Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-24
COLORED ORPHANS.
WHERE THEY ARE RAISED AND CARED
FOR AND TAUGHT.

Sights Seen at All Asylum for Very
Young Colored Ladies' and Gentlemen.
Training the Youngsters.
One day recently an artist and reporter
were walking around together away up town.
They were looking for such things As people
are interested in, the artist to make beauti-
full and Poetical pictures Of them, and the re
porter TO tell in plain and homely style what
the pictures We're all about BY and by they
came in sight of a big building-a building
with grounds around it, and builiing Of
that peculiarly benevolent shape whirh says
to the bcholder as plain as words, I'm a
charity building. no one pays anything to
live in me" \ policeman, leaning his blue
back against shady tree and bliSsfully
watching the cable cars whirr past, explained
that that was an asylum for Young c"lored
gentlemen and ladies who had the hard luck
to be orphans, and that those wer, some Of
the young gentlemen having the pow-wow on
the porch
\ minute aftarward the artist was pulling
the polished door bell of the institution with
both hands \ gong sounded. and in a SEQ
Ond hurricane started up somewhere, 10 of
in the building, and came sweeping toward
the big door. Ii was pulled in and the hurri-
cane was found TO consist of a small colurri
gentlemen, assisted 10y smaller c"lored gen
tIcman, one about and the other years old.
Both of thcse youngsters were plainly i'll a
state Of high cxultatiun, and reveling in un-
wonted fr,-rlom. One cause of it became
plain when they announced that the superin-
tendcnt was not in, and that they were at
tending to visitors
BABIES WERE SwARMING AROUND.
When the artist humhly asked permission
TO go out on the porch, the youth who was
running things replied with some grandeur
that he guessed 50, Iut that there was no fun
there. He carried the request to the wife of
the superintendent and that lady was kind
enough to lead the way. 1t was a big, wide
porch carefully fenced i'll, and babies We're
swarming around there like flies i'll tatry
pan.
And they were none of your every day
Youngsters, with bald heads and light blue
eyes. They were solid young ones Babies
with thick heads of woOlly hair, with fat
arms and Ices. with teeth that We're stunning,
and cOmplcNionS Of wonderful variety, rang
ing from the color of much -watered tea to
that of q well kept kitchen range. Each one
Of these youngsters had an occupation diff
fercnt from that of his fellows, and each had
special and most important interests to look
after They all agreed however, in having
the very biggest kind Of a time that ever was
enioved bv anv porChful of cOlored babies
The boss of this little African colony was the
most m0therlv of all COlOred wOmen-a
woman more than old enough 10 he the grand
mother Of any baby there, woman Whose
every movement spoke of countless babies
successfully steered through measles and
scarlet fever, and n woman with a smile To
keep babies warm and make them feel that
life was worth living even on rainy days.
This was Mrs. Jane Brown, the wise nurse
who has charge Of all those little Africans,
and Whose duty it is to see that the poor, thin
little young ones who often come to her care
grow and prosper in n way to make Jonah
and his gOurls quite dizzy.
All babies, Mrs Brown SAYS, are as delicate
as Young turkeys, as every mother knows
But the negro babies are the most delicate
and difficult to bring up of any. A colored
haby's legs would much rather go crooked
than straight any day 4 coloDed baby is
not satisfied to have the measles and get
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measles. then picks up the mumps before the
measles are over. and falls into tub Of hot
water with measles and mumIe in full blast
Sometimes a white child will play near a
staircas.. without falling down A colored
baby never.
A colored baby gets all the diseases he can.
and risks his life often as is at all conve-
nient This is a trick which tbe colored baby
acquired in Old slave times, when it didn't pay
him to grow up. anyhow, and he has never
gotten over il. For, of course, each colored
baby must learn for himself that slavery has
been wiped out
SYSTEM oF RAISING THE YOUNGSTERS.
Mrs. Browns system OF raising the refrac-
tory colOred babies is very simple, and it is
also very successful She does not let them
do anything that is bad for them, but lets
them do everything else. All of the young
ones are very fond of Mrs. Brown, and, never
having known their own mothers, live under
the pleasant deluSiOn that they are all her
children, and ali brothers and sisters. This
promotes harmony among the young ones,
and causes them TO receive the rare SpankinGs
with as much submission as they do the much
more frequent rewards.
Right near the nursery there is big room
which receives the Youngsters when the nurS-
ery ceases To be sufficiently mature for them.
That is the kindergarten, and the talent of the
artist, who is on hand all this time, gives You
the first glimpse that was had of it. \ bunch
of small colOred boys were sitting around q
very low table absorbing wisdom through
ewes and ears and singing in chorus the i'm
portant facts that they had learned. When
they said that they had ten fingers they held
up that number to prove it, and if any stu
dent as he sang This is my thumb" had tn,
misfortune to point toward his ear, he was
scorned by his fellows and censured by the
Young lady who has charge of the class.
Besides the kindergarten. where the chill
dren learn how to sing, there are SIX claSses
which ill the children full of just as much
learning as they can hold up to their l2tt
wear. when they leave the institution and
start out in the world to earn living. There
was a head and tail TO every class, and the
tail as a rule seemed to be having most fun
There were success and triumph embodied il
the Young woman who wore a medal, and the
real troubles of life had begun with the very
youhg women, who might lie seen here anC
there doing penance, with their faces to the
wall carefully covering their heads with theil
aprons 10 Slul oul lut sl6uI Va lIlONh
youth-New York Sun.
A Great Difference In Copyists.
There is great difference in copyists
! both in style and swiftness. The averag
copyist can copy and compare about 800
/ ordinary words per diem, while an extr'
rapid one can write 10000 The 1000
/ man, however, is liable to break down
he tries to hold mp to that number 70