The Newtown bee., 1892-07-15


 quently come here to learn useful arts of clearstarching, lace washing, etc. In order to help the funds of the institution, washing is done for families. The fee is 15 shillings for three months course of l instruction. A registar office for placing girls of all ranks in situations is also q part of the Verein. There is no stated charge for this work of registration, but l ladies who make use of the society are expected to become subscribers of at least three shillings year to it's funds. l Another class is devoted to fine white
 work, marking, alarming and artistic needle work. There is also a school for 1 dress making and another for millinery. l A library, with well stocked shelves, pa- pers and magazines, exists in the estab- l lishment. Both out pupils and boarders can borrow books here at the rate of a ! of payment, however small, prevails in every portion of the institution. There is general sitting room, provided with I piano, on which any boarder may play l for half an hour at time. Further, 1 there is a school of art, which includes 'inits course freehand drawing, geometry, | architectural drawing, drawing of pat terms and designs and lectures on history l of fine arts. Another division is the commercial school, where bookkeeping and commercial correspondence are l taught. The princess herself presents in the art school and in this school an~an- nual silver medal for industry, efficiency 1 and good conduct. Further, there is a l school of cookery, where more than 100 dinners are prepared daily and may be ] had at the rate of seven pence each for in- siders and nine pence for strangers. As | the Verein grew, many girls and women | from the country also wished to partake of it's benefits and for that purpose the l crown princess founded an affiliated l building for boarders, called after her. Here 45persons can be accommodated at the rate of 15 shilllngs week, including even medical attendance. A lady doctor is in charge of the establishment and simple, salutary rules tend to the well being of pupils and college alike. These have been laid down by the wise princess. Among them is the request to open the windows of the tasteful little chambers daily, practice rather contrary to Ger man custom, Germans, as tourists too well know, having fondness for stuffi- ness.
 1 Another kindred establishment, intend ed to meet the wants of women of class herhaps even more in need of that train ing which may fit them to become self supporting than are the pupils of the Lette Verein, has been set on foot by the empress, a home for girls of the higher middle class, providing those who attend the schools of art or music or who go out as teachers with homelike residence. Connected with it is an educational es- tablishment on similar lines to that of ! the'Lette Verein. It is intended to bene- fit the daughters of professional men, ] government officials and merchants and is especially intended for orphans, young childless widows and destitute girls of the upper classes who wish to qualify | bhChAoClfCS 1oi living
 There is yet another institution in Berlin, bearing the name of the empress, the Victoria Lyceum, whichhas the high CT culture of women for it's object. This lyceum,~ called into existence by the crown princess, was placed by her under the charge of Miss Archer, who had formerly been governess to the princess s | children. To this institution for the emancipation of women in the best sense of the word, were afterward added the ! Victoria high school for the daughters of workingmen, and an institution called Frauenwohl(f (for women's good), as well | as convalescent home for women. The empress became also an active patroness of the institute for teachers and gov ernesses and at her instigation a conva- ! lescent home was founded for the same as well as for children's nurses. Remem- I bering the amusements of her own ba- l bies while they lived at Potsdam, she caused playgrounds consisting of heaps of sand to be placed in the Thiergarten, the fashionable bark of Berlin, as well as in other public places, where the children of the poor were allowed to l play in the open air, establishing booths l where milk and bread could be procured l for their refreshment at low price. She was the first, too. to institute in, Berlin that most helpful of institutions, the | Creche, where poor women who work 
 away from their homes may leave their l infants during the day. She wisely placed these in different parts of the city, l and, as soon as the funds allowed, con- nected with them kindergarten schools they were old enough to need element ary teaching. After this were added classes intended to bridge over the in- terval between the kindergarten and the ordinary school, and in connection with this there is branch society for teach ing mending and alarming. The little ones are taught to repair their own and their sisters garments while sitting to- gether and gaily singing.
 Out of this again grew as natural se- quence the need of training schools for kindergarten teachers, and also the need of a sch9ol for nursing. The experience of the war of1866< <had proved that the existingsenursing agencies of Germany were inadequate to it's needs, and the princess earnestly desired to see an ef- ficient training school established, where educated women might gain a thorough knowledge of the science of nursing, earning "a competent livelihood while following noble calling. With this end