The colored American., 1902-05-24

hat morning the little children came
10 the number of fifty There TO receive
them besides the kindergartens were
Mrs. II. Hitchcock and Mrs. Lakeland
lheTe were no chairs OF tables but
wonderful are the resources of true
klndergartner. Nothing daunted. thev
gathered the children on the circle and
began the opening exercises The little
SVmPathetIc talk created a proper spirit
and understanding for the PRAYER, after
winch some simple finger songs were
taught, and there we will leave them.
Ten years later the second kinder
garten was opened by Miss Alice
Thomas at the L'Onverture school, as
sisted by Miss Adelia Keuntz, Miss
Emma Clare and Miss Dora Smetzer.
; Today tells the story as to whether if
was worth while-as to whether these
noble women did Gods service in feed
ing HIS lambs. That one kindergarten
is now a family of eight.
L hose two volunteers are numbered
with over nifty earnest and sincere wo-
men, who are now engaged in this work
for their own race.
Those fifty little children, now men
and women, can see each day over 600
going just as they did twenty years ago,
with glowing hearts and glistening eyes
TO where love calls them
We have today a training class for
cOlOred students under the supervision
of a woman of the race, Mrs. Haydee
| Campbell These colored students re-
ceive exactly the same training as the
white students. We have sent two
young ladies from this training class out
to establish this work in Kansas City
Miss Leila Warwick and Miss Ida Alb
bOtt. Another graduate of this class
| Miss Nellie Grant, has taken charge of
the kindergarten department of Tuske-
gee Institute Alabama.
| 1t is a wonderful harvest and it seems
to me as | drop the curtain that still
small voice must have come to some of
these noble women, who fought the first
fight against narTowneSs and prejudice,
saying,
Go, thou good and faithful servant
thou hast been faithful over few things
II will make thee ruler over many"
In Kansas City, Kas a thousand OF
more "Pingree patches" have been giver
fover to the children for the summer
months and vegetable, rather than flower
lgardens will be cultivated by the little
folks.
| The attendance at the special meeting
was excellent, the addresses, and dis
Icussion of the same first class. Among
Those who participated, and contributed
Ito the success of the undertaking were
IRev. Scott, Professors Foster, BOwSer
Dawley, Cook, Vernon, Mesdames
Crews, Jones and Nix.
The Peace Meeting held by the
Kansas City branch of the National As
sociation. was in every sense eminently
: successful and we hope to hear equal
Ily encouraging reports from othel
centres The clergy of the A. M. +.
: Baptist and Episcopal churches, cooper
ated by preaching sermons setting tortf
the doctrine of ''Peace on earth.
The resolutions sent out by Mrs
= Sewall. president of the lnternatlona
: Council of Women, and approved by tn
Council of Women of the United States
, were read and adopted.
, The keynote of these resolutions 1
= the Universal FatherhOOd OF God am
- brotherhood of Man" No race ha
i greater cause TO desire the speedy ap
= plication of this principle than our own
n Two important features OF the mann
e imoth edition of the Sunday Los Ange
{ lies Herald and Illustrated Mdgd=iHe, O
MAY 4, are, on page of the Illustrate
h Magazine, "A Biogranhical Sketch
# Mrs. Ida WellsB Barnett, Secretary c