New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27
REAL FAIRY STORIES.
r.1Rrsr Of PRINCEssES HEARD ABOUT
IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

AN ENGLISH IDEA THAT HAS BEEN TRIED IN THIS
COUNTRY IN MISSIONS WITH GREAT SUE
cEss-sIsTER LLY's PLAN
s.or..s q, xa,f. who were looked after by farest
=, nr,ncesses who were released from 'o"' 90
.nrhantment OF brownies and gob'ins ana ~ go
w., and all the troop OF weird little people III ""o
''' :. ,..,o,osv-these are the things that '"e
,rsu. IN the Milwaukee public schoo's may "
,r,,,o about In little time. says Nj.
,o,.r and they already one OF ."e ~usrs,
- ~. mission schools OF this city o'he' GU o.,
IN o.her schools-notaOy In "ashi'is'o ,uou,,c
.raare TOO hearing about tnen' lon'"'
~. .xerpl, OF the little London schoo'c'' -,
VS. Tondo, Sister LILY. of the hugh r',oe
,,ahas MISSION started the plan she oesAn WIN
s,orv-telling TO the mission cnildreh-lo' a" I,r,,
vaAk-and the first day she tolu ' 49, I'll
.orv Her immediate popularity among 'e ~
sn srSge.ted 70 her that she make the s'o ''
~, \ regular exercise. and later s"e nue.
-ondiun for .ell!ag the children OF me 'a''y h
49,, ,bor, stor,e. ar. education. she began VIZ"
.he "snow White" and Three Bears anu
,,,. ..o-,... she went on through the Hans An
1erse, and Grimm tales. and then she oee -
Tho Wagner stories and Greek mytho'os9. az
,.e heer here and explained how she o'o i a'l'
--,vsana me idea has been promptly TAKEN up
~. suoqestion 10 be followed in Milwaukee -
.bat the Woman's School Alliance take up '"e '
ter and pet permission 10 use committee % '"e"'
mi especially
IN have two of half an hour each eNeI'
,eek for introduction o. the exercise-using the
hest-k1own Greek and Roman myths. the wagner
stories and the stories Of the "lhad ana ooyssey'
Jnteres, in the matter has been awakened IN other
-ar,. ~ he State as Is evidenced by the subject OF
o,s q, the papers at the coming Teachers Conven-
tian which is The Place Of Mythology IN 'he fou-
ca,on ~ Coildren" 10 ne read by Miss victoria
James OF Eau Claire. The paper bids faH 70 can
forth soma lively discussion. since there are many
opposed TO the innovation. but the sup)ect ID 10
be we'll presented and argued for by one who has
had good deal OF experience ana no sia" 'N0N''
in the teaching OF children.
In this city the idea has been adopted by the MIS-
sion kindergarten. the Sunshine Mission ana mis-
sion school people generally. and the playground
committees have found 1t in their province They
have made the exercise occupy an hour week. or
sometimes two hours. and member OF the com
m;tee especially prepa ring herself goes once every
week 10 the school selected and tells stories Two
are afey escb one ma the rs few minutes are
given to review OF the stores or me week neior Oh
II is a practical way OF teaching mythology, ana
It's reasons are forth this in one Of the com
work Of the primary and lower intermediate grades
Is not planned to do; 1t lays foundation for figures
them in expression. by means of the weekly re-
yews Il fsmiariefs them WIN me bs myb Wio
gives them elements Of history and philosophy
prlncpies Of mythology in the mission schools. but
that Il VIII not be long confined 10 the mission
schools Ia rrocHesfd by the discussion which has
arisen. and when advocates that the exercise be
taken up in the general public schools
However in spite OF all these purposes the main
one Is to interest, and to bring In from the
streets children who have other interest In the
schools 49,, $500,
In fact we would mean the committee. said one
OF the members OF tho Milwaukee Alliance In dis-
cu.sins the question ito be a sort Of supplement-
srv truancy committee. and do what the committee
cannot always accomplish Give the chi!dren an
interest other than telling them that they ought 10
90 TO school OF that they will he made 10 go.
ari1y alt hGTg n
talked about tho matter have found themselves In
favor OF H. for one more OF the reasons sig-
gested by the New-York committees report Most
Of them, however, look toward the very practical
Of bringing the children into the school Ann
placing them under influences which could not
reach them in any other way. -
The exercise would not be called mythology. Inc
name would II Is feared. have opposite 10 the de-
sired effect 1t would be called simply storytelling
II Is also suggested that on the days wnen the
telling is done each child be allowed TO bring
a friend OF prescribed age who does not go 10 any
school 10 share his seat with him ana near the