New-York tribune., 1902-09-08
AT A MOTHERS MEETING.
RECREATIONS OF EAST SIDE JEWELLERS
AT COMMUNITY HOUSE.

.T haven't danced before since my mother died
and that's thirty years ago. gasped breathless
little German woman, as she held her side after
prancing two-step at the mothers party in the
Community House Of the Pro-Cathedral. the other
night.
Give Us good waltz. lady. please" entreated
soft eyed Sicilian. a minute later she whrl-
Ing around the in the company OF blond
Asatiaa who, with handkerchief twisted around
her calico sleeve. played the role Of gent"
oh. I'm happy confided little blonde, who
did not dance. but whose pinched features were
smile above her decent black "a week ago
could have thrown myself out Of the window
n my despair, and now my baby is taken care OF
and have work. Oh, happy!' Her hus-
hand burned to death in a downtown fire last
winter, and since then she has supported herself
and her three children, the youngest a few
months old baby. by taking washing. With the
baby out Of the way Of boiling suds and hot irons
she has no fear for the future.
From the corner little Jewess watched the
dancing wistfully. When ones head aches all
day and ones chest wheezes all night and still
one mas TO work fourteen hours out of the twenty
four. how has the heart TO dance? It is the
headache and the cold-she calls it a cold-that
makes the difference for the other have also
LLs one makes paper bags that one runs ma
ehine IN great barracks Of shirt factory; yet
, sseEeaaI ot them co thaD, and a fourth makes
a. t.caI mowers at goodness only knows how little
The mothers Of the cl.-dren in the Pro-Cathedral
Jdg Nursery have those little parties given for
S Slen every fortnight. Mrs. ". E Whiting, the
nnousemother and marron of the Day Nursery, be-
s neaes mat they need change and a little fun
S-Ie as nuch as do their children. Many Of them
are making most valiant fight TO maintain a.
nome nome ior their children. Perhaps the strenuous
t.ess oI lhelr endeayor be measured only by
is re tAtent OF their rebound when for an hour the
4c1q IS Shifted from their shoulders
mere was pause in the dance while chairs were
paced for Jerusalem" a favorte sanne with the
6ataL as the piano started up. they formed in
oh NGl AlT
~ ~, way up and down the line. until the expected
9Sa - aL@ags surprising halt the part OF the
tr pfec pltated them. screaming with laugh
lto tle chairs Jerusalem was followed by
p onas beasts and fishes" but foreign born tongues
go twisted uD In the effort translate back and
In a -. 10 any one. until dark haired German
80 a q .nite shlTf|aist, responding to a demand for
,51;., uluInpt2nty called out "Eelr'-or was il
from ,i I,q te game died out In spout Of glee
rro Une pretty feature Of the evening was the i'm
exne3ed l3lnnent. to which every mother was
C3aaers1Si 10 make some contribution Not but
ieaiIuily dld her little part OF song or recitation
oh ani,5 tyeQ, explosive Neapotan with clean
ga-, fon 5Ion over her clean checked frock, sang
II besa soIg rom the olive orchards Of Sorrento,
an5 asTi with his IS the way you catch a fish,
fbTo,,,Lli MS IS the way you catch pigeon. passing
,nJrats "a lsieLfy and amusing menagerie, to cui
.dt Innate IN the inevitable This is the way you
sass a heetheart-' The song was redundant with
9nd ~ instinct with graceful Southern abandon.
oogs and girls u >--"-- "a -' '-9
oyre5 5Dteatnt re- mt Dwet in Marble Halls was fol-
cerro.SS ~ ~ iannenbaum,' - sung in chorus by the
Teyra 1Ia contingent and after that pretty young
fbe - ieclted- And so on until IL time for
hen = CIS1tfl and 1advfingers-and II and
. lI.otler furtiYely thrust cake in the bosom
!, 1nd. L-r shrtVN3ist In her pocket. who did
1ovpers ~ finally came the distribution OF
v~ets ,Ds. from The Tribune Sunshine Socefy-bou-
,ls5io11i s"eetpeas and asters and sayas. and the
s1d.l srGdoIph whose stately spikes made glorious
~ "a ooior on the table with the ladyfngers-