The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-11

chine-like regularity and no real per-
sOnal interest in the girls themselves.
Such a system is not success. The
girls pass from the institution without
any knowledge of domestic life and are
handicapped accordingly. 1t is precise
ly this important point that Mrs. Smith
aims to cover. She wants to give her
girls the benefit of real home life.
Each cottage will be endowed with
a regular income, equal to that Of the
family of the average mechanic. Upon
this income the girls win be main
tanned.
mo limit is placed upon the age at
which we shall receive members Our
families will consist of children of all
ages, just as in the average household.
The attention OF the older ones given
to the younger will be a very useful
part of the training a big girl will
be required to mind a baby sister as
conscientiOusly and dutifully as though
she were more than a foster sister.
Each girl who is old enough VIII
have her own room, with bed, bureau,
a bookcase for the books she loves and
sufficient furnishings to make the
apartment coy and attractive. Here
she will be at liberty to keep all her
own personal belongings and the little
treasures that girls like to gather about
them. 1t will be room TO which Mrs.
Smith hopes the occupant will always
be glad to return, even when she has
gone from it into the world to make a
home for herself.
THE girls are to have every oppor-
tunity to learn all that they may wish.
They will go to the public schools and
attend church Every effort viii be
made 10 equip them with a practical
education as we'll as the accomplish
ments that an ambitious girl naturally
Graves. 1t is the desire of the founder
of the settlement that each girl be
impressed with the Importance and ne
cessity of eventually earning her own
livelihood and contributing to the SEN
eral welfare of the family.
The girls Will be privileged to fol-
low their particular bent mentally and
Will not be thwarted in any way. Should
q girl wish to become a milliner she
will be aprenticed at some leading
millinery establishment. Should she
wish to attend the university she SHAH
go. If her ambitions lie in the direction
of art she shall have the necessary ed
ucation along that line. If she shows
a capacity and liking for domestic scr
vice this capacity is to be recko1ed
worthy of respect and cultivated ac-
cOrdingIy. Mrs. Smith is a firm believ-
er in the dignity of honest labor, what
ever form that labor may assume.
When a girl takes employment out
side she need not separate from her
home associations unless she wishes.
The plan evolved by Mrs. Smith will
insure a working knowledge of domes-
tic economy for the girls. They must
take active part in the family life
They must sew and dust and sweep
and cook and help one another to lead
contented, pleasant, useful lives. In
brief it will be just such a life as would
be led by any girl in a well regulated
family of similar income.
Each cottage is to have piano, ar d
any girl with an aptitude for music will
be enabled to develop the gift.
Our work is yet at the beginning.
1 have six girls in my care. One is at
tending the university
1.-The girls will have no further re-
strfctions than are placed upon girls
in any we'll conducted household. they
will be at liberty to form their own so
cial ties We expect that by the time
the cottages are completed they Will be
filled"