The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-13
THE KNiGHTSTOWN HOME.
The Reorganization Complete and Every
thing In Good Working Order.
A Kindergarten to be Established al
the acknowledgements 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 fair prospect of reaching
the end designed by the State in establishing
nd providing means for maintaining the
Home. Energy and ability characterize the
new management; a number of persons are
at work preparing comfortable clothing for
the children; the same food supplied to the
Superintendent's table is given to taem, and
the little orphans find themselves indeed
the wards of the State and their
interests guarded with q 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 delicacies 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 ate fl rst. and when the
Superintendent and attendants sat down 20
supper it was discovered that the floating
parently Telishing the dish more than any
other on the table. A person who took sup
per there that evening and who is the Sem
tiDeps informant, Gays that the matter was
regarded as good joke and produced mole
enjoyment than would have been occasionsd
by eating the custard.
The came person says that on Saturday
some OF the discharged employees TOOK occa-
sion to show their spleen by making inslDU
atoms andsthrow;ng out slurs against the
lady member of the Beard. but she bore it
all with that calm iOrtitude and womanly
forbesrance which said, N languages palmer
than words that she would not permit her,
self to fall to that level by bandyiug words
with them. The action of some OF those
who were discharged showed c0nclusively
that they were not fit to occupy the positions
they bad held, and in illustrating this fact
they really paid high compliment to the
penetration of the power that gave their
positions 10 Others. One of the employees,
so say the children, advised q numoer
OF the orphans to run away, aud acting
upon this advice, four of them scampered
off. They soon repentsd OF this rashness
however. an rsturDed to the Home, whsre
they expressed themselves as heartily
ashamed of their course. and promised never
again 10 follow such had advice.
Mrs. Pittman, SAYS the Sentinel's inform
ant is still at the Home, ana is superintend-
ing the work of making clothing for the
children. and they are, beginning to appear
as neat and tidy as those who have the con-
forts OF home and the fostering care of
mother and father. She is up early in the
morning. and takes the lead of bsvv of
girls in handling the broom, mop. scrubbing
brush and dust pan. and in this way she
not only sets an example, but teaches them
the value of the work, as we'll as how 1t
should be done. at her suggestion a change
will be made in the school of the Home, aud
it will hereafter be conducted on the kinder
garten plan, q change that will be doubly
advantageous to the pupils, who must ulti.
mately leave the institution and depend
upon their own exertions for q support, and
ii will be found necessary to have something
besides the mere rudimetts of an English
education. The prediction is made that,
under, the new order of things, it will
be but q short time till everything
will be going On both prosperously and hap
PLY. Peace is the watch word and harmony
and good Will the motto of the institution"
The same authority said: The statement
which appeared in an Indianapolis paper, in
effect that the lady member of the Board is
nervous and hystericsl, provoked no little
amusement at the Home, and the person
using the terms was certainly not acqusint.
ed with their meaning. No, it is not Mrs.
Pittman who is nervous aud hysterical; it is
somebody else, In fact, several somebodies,
but they are not at the Home now"