The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-07-10


schools near the Hot Springs of North
Carolina, which wa founded by
Dartmouth Col eye man named Luke
Dorland, who went down there many
years ago for his health. AS he wan
dered over the mountains, studying
the lives and habits of the people, lac
was most impressed by their aDomin-
able cooking and started school in
his kitchen. He could accommodate
but few pupils, whom he selected from
among the brightest girls in the neigh
borhood, but the field was wide and
the school kept growing until it now
consists OF several departments, which !
are under the supervision of the Wo- |
mems Home Missionary Society of the |
Presby terrain Church. At Ashcvi,le |
there is IA similar industrial school, |
where lCO girls from II to Is years |
old, are being taught hOuscwork, cook J
ing, sewing, gardening and other prav. |
ticHl knowledge. 1t cost only $40 a
year to educate one Of these girls and |
do not know where money can be bet
ter invested. There is also Il normal
school where the brighter minds are
trained to teach others what they them
selves have learned of the household
arts, and 1870 young missionaries are
being fitted to 80 into the mountains
/ To peach the gospel of order, ncatucss
ana comfort among the primitive
homes OF the mountainccrs. At the
little village of Denmark is farm
school OF 400 acres where ll5 boys are
being taught the use of modern ma
chinCry aud economical methods and
the ludlmentary principles of agricul-
turG.
The Dorland Institute, at Hot
Springs, like the other Ischools.I have
named, is under the care of the wo-
mems home mission beard of the
Presbyterian Church, but is support. d
directly 10y individual churches, socie-
ties and benevolent people. who pay
ccHain sums every year to sustain
scholarships. There are now liity-twO
girls in the institute, who can be
educated in the art Of housekeeping
Tor SO a-ycar, which Is the cost of Il
scholarship This is possible because
the teachers Try to make She school rs
nearly self-supporling as possible.
The pupils in this school are selected
from the most intelligent girls in Il
long list of applicants, for it can ac-
conmodate but . small proportion OF
those who wish to attend. They all
come from the cabins in the noun
tains, and the br yhtcst ones are chosen
!, on the theory that the greatest good
can be accomplished by using the brs
material. They are taught to sew, tc
cook, to make gardens and sufficient
u amount If book learning to enable then
II to read, write and keep accounts. |
II a girl proves too dull of intellect !,
|, comprch' nd the simple purposes of tht
e institution she Is sGut home and he
IS place is filled by another of create
IS promise. The course Is three years, a
l. the end of which graduating exercise
l. are held with considerable cercmon'
&c to impress the fathers and mothers AM
y the ncighbors with the Importance 0
'c education. Most of the girls marry il
once after leaving the school, bccaus
% the young men appreciate the advan
e. tagc of having wife who is trained {
IS make good housekccper.s
L. Strangers always wonder where III
l. mounta'nccrs get their clothing. Muc
n OF 1t is homemade, like the furnish
"a ings Of their houses, which show tn
lc lack OF what Harriet Bcccher Stow
t. calls &" faculty." They cannot adap
lc things like the Yankees. They ca
IL make a tomato can serve the purpos
II of teapot, but their ingenuity goc
n very little farther. The most smpri,
re ing and mysterious problem is tn
a origin of their hats, aud, although
"a have asked the question of cvcryb bod
~ who ought to know, have been unabl
y to get the slightest satisfac ion us t
u the source of supply Tie womc
IL wear sunbonnctS made of calico wit
es wide irllls, but the men have the mos
ot remarkable variety and pattern G
l, hcadgcar worn anywhere else. Yo
e. cannot lind their like in any other pal
II of the civilized world and they not onl
e. last Il lifetime. but are handel dow
&c from generation to generation. The
III TIL story of an old man whose ha
>. blew of as he was crossing brilg
sc and tlOatcd down the stream. Tn
G. ncighbors rallied TO the cry of distres
II and sought for days with as much yea
nc as they would have shown in recover
C. ing human body. BUTT was a failure
II and from that date the old man wen
70 about barehcadcd. He was too old f
/ buy new hat, he said. "A mercifu
W llONlucllCc Coulu nOJ DC expected u
spare him many years longer.
IL If anyone is curious to know wha
% becomes of the cid clothes that we sen,
't TO the home missionaries he Nigh
y spend an interestin- hour in the stOr
&c room of the Dorland Institute. Their
l. is collection of nondcscript garment
IS of all sizas and fashions and materia
n which would suggest another essay b,
the author of "Sartor Resartus." These
II garments have been received from time
a to time in missionary boxes from be
II ncvolcnt people III different parts O
y the country, and are spread out accord
II inh to size and quality, as in a second
W hand clothing store, and supplied tC
II the families of the mountaineers IN cX
+ change for vegetables, eggs, butter
:. fowls, fuel and whatever else the pur
3 chascrs are able to offer. Nothing is
I given away. 7 he price Of pair ol
p shoes may be only 10 cents; an over.
Il coat may be exchanged for days
y labor, a warm wOollen dress for pail
! OF chickens or basket of eggs, or a
$ full suit of clothes for load of wood
II ana by such barter the school is
a supplied with the necessities of life.
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