The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-12-18
NGARIETTA GA,
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 1e. 1880.
AN INTERESTING LETTER.

EDITORS JoURNAL-Perhaps your
readers might be interested TO
learn what great advancement IN
works of charity are being carried
on in our North Western cities.
Indianapolis is city of many and
varied charities. Indeed, it seems
to be "fad" with the wealthy and
aristocratic people to be engaged in
some benevolent movement, hence
they have established Reformatory
home, Bagged School. Guardian
home for children" whose parents
are worthless and i'll treat them :;
'Flower mlssion," where beautiful
bouqets are taken to brighten the
sick room OF the poor, with nourish.
ing food to build up wasted frames.
Industrial school, "Home for the
friendless," who must be cared for
during night, while in quest of
work and by misfortune have no
money to pay for lodging. These
are out few | visited, and yet it
was a great revelation to me to
learn what amount of goo6 can be
accomplished by consecrated wo-
men whose Interpretation of faith is
christian activity" nothing daunt-
ed by obstacles, but ever at the post
of duty doing the best they can with
what means they may command,
leaving the result with God. In
my rounds taking in the notable
places of the city, none were of so
much interest to me as the Free
kindergarten schools, sustained by
the Christian women of the various
churches, undenonipational, caring
for the poor children whose parents
were of the laboring classes, and
their mothers had no tine to tidy
up home or mend worn out gar
ments TOR their families. There
were seven of these in the city, To-
Gated in the neighborhoods most
needed, and three Kitchen-ga gardens
connected with three OF the largest
Kindergarten schools. | found
this to be philanthropy, broad and
far reaching having for its purpose
soul-training as we'll as practical
teaching for every day life.
They claim that education in re-
atty is not that which is received in
colleges, seminaries and UNIVERSE
ties, tor that is far below the estab-
lish nent of principle and the cult
walton of the heart. The Kinder
garten, they say, awakens the relig-
ious and moral nature of the chill
dren and combines it skillfully with
that Of the eye, ear and hand, and
SO weaves throughout play and
work, that it is received as natur-
ally and unconconsciously as the
Hover receives sunlight and the
dew"
The children are received in this
school from two years old up to six.
After tour years of training they
are turned over to the public
schools and while receiving their
education, attend the Kitchengar-
den school on Saturdays, and are
being trained to fill all the dates
OF lite IN the home or fitted to fill
places of helps in families. Thus
are being prepared girls to go out,
and solve the hard problem of the
much need servitors in houses, so
well instructed in all departments
of domestic work, as must create a
demand.
In the Kitchen garden the first
aim is to make the child useful in
her home. To make her good
daughter, sister and better woman
and in time a worthy mother. They
are trained in matters Of house
keeping, and found it divided into
two separate phases, first for the lit
tie tots as beginners second for the
larger ones who have taken their