Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-13
A NOBLE WORK is BEGUN.
That Undertaken by the Free Kindergar-
ten Association.


Island one is constantly reminded 10y
the presence everywhere of children
too young for admission to the public
schools, of the need of kindergarten
schools, where these little children
who swarm in the alleys and street.
of some parts of the city may bt
brought under better influence, one
which will in a measure counteract
that of the street. At his form tive
period of the child's life good is a:
easy to learn as evil, as all know who
have much to do with the children.
The kindergarten school children are
taught to be clean, to be honest and
truthful, to speak properly and to
amuse themselves innocently and to
employ themselves in many simple
ways which teach them handicraft.
So much is said in these DAYS of the
danger of encouraging habits of idle
ness by giving to the poor, of the diff
kculty of discriminating in our charity
work, that we turn with relief TO our
work for the children where we can
make no mistake. Any one taking
"a little child from the street and by
teaching and example bringing some
order and beauty into his life may be
sure that they are doing a good work;
work in the line not only with
Christian charity, but with true po-
litical economy. The stability of our
institutions for the next 30 years de-
ponds upon the training of the chill
Jren of today, the children of the poor
quite as much as of the rich. Such
an enterprise rs free kindergarten
school can only be started and main
tanned by liberal donations from our
citizens; to be entirely useful it must
be permanent.
A small start is already made by
the persevering work of u few per-
sons. A little band of children are
Gathered and will be taught through the
summer months. but better quarters
are needed and a permanent teacher
must be employed. The work is in and
the hands of persons whose devotion
good Judgment may be trusted, wom
en- who have seen much of the needs
of the poor, many of them having been
efficient workers in the Associated
Charities. They have adopted with a
few alterations the constitution of
the Free kindergarten association, of
Louisville, Ky, which institution has
Z
named their society the Rock Island
Mission kindergarten association.
Business men in the city will be So
licited personally and every effort will
he made to raise a handsome sum with
which to buy or rent suitable house
and to inaugurate and maintain the
school. We trust that this appeal will
reach the hearts of every one and move
them to give sympathy and aid to
this work. We none of us grumble at
the money spent for the public schools,
which are the pride of the city; we
must see how great service we rem
der to the schools by starting the
children in the right way. The sub
jecL is full of suggestions that one
hardly knows where to stop. There
can be no one SO blind but must see
the importance Of the work this asso-
citation undertakes, nor dull of sym
pathy but will give it their aid. Ere
luent appeals will he made in its be-
half and Mr.. German, the soliciting
committee, will have efficient assist
ants that that part ofthe work may be
done thoroughly, and every one in the
city asked to join. The mem bersbip
fee is 81. BY paying the dollar any
one becomes patron. A list of the
officers and committees of the Mission
association is sent for
with the appeal.
Mis-. NJ. a. LYNDE,
Chairman Press Committee.
Finance Committee-M Julia |
chairman; Mrs. Charles |
McHugh, Mrs. II. ID. Blakemore.
Irrtr tain nj
field. Mrs. Hiram Cable, Mrs. Rice.
SolicitiDg-H. German.
Press Mrs. Mary Lynde, Mrs. Cur
tbs, Mrs. j. j. Worker.
Auditing-Mrs.C C.. W. Foss, Mrs. G.. !
C. Carter, Mrs. +. V. Robinson.
Eisiting--M Ramser, Miss Wright, |
Mrs. o. Holt, Mrs. ID. Noftsker, Mrs. |
w. ii. Whistler
Executive-Mrs.W w. ii. Gest. presi-
dent; Mrs. a. Mosenfeldcr first vice
president; Mrs. NJ. Wadsworth, sec
Ond vice president; Mrs. j. j. Work
,r, secretary; Mrs. +. w. Hurst,
treasurer; Mrs. f. V. Robinson, cor
responding secretary.
Board of Managers-The executive
and the following ladies:
Mrs. Hiram Cable, Mrs. Julia Rosen-
ield, Mrs. II. &. Young, Mrs. Nj. f.
Sweeney, Mrs. +. V. Robinson, Mrs.
w. Is. Ferguson. Miss DIR. Wright, (
Mrs. G. &. Carter, Mrs. ii. ID. Blake
more, Mrs. Sewall Dodge.
How's Thisi
We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of catarrh that can
lot he cured 10y Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY IL Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
: j. Cheney for the last Is years,
md believe him perfectly honorable
n all business transactions and finan-
tally able to carry out any obliga-
ions made 10y their firm.
WEST & TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists. Toedo, o.
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