervous and hysterical, provoked no little
amusement at the Hone, and the person
using the terms was certainly not acqusnt.
ed with their meaning. No, il is not Mrs
PittInan who is nervous and hysterical; it is
somebody else, IN fact, several somebodies,
but they are not at the Home now"