The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02

and must be trained to go back to him, -
said Mrs. Cleveland one day while giving
directions to the teacher of one OF her
'mother's meetings. - s'Praise freely,
and see if you cannot do your work in
that way instead of by lecturing them. -
Acting upon Mrs. CIeveland's advice,
the teacher tried the next day the expert
ment of adapting this rule to a very OBJ
stinaie case which she had in hand. 1t
was that of woman who was appar-
entity of brutal nature without parti-
Gle of anything loveable or motherly
about her. She came, it is true, to the
''mother's meetings. But she always
came late, Just before the tea and cake
was served, and went away directly after
wards. Sometimes she brought a
wretched little dirty faced BOY hanging
roughly, often with bad word, as she
entered the door.
The teacher remembered Mrs. Cleye-
lands words about ''praising freely, -
and she ''laid'' for the woman. Next
day was mothers meeting" and the
teacher stood by the door to receive her
guests. Last of all came the woman who
was to be experimental upon, and to her
skirts was hanging the dirty little baby
boy crying as hard as he could.
Let go o. thin skirts, We dirty little
baste," snapped the woman as she
reached the doorstep. tLet go or PHI"
But the teacher s voice interrupted her as
in silvery notes she exclaimed:
ooh, what dear little boy you have
with you! Will You not bring him in to
the meeting? He will like to have piece
of cake with us. Surely he goes to the
kindergarten every day -
s'No mum. He do not. It's not me
that would be after dressing the like Of
him good enough to go to wan o. Thin"
''But he is such a pretty Child" in
sisted the teacher, s'and how much he
looks like his mother.''
The woman s face softened a little
She even smiled. She brought the child
into the meeting. And next day there
the neighboring Kindergarten. After a
while the woman stopped swearing and
drinking so much, and before spring her
little boy could come to school without
bearing cruel bruises upon his little
body.
So much for Mrs. Cleveland's method
of dealing with very bad cases.
HER KITCHEN DIET SCHOOLS.
All of Mrs. Cleveland,s charities are ex-
tremely domestic ones. She thinks that
if the women and the children are prop
erly cared for and taught, the men of the
family will be, in the language of the
SUr0eD, ali r1Bnb 100.
One of the things in when she is greatly
interested is the kitchen diet schools.
This is charitable work which teaches
the poor, densely ignorant, untidy women
of the slums how to do houseWork Like
all others of Mrs. Cleveland s charities, it
is very practical and of direct benefit.
The mode OF procedure in the kitchen
diet schools is this. Twelve or fifteen
women, young and old, gather round a
big table at the head of which sits
teacher who by the way is usually a
her services for the work. In front of
each of the women, is a small tin dish
pan and by the side OF the pan there is a
piece of soap and q dish mop. AT the
other side of the pan there is plate, a
knife, fork and cup and saucer.
AS in her other charitable workings,
Mrs. Cleveland believes in feeding the
body before attempting to train the mind
or the spirit. Very palatable PLAIN cake
is passed around, with little biscuit. and
everyone is given a choice of tea or coffee.
After this is eaten then comes the work
OF instruction.
The teacher begins it. 81 think. = says
she, 'sthat it is a good plaza very good
plan, always to wash dishes after YOU
have eaten off of them. To my mind
washing dishes once day is not enough.
l. DelleVe, cOnblnueS Sne, JnaU dishes
should be washed in soapy water and then
rinsed in clear hot water.''
Suiting the action to the word, she
washes her own plate and cup and saucer,
and her admiring pupils do likewise.
And then all adjourn to the kitchen sink
for s'clear, hot water' for the finishing
process.
Practical lessons are given upon all
kinds OF homework, and often positions
are obtained for those who become very
skillful at their work.
MRS. CLEvELAND's IDEA OF GIVING.
Mrs. Cleveland interests herself com
paratively little in private charities. She
rarely sees those who apply for aid, and
she never gives aims from the door. She
believes in organized charity. So, aside
from paying her servants and her seam
stress very big wages and paying full
price for everything she buys, she does
little individual giving. But to organized
work, whether it be for working girls'
clubs, news boys lodging houses or
church fairs, her purse strings are ever
united.
Is it not a very delightful thing to have
the first lady OF the land interested in.