The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07

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children, many Of them, too, and should
have been making dolls klmonos instead
OF those thousands of grim looking uni
form shirts that were to go to thus-
bands and fathers and brothers on the
firing line In Nanchuria. It is an int
cstlng place, that Industrial home. II
looks as II It had been put up yesterday
In d great hurry, and promised finish
Ing touch later on. when times are not so
& pressing. 1t is a low, rambling building,
without a vestige OF paint on It, but It
is put together with an eye to perfect
sanitation and plenty of sunlight. In a
long wing at one side dozens OF women
were sitting upon their feet, japanese
fashion before low sowing mac chimes that
were operated by hand. making up mouil-,
Stains OF coarse linen to sol err g shirts.
One hour in such a position would put my
feet SO tight asleep hey would never
wake IN. but since the same length OF
time on a chair before q sewing machine
run by foot motion would have exactly
tho same effect upon q Japanese girl, the
wisdom OF the powers that be has pro:
Syided for her the native kneeling cushion
and the little hand sewing machine, not
twelve inches high : 55;s ss;,s 4 h:
With the Children.
There IL day. nursery, among other
good things connected with this instl-
& tuition. and the worn len who come daily
to work may bring their babies and leave
them ii In charge OF competent care
aker, VIII o. straps them to the backs OF
larger children and drives them out into,
the sunshine to play battledoroi and smut
tlecoclsS whole slivelong afternoons But
there are some children who may not
play9all the time In the sunshine, be-
cause they happen to bc smart little kld-
dies, who are able to assume q part OF
the responsibility for the supp ort5 Of their
mothers and grandmothers and is baby
brothers and sisters. Ina bamboo room
under a towering plum tree these little
ones sat painting china. The ere OF
4 the famil les OF china decorat ors.$ ana IN
this Country the youth learn early:S!tto Is.
follow in ancestral footsteps. Three OF
the little group in the room were of one
family, and their father had fallen at
Lao Yang It cannot be long. OF course,
until tn y5 are able to earn a good living
for the family. since their work is good
and there is much china decorating IN
Japan but as yet they are mere Infants
and SO the paternal government PROVIDES
china for them to- work upon, which 1T
afterwards sells in bazaars. And, what
is more, this patcrna government pro-
Rvides an instructor for them In their dead
fathers place, that they may becomefpro-
Hcient in their hereditary art. That was
one OF the things which made me slaHLd FLAG!
8 In this model institution. e
In another room were wome en- and boys
engaged in the manufacture Of rice straw
a"coris" or what we call telescopes Tor
use in travelling. These are made IN al
sizes by thousands In different ph1lllan-
thropic institutions OF this sort all over
the country, and many Of them ind 9th 1
way into the American market. and may nay
be bought for dollar or such a mater JL1:
in almost any department store.
trained my camera on these indus-
trous little people, but every time = 40
that in this country everybody IN slght
strikes an attitude as II 1t We're Japa y 2
csc instinct to pose SO the results US
are usually more or less stiff.
There is another way peculiarly inter-
esting in which the government helps
needy families OF slain soldiers, and that n
lis BY granting to one family IN a town VT
or district O monopoly Of the sale o.
some household commodity, such as
matches or soap, and 1t is surprising
with what good grace the small m Ter