The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-01

hundred. dollars for 80 weeks, 20 weeks in
the spring term and 10 weeks in the
autumn term. A nominal sum.
What does this include?
Everything which will elevate, educate
and preserve the health and morals, be-
sides excellent board-vegetables In season
raised on the farm OF the school and IL
cows to furnish rich, pure milk. No DOR
mitories for sleeping, but separate apart
ments. Upward Of 20 teachers, each se-
lected for fitness Of special branches OF
study, are in charge Of the students
and preparation for a business or q course
for college entrance, as preferred, Is at the
command OF the pupil. Music and paint
ing are taught, for which a nominal sum,
in addition to the regular tuition fee, 10
charged. Parents are allowed to visit
their children, enter the classes and in
spect in every way possible the workings
Of the institution free Of expense. No
wonder. 1t is the best advertisement the
school could have.
During the winter months entertain
ments are given, consisting of musicales
and lectures of q high order... In spring
and summer the boys and girls each have
a separate grove In which to pass their
recess hour, while there is a campus for
football, baseball or tennis. The gym
nasium IL replete with the requisite para
phernalia for exercise for both boys and
girls, each with an instructor.
The autumn term of the school will
open September IL, and applications are
now being filed. Parents who wish their
children to have the benefits Of moral in
- a. .-nui - vn,xafr md art IN In
fact, become thoroughly educated and he
fitted to grace n society or profession,
or to enter any avenue of commerce or
trade, the Friends Boarding Schools the
one place par excellence to send them to.
People come to this school from all over
the country and even from foreign
countries. OF course Providence fur
| nishes its quota, but If it was realized what
an institution 1t really was 1t would seem
| that the Accommodations, ample as they are,
would be put to the test.
1t is an institution that the city and
State may well feel proud of and our citi-
zens should not hesitate to include it in
their reference to things worth knowing
about. For further information just drop
a postal to the principal for a catalogue,
or better still, have a personal interview
with him.
Do you notice the sidewalk committees'
They are just nov paying particular a.
tention to the buildings in course of erec-
ton or alteration on Westminster and
Weybosset streets. Sometimes they
change about going from one place to the
other, commenting and suggesting how
this or that should be done.
sat in the Office of the Central Station
the other evening when Agent Thurbel
brought in Q hayward young girl. Sh'
was but Is. She did not look like
thoroughly bad girl. Her father and
step mother called to see her. Both re
monstrated with her, but to no avail
Especially was the empty pleadings OF tn
foster mother unheeded. She preferred
to be detained at the station, to gv to th'
school for girls, anywhere except home.
When the girl was taken to the Gel
room and / noticed her sad-faced fathe
and the cold, cynical look of the step
mother, / thought there must be q reason
why Kittie Miller was Maynard.
Young girls with homes and mo.ber
should appreciate them.
The stove which was formerly used I,
heat the old Infantry hall will serve Il
keep the inmates Of q 15-cent lodginl
o,sa n CanaI atroet warm thia wintAr.