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

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Empress Frederick abounds in good
works.
But Mrs. Cleveland has chosen line Of
charity which is second to none in its far
reaching blessings. Moreover, Mrs.
Cleveland's benefcences are OF the sort
which appeal to all, young and old.
They are peculiarly sweet and interest
ing.
No matter how pressing may be the
social demands upon her time, nor how
urgent may be the occasion for the
wife of the president TO be present,
there is always an hour to spare for her
poor.
HER BABY SCHOOLS IN THE sLUMs.
The most prominent OF all Mrs. Cleve-
lands charities. and the one in which she
is mostly deeply interested, is the scheme
of founding free kindergartenS through
cut the poorer parts of New York, for the
purpose OF teaching poor and neglected
children how to live.
The idea originated with Mrs. Cleveland
four years ago, before ever Baby Ruth
came into her life. It has grown and
blossomed until now there is no more
permanent and healthy organization in
New York than the kindergarten as
ISOLATION of which Mrs. Cleveland is
vice president and Richard Watson
Glider, the editor OF the Century NdgGziRe
Is president.
The first kindergarten opened by the
association was up on First avenue III one
OF the most wretched quarters OF the CRY,
and here little corps af teachers went to
work under Mrs. Cleveland's guidance 10
show the miserable little ones who gath
cred round them daily, the first steps to-
ward becoming good men and women.
''Teach the children that there are other
Mrs. Cleveland's first direction to her
teachers, land then show them the beau
tlful things which God has put into the
world for them just as much as for
Others"
So, working patiently day by day,
ragged little creatures were taught bits Of
plant life, the colors OF the rainbow, the
names of the stars, the motions OF the
earth, and whole host OF very practical
things.
When Mrs. Cleveland saw the work
succeeding she urged tie association to
start more kindergartens, and now there
are nearly a dozen of these free J by
schools in the Sums of the city, \ d
money has been provided for the esta b.
lishment of eight more this spring. and
probably ten additional ones in the iall
HER LAKEWOOD ENTERTAINMENTS NET
81, 500.
During the entire winter at Lakewood,
in spite OF the duties OF the nursery and
the throngs of people that focked to the
home of the president-elect Mrs. Cleye-
land has conducted q very attractive SER
les OF entertainments, the funds from
which viii all go to kindergarten work
Fully y, 500 has been realized this winter
alone.
CHRISTMAS TREES HUNG WITH LOVE
APPLES.
Every winter at Christmas time Mrs.
Cleveland herself goes personally to her
kindergarten schools and inquiries into
the needs otthe children
stDo You not think that Christmas
tree all hung with little red apples would
be very pretty sight?'' she asked last
Christmas of one of the teachers; "and.
then, 10 you rot think we might place
fifty pairs OF little shoes around the base
OF the tree, SO as to give each child some
thing practical as well as pretty2 Twill
send you 400 rosy checked love-apples to-
morrow, and a quantity of bright candy
to make the tree lock attractive
Then the sweet benefactress drove away
to leave orders for the fruit and candy and
many, many other things which she had
not mentioned.
The day before Christmas when every.
BODY was as busy as could be buying
presents Tor those they loved, Mrs. Cieve-
land snatched an hour from her home
shopping to drive up to one OF her kinder
garfens and take the teacher down to one
Of the stores to buy forty sets of fiannelsa
Tor the mothers of the little ones who
wers to enjoy the Christmas feasts next
day.
Every Christmas for the past few yearg
Mrs. Cleveland has purchased trimmed
hats, gloves, underclotsies and shoes for
the mothers, as well as sweets and gifts
FOR the children 1t is one of the princi-
nles of Mrs. Cleveland 5 giving that moth