Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-11
a Kemarka BILE German Lady.

a Remarkable German Lady.
Frau Lima Morgenstern, the found =
ress of the Volkskuchen, celebrated
her sixtieth birthday on the 25th of
last month. This lady, who enjoys
such we'll. deserved popularity in
Berlin, was born in Breslau, and edu-
Gated by the celebrated orientalist,
Abraham Geiger, with a special view
of training her philanthropic work.
This training had the happiest effect,
for two years after her confirmation,
Lima Bauer founded the union, which
still exists, for the assistance of poor
school children. Fraulein Bauer re-
manned president of this union till
her marriage to Herr Theodor Nor
gcnstern, 1854, when she settled in
Berlln.-~-.
In 1859, when the degree forbidding
kindergarten in Prussia was annulled.
Frau Morgenstern joined with some
friends of FroebeNs system of teach
ing to found the Woman's Union for
the Promotion OF kindergarten. A
seminary for kindergarten teachers,
an excellent home for children, eight
kindergarten schools, and an element
airy kindergarten soon sprang up
through the efforts of the union which
Frau Morgenstern had founded.
In 1866 she founded the peoples
kitchen and school OF cookery con-
nected with it, and so great was the
success of her undertaking that now
there is no German town OF any i'm
portance which does not boast similar
institutions. For her excellent work
in this particular she gained silver
medals from exhibitions in Brussels,
Hamburg, Leipsic, etc, and the Hy-
giene Exhibition in Berlin in 1883
awarded her their gold medal.
In 1868. this interchangeable worker
founded the Society for the Protection
OF Children, and a year later the
Academy for the Higher Scientific
Education OF Woman, which she pro-
vided with twelve professors until
1873 at her own cost. In the same
year she took part in the foundation
of the Union for the Education of the
Workwomen. and remained president
Of that society till 1874.
In 1870 and 1871 she turned her at
tention to nursing the wounded soldiers
in the Franco-Prussian War. AS
president of the committees of the
Lower Silesian Society and OF the East
Station Society, Frau Morgenstern
directed the nursing of the sick and
wounded, and created enthusiasm for
the work to such pitch that during
whole year she only slept twenty
nights in her own home. In recOgni-
ton OF her services, she was awarded
the Cross of the Order of Merit and
the Augusta Medal.-N. Y. Ledger.
Something About Good Luck.
We frequently hear housewives
speak OF having had poor luck If any
dish which they have cooked turns
out poorly. They will speak after
the same fashion in regard to the fail
ure OF any crops in the kitchen garden,
or in reference to other matters as
we'll. Such Il manner of speech seems
to us as idle, There is really no such
thing as luck in housekeeping. AL
things follow rules as effects dc
causes; and it is only the externally
vigilant woman who looks wei, to the
ways of her housekeeping who never
has any ill-luck to complain of or il
things do occasionally go wrong in
attribute such failures to their right
source, viz, to some lack of proper
attention on her own part.
A strict power OF attention to thu
most minute detail. as well as a mint
TO grasp the whole situation, to seiz'
the important points and let thu
minor matters go, il something mus
be neglected, is all but essential ii
the making OF thorough house
keeper. These qualities are rarer il
combination, naturally, than We nigh
suppose; therefore we have so man
housekeepers who attribute failure
to luck rather than to the prope
cause.
To see a mistake, is with us start
ing-point to remedying it. And one
realizing that there is no luck, speak
ing in fatalistic manner, other tina
that which We ourselves make, we
cndeavor to cast aside any sue
dreamy fallacies. 1t is a little del,
sion which We may be slightly 10th
part with, to be sure-the old feelin
of superstition, which attributes fai
ures and miscarriages of our purpose
to luck. just as though the dell wei
really at the bottom OF our discor
futures. Modern scientific DISCOVERY
have helped to dispel many populs
superstition. and we sometimes loo
back upon the blissful days Of igno
ance with sigh OF regret, but II