New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
TJRING OF FACTORY LIFE
GIRLS OF THE TENEMENTS EAGER FOR
DOMESTIC SERVICE TRAINING
WORK OF YOUNG SO
CIETY WOMEN

| ClET1 WOMEN.
| To encourage factory girls to enter domestic
| poyment a band of young society women grad
yates of an uptown private school, have furnished
| suite of for model training and employed
an instructor in the art of housework.
The enterprise is the most recent addition 10 the
| work OF the Brearley League Industrial Evening
| School which has been conducted for several years
| in the Fogg Memorial School OF the Children's Aid
| Society. No 552 West Fifty third-st with the sup
| port of the organization whose name 1T bears.
! Two rooms, a bedroom and dining room. have been
fitted for the purpose. and two evenings week the
fifteen young girls Of the domestic training class.
| who from fourteen to sixteen years of age,
| make a sortie the place with pals and brushes.
| brooms, dustpans and cloths and remove every
vesge of dirt that has accumulated since the last
| lesson Indeed, scrubbing goes on with as much
and vigor II II were the semi annual house
! cleaning fray in family apartments The pretty
white iron bedstead. with its spck and span coun-
terpane and shams is stripped and aired, the crisp
white muslin curtains carefully pinned up safe
| from the dangers OF water and dust. the rugs
swept until locker trembles for them, and they
| last rolled up and put away to allow the
| floor it's share Of the cleaning II is. indeed. the
floor and the paint that suffer most for every girl
in the class loves scrub and into that work puts
! all her superabundant energy.
When the windows and mirrors cleaned, the
| last bit of busting done, the bed remade in the
prmmest OF styles and the nickel polished the table
is set without vestge of food to be sure. but in
| u
1t. Then comes elaborately served dinner, with
Of the girls waitress and all sorts OF points
! OF etiquette suited not only to the maid but the
| diner discussed. BY the time the table is
cleared and the dishes put away the hour for clos
/ ing has
The girls OF the class mainly OF Irish parent
age and work in carpet or hammock factories or
M,sa from nSci1aI e 10 % SSe Rrss-lsv
| Evening School. who teaches the class says that
and more dissatisfied with the rude associations Of
% peor with aS the VIII" Wagas Pad to
servants. who not only receive more money. but In
evening school not less than thirty factory sris
have applied for instruction In hairdressing and
and O. II Is 4oi impossible that such de-
| A cooking class meets three evenings OF tho
week, and is composed of girls and women Of all
class in yrography two nights. The latter is very
PG fo wh their fhe ess ees Fay I'd evening
given up to the four or 1--WE clubs which are con-
OS a yOqs m den Of g the rolls of the
various classes Last evening the school gathered
patriotic songs recitations and pretty scarf drl
| with the close for the season OF the Brearley
o tho In AP es work 20" tS of the les.
| tunate sisters has not ended. A summer kinder
at seashore RRG mountain many Of the girls Of the
school are enjoying vacations in delightful country
| retreats.
NEW CLASS FOR LITTLE CRIPPLEs
A fourth class for crippled and deformed chill
dren has recently been started by the Children's
Aid Society in the Phelps School. No. 3l4 East
Thirty with Miss Mary F. True as teacher.
The sixteen pupils OF the class average in age
from FIVE TO sixteen years. and some of them have
never been at school before. wagonette calls for
the youngsters at their homes daily in all other
classes OF the society. and the kind driver brings
his charges in his arms from upper floors and rear
houses.
A happier lot of children than these waits. who
tad Nth md r,ai,1 o,1id
be hard to find At first, says Miss True. during
their recess a game of hospital their IA
vorite amusement. but they gradually forget
ting the terrors of Operations" and treatments
and becoming devoted to tag and other
healthful play.
The work OF such class is largely Individual
It is seldom that than are fitted for
the same grade. The need Of separate classrooms
for children thus afflicted is readily apparent after
a brief visit to the class. Braces and deformIties
make It difficult and often very painful for one
position to be occupied long at time, and the
teacher overlook many things that In an
ordinary class would cause confusion. Now and
then OF the members rises and walks about
for few minutes. Another stands instead of sits
and and there there is an unceasing sound of moving among
the chdren. Last week httie girl was dis
covered crying. she explained that the brace had
h9rt t,f her VAS side 60 dTeadgy for two whole days
They are such patient children says Miss True
One morning of the worst afflicted boys In the
class exclaimed as he bade his teacher good
He EXPLAINED that it seemed so Good o feel Wc
that he reminded of colt he had seen In the
country.
sweet little. pale faced girl SAID one day: 81
like everything white, and | just love white hair
cause that's the color Of mammals Santa Claus's
and Miss TrUe's"
Although the members of the class are all In
more or less delicate health and subject fire.
quent fits Of sickness, the attendance of the class
Is always good. nothing but necessity ever detain-
ing one Of its members. Only halliday session
is held. Two sessions tried, but the children
showed quickly that they were overtaxed and
some became actually I'll a result OF the experi-
ment.
The new class was made possible by the gener
osity OF the board of managers of the class for
Children's Aid Society, No. 537 East Sixteenth-st
Miss Mabel Irving Jones is president Eleanor
ErVing, viCe-president; Miss Mary Cross. treas
uror: Miss Margaret Schott secretary and Miss
mttec.
Regarding the work for crippled children in
Avenue b. which was started three years ago Miss
Jones says that the educational success of the
cultles under which the teachers labor These are
the physical disabilities of the children and their
backwardness, owing TO the late period at which
they are obliged to begin their studies Success of
two children, thirteen and fourteen wears old re
spectively, who entered the class wear sFo lac,
Christmas, unable either read or TO wrfte A.
the close of the school. in June they moi onit
well In each the child had the use of aniy
hand. ''
The physical condition of the pupils has aIso
improved, owing TO the given them bv their
ings. The position OF many of them at home Is
also improved. since they growing daily to be
more useful members OF their families. -
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