The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-19

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0u0e Of - cuteet little housekeepers
In the city are at the Holy Family M
a-v.sv,s, schooa for girls ana boys. con-
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ducteo ~ tne Sisters Oh Notre LAM"
The institution II for Polish children.
orphans N children whose parents are
unable to care Tor them. and n located
1T Paulina md Division streets.
Seventy-otx girls and l04 boys from )
to 10 years OF age, babies In the nurser-
lee and young men and women able TO
earn their way In the world spend their
lays and nights within the home. which.
50 far a. outward appearances 90. lacks
only q playground to make . model
school.
The grades range from the kindergar-
ten to the seventh grade in the public
schools. When the little mes come to
the sister, they speak only Polish ~ .
rule. Thus English becomes IN import
ant part Of the curriculum. although the
pupils are allowed to study Polish later
on in their course. They attend school
daily until they are IA years old Then.
having graduated from the seventh
grade. thew are instructed in various
lines of work that may be carried on
within the home. The girls learn to
keen hons. TO be cheerful. patient and
hopeful and bring into play taste, judg-
ment and even art. as every housekeep-
or may II properly Instructed at the be-
ginning. Zach girl is taught to idealize
| hou.ewora and Nft IL above the common
udr TO which II has fallen In these
latter daya The girls are Taught 20
.ev Unit darn and shouId thew show
narficular talent in auy line hey are
permitted and encouraged to specialize.
When thew lea We the orphanage they
.rs ahis not on,v IN earn their own
clothes hui to make them
ON ria AFTERNOONS = grand c,ean-
Ing contest takes MACE iittie women in
hina nrin, anrons with ends hroshes
ard snargv clean haI,s c,ass rooms ana
the Kitchen refectorv aa ~ the work
were mo-, 10 ha acme AGAIN for siv
months. One OF the sisters is I'm charge
~ each det chrnant ~ worLers sha 40
ing her snare Of with the
res,
bannv laughing lot they are talk.
ing Polish gI,hIv and English with a
foreign accent. AS each girl finishes
her work she nuts her hr1shes away
ana goes 10 the ha tbroom where sine is
given a hath. clean clothes and roes out
on the front lawn and nlavs s.tag"
n the little girls enioy being scrub
women. 40 do the bows. TON saw
YER whitewssh,pe the fence" was never
so happv AZ the Polish how"
the floor of his dormitory or the hall
leading to IL. He is less communica-
tive at his work than his sister, but
chatters gayly when he gets to the
dressing room, where he prepares for
his bath, for he, too. receives a shower
and clean clothing every Friday af-
ternoon. All the children are free until
a visitor appears among them, then
out OF school hours-they scatter like a
1ock Of sparrows.
In the basement, whe the food Ia
cooked, the laundry work done and
where the household stores are kept. is
A eood-sixed bakery. in which so loaves
OF bread may be baked at a time. The
sisters recently installed a patent
kneading machine. They use our par
rels OF 1our a week. Boys and girls
are instructed In the mysteries of bread
making, and Ii seems they rather en-
Joy the diversion.
In the summertime the girls wear
cotton dresses, all made alike. as the
sisters seldom receive donations Of
clothing. Accordingly. they buy bolts
of cloth from the mills and make the
little peoples clothes, while the older
girls make their own garments. 49,
When the boys and girls leave the
school the sisters find suitable posi-
lions for them n keep an eye on them
for years afterward. Occasionally some
o. M children are adopted and the
sisters are relieved OF their little
wards. When pupils show rare talent
for music they are given special In
struction and are afforded every reas-
enable opportunity to make the most
Of their natural gifts.
The only revenue the sisters receive
Is what little a few OF the relatives OF
the inmates pay for their maintenance
and education. This amount Is repre-
scented by fourteen patrons. who q y
per month. For the rest private dona
lions must be depended upon. n as q
rule the people h are Just able Il
support themselves are the most con
) siderate toward the orphans. Occa'
~sionally o cave money at the or
phanage who decline to disclose theiI
identity.
Some bring baskets OF fruit, and ont