Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-05-30

devoted 10 the best interests Of the Bohe-
mians (present circulation $500, and Mrs.
Adams has for two years conducted boys
union, designed for boys from 10 to 90
years Of age, who, finding few attractions
at home, are exposed to the temptations Of
the street corner and the saloon--the re-
cruting ground for the hoodlum and social
istic elements These boys are easily reach
ed, and give great promise Of usefulness
Mrs. Adams also has an industrial school
for the girls, which has an average attend
ance Of 2S3 and kindergarten is carried
on with good success.
Recently a church building has been com
peted, costing, with lot and furnishings,
100000 The auditorium, including IA
class rooms in and underneath the gallery.
seats 5l5, the kindergarten room 1915, and
the prayer meeting room ll0-making an
aggregate of 1000 sittings when all are
thrown together, as they can be when nee.
essary. Upstairs is the ladies' parlor and
two other rooms, and in the basement are
ianitor's tenement Of three rooms, a
kitchen, boys parlor, girls parlor, and
large unfinished hall which it is hoped to
utilize for a manual training school for boys.
| attended the services connected with
the ordination of young Bohemian as
Mr.. Adams's assistant. The church was
filed, and the older women presented a
quaint picture, with bright colored silk
andkerchiefs on their heads instead of bon
nets, plain short skirts and large white
aprons The exercises were partly in Eng.
lish aud partly in Bohemian, the sermon be
ing delivered in the foreign language by
Rev Mr.. Schauifler who is a missionary to
the large colony Of these people in Cleve-
land, Ohio. did not appreciate the ser
mon, but it was very evident that most of
the congregation did, and found sufficient
pleasure in watching their picturesque faces
as they listened with rapt interest
There are $1,000 Poles in Chicago, and
nearly 10000 Italians, and in certain sec
tions Of the city one can almost fancy one
self in foreign country, the older people
speaking their own language almost exclu-
sively, and retaining TO some extent their
old country dress The children speak our
language huently, and soon seem to lose
the distinctive characteristics Of their ma
tionality even in feature.
This letter is already too long, but must
tell an incident in the experience Of one of
our students, to show the precocity of the
children we meet. The young lady found
family in great destitution the father
drank and would do nothing for the support
Of his wife and two children, boy of six
and girl somewhat younger. The mother
was sent TO a hospital, and somebody was
found 10 take charge Of the little girl, but
no one would have the boy because he was
"such a hard case"-dged sir! He had
been sent to school, but persisted in run.
ming away, and some nights he would not
come home at all, and nobody knew where
he staid, Finally he was taken to court,
and the Judge ordered that he be sent to
a public institution for waits in Norwood
Park, several miles from the city. OF
course the child had no money, yet, dislik-
ing the slight restraint to which he was
subjected in his new home, he ran away
three times, and found his way back to the
city. The first time he was simply taken
back TO Norwood, the second time he was
punished by being made to wear dress
and, this proving Intellectual after the third
escapade he was put into bag This put
an end TO the child's inclination to travel,
and he now seems quite happy in his school,
and recently gave visitor glowing ac-
count of the pigs, cows, etc, that he was
going out to take care of when the institu
ton added farm to its domain, as it pur-
poses TO do
II this does not find its way into the
waste basket before you have read thus
far, you will now have the satisfaction Of
reading the word fniS L.T.C.