New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-05

Speaking recently in Milwaukee child labor,
Miss Adams. of Hull House. Chicago. is quoted
by The Journal of Education saying that part
of the responsibility for the present terrible condf-
tons must rest with the educators Of the country.
who lose ali interest in their pupils the moment
the latter leave school, IL teachers do their full
duty to the children within the four wallis of the
schoolroom they feel they have no further re-
sponsibility. Continuing. she said
Industry is constantly wearing out the children
the period of their lives when they possess an-
go into growth and development, The State fur fur
systems of education. and then when the child
leaves school, merely because the State laws ofer
labor the State must afterward resume their care
when they are out ana Eo be
Give us more; We have worn cut and used up
1t = fact that children employed in these heart
less factories if they live at all are broken abso+
themselves after hey have reached years OF man,
the public u asyiums and hospitals Children
commercially most advantageous between fourteen
and eighteen years tor most employments
In outlining 1.-The Way to womanhood' in Har-
per's Bazar'' Henry van Dyke says that he sees
no reason why girl should be excluded from the
studies which experience has proved TO be good
for a boy-arfthrnetic grammar, languages, his
tory natural science, logic philosophy and litera-
81 would have her go to school with boys. at
least until her tenth year. he says. And after
that, If, for good reasons, she goes to separate
school and college | still would have the substance
and material of her study much the same as his,
the main difference being one of method and pnr-
conforming to the to which her learning
is likely to be put. She would have to teach
her as well women, because neither in work nor
in conversation will she spend her life only with
her own sex. She should read the common books
of the race the great books written for human
beings, not a special library prepared for her
Treat the baby as a tropical plant advises
Good Housekeeping and do not try to tougher
him by taking him out every day Thirty-fve
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Never take him out when the atmosphere is dark
and rainy and keep him in the sunshine and out
Of the wind as much possible Protect the eyes
from the always with a dark umbrella.
A reliable test for mushrooms. says expe-
rienced housekeeper. is to put bit of silver such
as we'll washed dime. into dish in which they
are cooked. If II dlscolors the mushrooms die
unfit for food.
Plows should have covers of cheap calico over
the Ticking and mattresses should be protected in
tie same way These covers should be washed
eery- three or four months. and will keep the pro-
tected articles clean almost indefinitely
"Reason was given to man in order that he might
o,,oid what he dislikes." This accounts, says
c,nic for the paucity of the male element at after
teas.
Young mother who had been much annoyed by
having to listen to childrens quarres hit upon
tho expedent of having the complaints submitted
m her in writing. This put effectual damper
upon the desire for maternal interference. for the
children thought that the game was not worth the
her ewes and ears open and knew more than the
little folks Imagined about their discords
tablespoonful of sal-soda. over which boiling