The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-30
Never Saw a Cow.

Years ago when Miss Addams first be
gan her labors for the reformation and
regenera tion OF the ghetto at Chicago she
found that the whole section was filled
with men and women boys and girls. who
never went outside OF it's bounds. When
she undertook TO educate the people
whom she would help. aud To bring into
their lives some desire for better cond-
tions which could be expressed and be
sttainable. she found tina her words were
meaningless to many of them. She spoke
OF the parks aud got no response. Though
Union. Jefferson, GARFIELD and Douglas
parks We're within reasonable distance of
their homes and the lake front was with
Ia an easy walk over the Twelfth street
Niaduct they had never gone tina far
away from their homes. There were
those 10 whom a tree meant nothing un-
der the heavens, others To whom grass
that one could walk upon and pick was an
indescribable vision OF heaven. And when
Miss Adams mentioned the placid blue
waters OF the great lake at the city =
front door she was describing a sea com
pared with which the waters of Albert
Nyanza were familiar and everyday
AFFAIR.
Probably fan no other section of the city
did this condition prevail To such an eN-
tent. Not because the ghetto - the Only
region where poverty is the normal con
dillon The Poles OF the sixteenth ward
are poor. but they are great people Tor
plcnics. and spent their Sundays in some
park or grove or along the lake shore,
even though they have 10 walk miles TO
do So Hut the ghetto jews stuck 10 their
homes aud their colony, and refused TO
leave them Merrymakings they had
practically none outside or Their own
homes
This Miss Addams set herself toremedy
She was far from atone In the work
Prof Barberger. whose school is in the
midst Of the shs,to. rsnI At ~ nan nammes ths
expenses Of a summer school. whose chiet
object was to teach the children nature
study and TO provide an so9uaintsnce
with nature. which was the prime redui-
site for such instruction.
II guess We have eNterminated the spe-
cieS at last. said Miss Gertrude Howe.
one of Miss Addams' co-workers. IL hss
been a long task one would hardly be
lieVe that people living 80 near Lake
Michigan could hear OF it, speak OF ~,
was like and what Chicago used IL FOR.
Aud with trees and grass IL was the
same We hunted out those who hsd
never seen these things and took then
ON special excursions To see them. Al
one time took to the country carload
OF boys who had never seen COW. ln-
cldentalN. there were many other new
things 20 see. esps cially grass that grew
free IN the fields but tho cows were me
star attraction. Unfortunately, ON the
farm We visited all the cows we're de-
horned 80 the children got the idea tins 7
cows had no horns. and on the way BACK
I had TO stop when W came upon
horned COW grazing and show the ,hoyS
that some COWS st least had them They
were for not believing that the new speoi-
men was COW
I'VE collected the children IN groups
and took them down TO the lake TO oa ne.
and We took them to he park aud the
museums until they gained some idea OF
what life was aud what the world in gen
eral meant -.
This work was no; confined 10 the chill
drcn nv good deal. Women were taken
lust a. often ONLY last summer the
Women's club orRariiyed an excursion for
The wou ~ ~ this section who had never
ridden on coach. aud thrN were All
taken in big tall hos out TO Jackson PARK.
where they saw the lake and the trees
and tho grass All around Them. Chicago
Record HERALD.
Professor " y. Putnam. Professor ~
American archaeology and ethnoloaN IN
Harvard university. 10 ~ present N 'sh-
fornis where. az last summer. he is look
inr into the case of TIE Calateras skull