New-York tribune., 1901-01-16
FRIENDS OF THE WAITS.
WHAT THE NETWORK KINDERGARTEN
ASSOCIATION is DOING FOR
THE POOR CHILD

There was a representative throns of well known
people OF this city at the tenth annual meeting OF
the New-York Kindergarten Association at Sherrys S
Yesterday Hamilton W. Mabie, president OF the
society presided end explained the large prepon-
derance OF women IN the audience by stating that
the masculine element OF the society had been
stricken with the prevailing maady, grip. He con-
graduated the organization upon its ten years of
work. Nineteen kindergartens supported
by the society he said st an annual expense OF
about $4,000. OF this amount $4,000 is secured. He
appealed for heip not only in money. but in CO.
operation
There is" said Mr.. Aiabie. no other form OF
sehshness delicate, so epicurean, satisfactory
as the supporting OF a kindergarten. For 81 400 a
person have all the glory Of TO himself"
Life membership costs 800; annual membership So
Love the Fulfilling Of the Law the theme
OF the Rev. Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall The child
he said. has right TO it's physical, literary,
theto religious and institutional inheritance. Love
is not transitory. but has its scientific significance
in the upbuilding Of society. Spartan education
conceived that the child must be regarded as the
future creature OF the State the individual being
considered nothing. the State everything Since the
establishment OF the first kindergarten in 1s4O light
has been breaking upon the fact that be edu-
Gated the child must be brought into the atmos-
phere Of love. and into its Inheritance Of lfe
With Frobe- this association is saying Come
let us live for the children" It looks beyond their
poverty 10 their intrinsic sefhood. It thinks OF
them poor children" but Children
I'VE insisting that the little child shall have its
rights"
Mrs. Marion B. Langzettel, Kindergarten gave
q graphic description OF morning in an East Side
kindergarten. 'One would think" she said. 'In this
Of intelligence that the serious import of kim
dergartens would be understood. But a mother
said 70 recently: My little boy still loves to go
10 the kindergarten. I suppose he hasn't got tired
OF IL yet Then, looking at her children she ex-
claimed before them: Aren't they cute""
The speaker related a remark OF a small boy,
who. when asked what the tree was made of. re-
piled. IT Just think frs made OF something inside
that wakes up and grows" There is something
in each child Of the slums. she said, that is wax
ing up and growing She quoted lI Mrs X Kate & Doug Doug
Se5 2S Rsgs ss s hs Dc an
William H. McElroy said that children all over
helped them The best Of benefactors is not he
who makes two trees grow where one had grown
souls where only one grew before Reform will
only be achieved by beginning at the spr,ing, or
garten II is as true now as 1T ever was ina!
Just as the tig is bent the trees s iPclheo Safb
temple the devil has a chapel The impression
number the temples by what politicians , can 1o,va
good working majority Wherever IN tnls .n toHn n
Il say All hail! and Godspeed! to this society,
ricl ,h, % 6 soroet,,nsC ror Harry There is
much OF that kind of work. 1t has been said
that this city loves only money We DO love
money. We have 10 love money when we see the
Miss Mary R. Cromwell and Mrs Andrew Car
negie were elected TO the Board Of Managers. to
serve until 1904. in place Of Mrs. Joseph H Choate
and Mrs. Daniel Bacon The managers reelected
Miss Jenny Hunter. Mrs. Goodhue Livingston
Richard Watson Glider. Mrs. Walter Jennings, DR..
Two entertainments for the benefit Of the society
are to be given soon The first viii comprise read
ings from heI own books by Mrs. Kate Douglas
Riggs at Sherry's.