St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-01

spring. I want her to go. She cries
every morning; she wants to go to
the kindergarten. } I / remember the
first kindergarten was on Chicago ave-
nue.. l took them there myself" refer
ring to the older children.
'"They need it here more than any
other place. You find them in the
streets and doing everything bad"
Speaking of the little boy, who has
been in the kindergarten, they said:
He has always been wild. / think
the kindergarten has changed him.
He is nicely now. He is gentle in the
mouse. The kindergarten makes him
to be clean, and talk nice" These
parents, also believe that the boy has
progressed faster than if he had not
had the kindergarten training.
1t was very difficult to converse with
some Of the parents. Mr.. Roisner, the
father of one family visited keeps a
meat market. Neither father nor
mother could understand English we'll.
one little boy is in the grades now,
but there is younger child for whom
the kindergarten will be needed The
little boy learned the English Ian
guage we'll there, and the parents
range themselves on the side of the
child garden
Il like it very much, indeed" said
and brighter in ways. The little boy.
who had been quite i'll, was at kinder
garten that day, and the mother re-
lated how he had said to her: 81
guess I'll go today, mamma, and sur
prise teacher"
Besides Illness. the lack of clothes
seems to be the principal thing that
keeps the children away from this
school, It's pretty hard to cIothe
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school," said this. mother.
20, my! I'd be so sorry" exclaimed
Mrs. Jacob Ginsberg, who appreciates
the kindergarten. why, here they
need 1t. The poor people haven't got
room enough to let their children
play. They say. Go outside. That
isn't the place. I think it necessary
here If not anywhere else. This little
girl is just aching to co.
Concerning Willie, who has been
through the kindergarten, the mother
said: Whenever he came home he
used to sing his little songs to
Daisy"
Mamma, just get me a pass and
you'll see the things I'll do in the
kindergarten, her little Daisy had
said.
They learn so much, to talk and
behave. o, think it's necessary"
now Willie had learned about George
Washington, who was so brave, and
never told a lie. Sometimes Willie
used to tell lies. she confessed, but he
came home and said: Mamma. I'll
try to be just as brave as George
Washington. Willie taught Daisy
about George Washington"
In another home, the mother couldn't
speak English, but the father could saw
Ynh nP Ii i
done for his child, who had been
through It, II was glad my child used
to go there he said. He made a point
of the child learning to respect his
parents and everybody. Talking in his
way of how rudely children act on the
streets, he said: MY children never
do that. You can't expect much of
children five or six years old, but you
can learn them to respect That's
what they do In the kindergarten. He
learns where to keep his clothes and
how to keep everything in good shape.
The kindergarten in this school is all
right. Everybody is glad of the kim
dergarten. The children learn to make
a kindergarten themselves in the sum-
mer. 1t looks nice in the children"
II should say it, was better to be in
the kindergarten 1 wish you would
take this one,H remarked Mrs. Joseph
Fryer, who wHS found in her kitchen
over a washtub, with the children
gathered about. II would give her to
the kindergarten today" and any one
would agree that 1t would be much
better for the child.
There was but one parent
who has had E children in the
kindergarten that did not seem to
care much for it, and really one cam
not help but wonder how mother with
such large family could ever get