Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-30
FREE KINDERGARTEN.
THE OUTLINES OF A MOST PHILAN-
THROPIC WORK.
The Opening on Tuesday OF Most De-
serving Undertaking = Free
Cooking and Sewing
School.

On Tusday one of the most practical
forms which benevolence can take will
become fact accomplished in Los An
geles, in the openening of the free kim
dergarten, started by Mrs. John A..
Wells and Mrs. T. D. Stimson.
The child-school will occupy most de,
sirable quarters in building erected by
Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Stimson on the
corner of Lafayette and jackson streets.
in neighborhood where there are plen-
ty of people who can be benefited.
The scope of the good work under
taken by these ladies is by no means
confined to caring for and devel-
opiug the youngest children, but
includes free cooking school.
Two classes are taught the culinary
art, one including girls from 10 to IL,
and the other those from IL to 10 years
of age. The instruction will be given by
Miss Ida A. Maynard, formerly prin-
cipal of the Boston cooking school,
most accomplished instructress in this
line of study. A course of lectures to
the mothers will also be given. In both
of the departments all the needed ma
terials are given to the scholars by the
school, so that there is absolutely no
expense entailed in attending.
In the sewing department a COM
petent teacher will be procured and the
girls will be taught sewing in system
attic manner. A class for cutting and
fitting will be formed for older pupils.
The classes in cooking and sewing Will
be carried on after the manner of classes
connected with the public schools in
many of the eastern cities. A course of
emergency lectures will be given to the
women of the neighborhood by some of
the physicians of the city. Then for he
little children will be the kinder
garten already started and the kitchen
garden where they will be taught with
miniature furniture how to keep house.
The aim of the school is to develop the
I powers of the children, the mental with
manual, to teach them to work UNDER
standingly, and by working intelligently
while children they will later become bet
ter and more useful women. This ia only
the beginning of school which it is
hoped in time will be an industrial
school equal to any in the country.
The kindergarten is in reality day
nursery. as babies are taken in itas well
as little ones up to years of age,
forming practically place where moth
Cio CnA iOdVO UACll ChiluICh WhCiO okACy
will be well cared for and instructed
while they are at work. The philan-
thropic leaders who have started this
undertaking hope that it will lead to the
addition of cooking and sewing to the
curriculum of the public schools.
While the two ladies named bear the
burden of the support of this institution
it is hoped that as the public becomes
interested, aid in the work will be re-
ceived.
The present board Of managers is COM
posed OF Mrs. @. M. Severance, presi-
dent; Mrs. John A. Wills, Mrs. Jessie
B. Fremont, Mrs. I. w. Hellman, Mrs.
Joseph schoder, Mrs. Milton Lindley,
vice-presidepts Miss Ella Clark, secre-
tary, and Miss Alice Severns, treasurer.
The board of managers is Mrs. A. L.
Whitney, Mrs. DR.. Hagan, Mrs. E. De
Garmo. Mrs. Geo. A. Haskell, Mrs. Mil.
ton Lindley, Mrs. Geo. Fitch, Mrs. John
Ellis, Mrs. DR.. Edgar, Mrs. M. F. Wood
ward, Mrs. L. v. Newton, Miss Carrie
Seymour, Miss Fannie Willis. The
names of the life members of the asso
citation are Mrs. A. HI. Judson, Mrs. Jot
ham Bixby, Mrs. l. w. Hellman, Mrs
E. f. Spence, Mrs. G. w. Gibson, Lot
Angeles County bank, H. g. Mills, Mrs
| @. M. Severance, George Hanson, Will.
lam Lacy, George A. Dobinson.
A reception at the school building on
Tuesday afternoon will be given, when
those VINO are at all interested will be
made welcome.