The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
sinking. Shading It with her hands, she was

sinking. Shading Il with her hands, she was
hoard to demonstrate with It.
I'm 'ihoiipi%nSs" YOU So% and SHf It's ali iii nice and shady.
Wake mp, lazy thing, wake upl'
Not far from the house a robins, nest Win d
were with difficulty restrained from rnbbing IL.
Presently they began to take u proprietary inter,
patiently for the eRgs to hatch. One day an IN
structor found the pair on robins in a frantic
who sat hatlesS ON the ground under the. tree.
Where's your hat, johnny he asked.
"Cp there" said Johnny, pointing up, at The
you T th%i you = ! % %%i%F 4, "% @is '%S{' the i SirGs '0'D
They ym must "t set terrible c" Tired sett upa'i up there ali
day, so l just put my hat oyer their eggs TO give
EN- q rest. They're kinder ratified now" lie
After the eggs Matched out there was n. circle
of youngsters under the tree every day 10
the side of the nest. Tho Matching was taken
as n subject for n practical lesson TO one OF the
classes; None, OF the, little girls in this class
knew the origin OF, chickens except that they
came from the market.
Ever have eggs u asked the teacher.
well, what becomes of the eggs T.
We cat EN-, They're awful good"
Yes, but If the eggs arc kept, what becomes
This was u poser for a time. Then a bright
ten-ycar-old pipcd up, closing her nose with an
II know. They yet broke and-oh. phcwi'
That lesson had to be begun at the other end.
Most of the comparisons of the slum children are
wrong end to. A plum was regarded as very
beautiful. and /" just like the color OF a lady's
breastpin." This was from a cash girl In an east
side department store. A street undiscovered
that the common hairy bear" caterpillar looked
like the brush the street cleaners use: The dis.
s sfsS yn made d Si by one y! iiS Ss 11s /, ElFl Sa ,ss sntS { slSySr
cally approved by the others.
In the matter OF the commonest articles OF
food the average of Ignorance was astonishing.
Most of the children who had any ideas on tho
subject at all believed that potatoes grew on
trees. When "A class was taken TO see potatoes
dug one OF the boys remarked:
Il know u potato amt u root, but why
Milk was an accepted fact without known
origin to most OF them. ITS made ut. the
stores, " was the usual reply TO a question about
It,. A little girl said she had once seen n cow
driven through her street and was much amazed
to know that milk came from cows.
DO they have to kill the cow 2 she asked.
Another severely criticised cattle upon learn
ing that they ate grass. II wasn't n nice thing
at all. she declared, but for the life 81 her she
couldn't tell why. Cream on the milk was re-
from salt, one child said. while another inclined
TO the view that eggs entered into the compost
tion, and q third hell out that it was lard
ment! f6e mothers Who came down to the
home were almost rs ignorant in many cases as
their children on these subjects. All were eager
to attend the cooking classes. but they proved TO
he less clever at learning than the youngsters.
These soon learned the simpler kinds Of cooking.
and then took up such arts as brend and cake
making. In the archives of the Home il pre-.
ssTy' Sa KEN w P65iag re shs TsPdiT TO or the e d misstIESar whS
the oven door should never be slammed when
the baking Is in progress:
Because 1t makes the cake sad"
can appreciate the absolute appropriateness of
the adjective.