The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-11
is DOING A GOOD WORK
A SCHOOL OF WHICH LITTLE IS
KNOWN
The Hebrew Industrial In West st.
Paul and Something About the
Valuable Work 1t Is Doing
Girls Learning to Sew and Darn
and Knit - Boys Learning the
Rubin ents of Manual Training.

An interesting visit for any one watching
the social questions Of the day will be to
the Hebrew industrial school, run under the
auspices of the Council of Jewish Women at
1O2 South Robert street The school was op-
ened some four years ago, and has been such
success that this year a boys branch was
opened where the boys are taught the Il, st
steps in manual training
The school is interesting in many ways.
The ladies in charge have to tell of many
little cases Of marked Improvement, not only
among their little pupils, but In the families
outside the school duties entirely have thu
women OF the council given assistance where
1t has been discovered as needed through the
children with whom they have come in touch.
The women of the council themselves teach
In the school, The girls are taught ell
about sewing and patching, and some re-
the little girls whose hosiery heretofore has
been worn till it was so ragged it must needs
be thrown away.
The school is under the direction of Mrs.
Wirth. In the first class of girls they are
taught simple stitching, back handing, etc.,
and the work is done on gay. samplers which
and Miss Josie Lowenstein are in charge of
this class. and the second to it Is taught
along the same line, and is in charge of Mrs.
Guitternan and Mrs. Charles Strauss,
The girls from eight to eleven are under
Mrs. Firestone, Mrs. H. Frankel and Miss
Potlowskei, and in this class the first les
garments for their own wear, for which they
pay five cents when completed. They are
done.
In the next class the all important subject
Of shirt waists has been taken up. and in
this class some excellent button holes are
Westheimer and Mrs. W. Elsinger are in
charge of this class.
Mrs. J. H. Smith and Mrs. G. Meyers have
the next class, where needles and thimhIes
are used with surprising ease and some fine
hemning is displayed.
Mrs. B. L: Goodkind Mrs. Alfred Gutter
ond class in shirt waists These girls are
about eleven years of age. Their work is
carefully done, and looks almost Ike ma
chine sewing.
Mrs. Rittenberg and Mrs. Bernheimer have
the older girls, and many well made gar
ments are completed and taken home from
patch, the results being more than enough
to pay for the trouble the ladies have in tech
ing them.
There are sixty-fve girls in the school and
seven classes. After they become older they
drop out to take places behind counters. and
thus the influence the women hope to gain
of those now in the schools may be made to
become interested In some other kind of
work.
Eli Pickwick assisted in starting the class
for the boys, and Mrs. Stein, Miss Sadie
Sternberg and Sam Rubensten are In charge
Inc latter is pupil Of manual training in fha
S Oh raul schools anere are thirty-three boys
They are carried from the meaning Of an
inch to some very good whiting and cary
Ing, which they are allowed to carry home.
The children come mostly from the fats and
the part Of town surrounding the school
provident fund has been started among them
by Miss Schawb, who has had wonderful sue
cess. The little ones save and the money
goes for various things, doctors bills, shoes,
An attempt will be made to keep up the
4 MI or Mo- N~,xl.s
not cooperate with the other industrial
schools on, account Of their Sabbath coming
on Saturday. The winter school viii probably
be open Sunday mornings. The echppl ~ only