Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17

diately adjoining the Woman's Building,
but upon condition the necessary funds be
raised within 60 days. the time is short
and it is earnestly desired that this be made
a work for little people as well as big. 1t
Is to be their home, their school and their
play house; so let them have share in its
erection. Were each schoolroom to have
its money-bank and each child to deposit
one dime, the building fund would be COM
| fortably swelled.
| What to do with the children who were
old enough to see, enjoy and be profited by
/ the great school that this fair is TO be for
them as well as for us children grown tall
was at first quite problem But the Board
of Lady Managers were equal to this as they
have been for all else entrusted to them.
The building as planned will cost about
S20, 900, and from SO, 600 to SIS, 600 more
could undoubtedly be used in equipping
and maintaining it The idea is to embody
everything within this HON e that will con-
tribute to the comfort and happiness of
young people, and also furnish such an ex-
| hibit as will tend to disseminate the newest
and most vital thoughts concerning the we'll
| being of children both in the home and
the school. Their proper diet and
clothing will be considered from scientific
| and hyginic standpoint; their literature,
games and amusements and all that will In
any way conduce to the natural and happy
| development of the physical, moral and
mental natures of these embryo men and
women of the future.
A Noted Educator At the Holm.
Working heart and hand with the ladies
in this movement is Colonel Parker, whom
! we all know so well and favorably in con-
nec;ion with school work. 1 recently
heard Colonel Parker address q
body of women on this subject,
and was impressed with his teachings He
made it emphatic that amusement must 60
hand in hand with instruction; that child
would not receive instruction unless inter-
ested; the way to get it interested was to
amuse it; hence the establishment of the
Kindergarten and kitchen garden and OBJ
ject lessons So many hours are to be de-
voted to instructions in this great kinder
garten school where all tho latest tried and
approved methods will be practiced under
eyes of interested people who are to have
the privilege of gallery that will surround
the schoolroom, where they can look down
and on the school below without disturbing
the little students.
Children of suitable ages will be enter
tanned by stories of the different nations
peopling the earth, their geographical posi-
tion, language, dress, peculiar customs and
important facts in their history. Then they
villages, etc, from these countries OF which
they have heard, which we all know will be
the best object lesson that could possibly be
given and which will impress the young
ster in never-to-be-forgotten way.
For this work only regularly graduated
kindergartners are to be employed. Appli-
cations by the score are already going in,
and those thinking of enlisting in this
work cannot get their names too early on
the list, since the number is limited.
Providing for the Babies.
However, the creche or nursery in this
home for children will furnish employment
for children who have been graduated only
from the great school of human kindness
What to do with the babies who could not
be left at home, or who would keep home
tied mothers away, was another problem
not solved in dav, but which has
been finally and satisfactorily settled by
the mother-women of the Worlds Fair. For |
the first time on record mothers need not be |
kept at home by their babies, but can for q |
small sum deposit their precious burdens in |
safe hands that will be in charge of the |
creche, which is to be provided abundantly |
with cradles, hammocks, cots-everything, |
in fact for the care of babies. The only re- |
quirement is that mothers remain away not |
longer than three hours. What mother
would?
There will be playroom for all children
of an age to enjoy toys and games, and at
tendants employed to play with them. The
assembly room will offer entertainments of
a widely varying character, given at specific
hours and to suit the tastes and understand
ing of the little visitors. These will in
clude charades, musicales, stereopticon lee
lures, etc It is hoped by the lady mana
gers that young girls in every State will as
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funds to carry out these plans. This they
can easily do BY festivals, necktie or apron
parties or any of the several ways tried sue
cesstullv before this
There will be no needaof previous appli-
cation to get children into the school or
babies in the nursery, but those wishing
in either department should |
apply as early as possible, not forgetting
their credentials. Address Mrs. Helen NJ.
Barker, Columbian headquarters, Chicago,
ILL.,
Acting Guides and Interpreters.
Another avenue through which women
tion of guide and interpreter those
speaking foreign languages being especially
in demand. Women are to be as freely en-
ployed as men, and if they are not to re-
ceive the same remuneration for their ser
vices then no one knows it as yet. For
such position l believe Mrs Amy Stark
weather, at Columbian headquarters, is
the one to whom you might write for fur
ther information. All letters sent in 10 that
division are promptly and courteously re-
piled to. Many other ways and means there
are for deserving women to pay expenses
through their stay at the Fair, more than
can write of in one letter. There must be
nurses for the hospitals, cooks for the model
women maids, watches through
the woman's building, and, indeed, all
buildings under the control of women, and,
should think, in some of the others as
we'll.
All these things are worth the attention
Of women who are in doubt about being