New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
WHITE HOUSE FLOWERS.
VACATION SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS fhohi' L
BLOSSOMS FROM MISS GOULD AND
MISS ROOSEVELT.

Punches of flowers from the conserVatorles oi .he
White House and of Miss Helen Gouo maue ~ 'l, ~
terastine finale the summer pray d' ' -
,,,d in Public School No. AZ, at Hester anu Luz
sio .ordav IT was the closing day for the
- 1oyground and Miss NJ Catherine hely,
the principal had sent q request 10 MISS ,'.H,,.
Miss Alice Roosevelt for mowers " ~ IS -
- the children ALI summer Miss kehy hao
a+a5 tho Measure which the children tooA III 'i
=. .,4;o,, Of flowers among them. so sne plaiiheo
+b;e doubIe attraction. Miss keIly iiau 'oiu -
c.ouId and Miss Roosevelt OF the pd'iie
u ~ 90 +ha children in flowers, and of her wish TO
distrihute some among them on the ias' s %
=, ra+,rn she received huge boxes from
ttt tho White House and the Gouio cohsei'a
tories together with notes from ts oecie'1ts
and from Miss Gould. The "hlte f1ouee
.otr,od tea roses purple asters ana ciei'a.iS ~ ~
fr, Miss Gould came great buheheS VI '
- oa+naas and pink asters. bedded IN aspalh-
one fern and tied with streamers OIL pinN So So
bor Miss Gould sent little note =" -
+bopLed Miss Kelly for letting her hiio" - -
ars and told her how nice she thousht 1t "'s
49,, - take such interest in the chlioreh y
thir3 large box containing gladioh anu U'Ae- 90
autumn blossoms was received from iNe
Sunshine Society -,,.os +ha ,Iav
80 numbers of the parents visited the play
~ o+ordov This was nothing unusual All
ea- mothers with young infants have come
70 sit in the cool stone easement ana PiaS 49,
,ro +cbipg the children at their gafhes O
+bnrs have ioined in the kindergarten occupa
/ hel
hI,+s .rd even Joining in the games ana songs
/ This cordial feeling between parents ana school
is in line with the spirit prevailing throushou. w
/ noI Hies Kelly is animated with an intense
| o,o1 apd nhilanthroEic interest IN the WORK.
a +be entire teaching corps of the building
! ar,s IN share the feeling, that the children
/ have been surrounded all summer ny an atihos
nhere of friendliness which has proouceu' It's
/ legitimate result From ll0n 10 10" chi'uiei T"
dav have visited the playground
Miss Raeder the Kindergarten, with only one
assistant and sometimes alone has had chaiSe
of three hundred kindergarten children: ineI zen
4 there has been gymnasium work Tor gilis anu
boys unde- MiHs Schroeder ana Mr- hichSei; a1
T., a big room upstairs Miss Caron has had cnaFee
/ of large mum bers of the older children VINO ~isheu
to play games. like crokinole. checkers or authoiS'
! At the playground yesterday the regular sched-
ule was gone through First, the whole pody OF
/ children, thousand or more uld fancy hiai
| and sang patriotic songs in the great oaseifeit.
/ Then they separated to their rooms. tne VisitoIs
! following those III whom they We're most inter
| ested In one exhibit OF kinder
naper dolls mats and baskets, dolls hats and bits
I of sewing. .. .,xov
| Park attended by 179 prize pupils. chosen from
The va rous classes because of regular ATTENDANCE
I and good manners through the summer Few
! added the score of pale cheeks ana need
OF the outing Only three teachers were neces-
sary 10 manage l79 children. The School board
| furnished the tickets. and the management or the
the youngsters. 1t was an educational excursion
! The children the animals, birds and reptiles
and had little lessons and lectures on their man
} ners and customs. They enjoyed the monkeys
best of all, and gaZed in horrihed and large-eySo
| silence when a serpent climbed tree and cee&oe
| live bird. Many of them had never seen grssn
| trial be able to pick the Wild howers cxss-
ing in the park.