New-York tribune., 1908-02-13
PRAISES OUR SCHOOLS.
BEST IN World" Says Nine. Fled
Ter, Here on Mission from France.

Americans are so accustomed in these days TO
being abused it is quite surprise 10 find that
any one thinks them admirable Nine Laurence
Fielder who has been in this country for a year
On a mission from the French government repre-
senting no less than five ministers. does entertain
this extraordinary opinion. however. and never
seems to be able say enough about IT.
II love America she said TO Tribune reporter
in her rooms at the Hotel Darlington the other
dav THE more I am here the more love IL
In a few years you will be the light OF all the
world. All the Americans love their country They
work for the OF their country. And you travel
so much. You pick all the best Ideas. and you
have energy, you have money. In France 1t Is SO
difficult TO have money. Here all the money
comes"
Mime. Fielder admits that there are. no doubt.
things TO be found here that would not harmonize
with this picture. but she has not seen them she
does not look for that side Of life, which sne nnds
to be the same in all countries
IT came here not to find out what Is bad, she
said .cI see only what is good to better life IN
France"
Nine FtedIer's principal business in America is
to study the prevention Of tuberculosis not only by
direct bur nv indirect means and under the head
of indirect means she reckons al that Is possible
IN better the life Of the people, for tuOercuosis'
she says, is a disease Of social misery
LAUDs HOSPITALS.
II +bts Indirect war she finds the United States
N he ahead of all other countries and IN the hos
pitaIs and sanatorums she has found the fooG
much better in similar institutions IN Europe
IN the best sanatoriuns OF france Sno S@S7'
I'VE have not such food
Schools are included in Nine Ffedler's Held or
Investigations because the better people are edu-
Gated the more money they can earn, the more
comfort they can have, and the less hAely theE
are TO be Ill; and she is delighted with American
schools OF our much abused public school sys-
tenn she says that it is. at least. the best In the
vord-a model for all the world''-and about sucn
private institutions the Manhattan Trade Schooi
for Girls and the School of Applied Design for
Women she is even more enthusiastic In the case
,f the nurses training schools Nine Fielder has
ba- ,a-ticuIarIv struck with the system Of having
one in connection with each large hospital This
effects a double economy There fs no expense 1or
specal training school. and the hospital is saved
the expense of nurses This apparently simple
rla does not seem TO have been hit upon in other
countries In Germany the nurses are trained IN
Red Cross hospitals and In France things are In
8 transition stage. Formerly the men were the
only nurses and as yet adequate provision has
been made for training Others.
AHEAD OF GERMANY.
Although Germany is supposed TO lead the world
In technical and trade training Nine Fielder likes
the work being done IN New York better than that
of Germany.
he spirit is other here" she tried TO explain. IN
her ouaint broken English "AH Is large in Amer
lea I said to President Roosevelt: The training
in New York is beautiful He said 1t is not
enough in the other towns That do not know.
But New York is absolutely wonderful think
II is not possible to prepare better than in the
Manhattan Trade School. Cooper Institute. the
Hebrew Technical School and the School of Ap-
piled Design. Oh. it is the most beautiful school
it is possible see, the School of Applied Design
In Paris We have the Ecole des Beaux Arts. but
all have not the genius. They lose many years
They have not food enough and they not warm
enough And in the end they are only deciasse-
Here they design wallpaper. silks and carpets. and
they sell their designs TO the firms that employ
them after. II is beautiful thing When they
leave school in France and other countries they
have learned. but they not practical This
school typical of the practical OF America
The settlements and other philanthropic enter
prfses OF New York Nine. Fielder to think
too beautiful for words. OF the settlements she
said:
.Oh they are beautiful On. we have nothing
like this in France. 1 would like to have in
Paris and one in each town We have one in Paris.
but Il is bad. / very often in the East Side
House 1 tell the mothers what they must do FOR
the babies They satisfied. They dance IL
is charming / dance never, but there make a
little waltz. The other day / go In the Nurses
Settlement 1 see all the beautiful work they do.
They brought me into tenement house There were
baths. You do not find that IN Europe. But you
do TO improve the poor so muchi'
Then there is the Art Workers Club. Nine. Fled
Ter has been there too.
u drink tea with the models" she said II speak
10 them Oh. they so interesting. In France.
In Ital- II is absolutely not the same
SO UNLIKE FRANCE
She also attended evening lecture in Cooper
IJnion and when IL was and there an
opportunity for discussion she amazed TO see
the men, who looked so ordinaire discuss so
beautiful" She saw further that high person
ages came TO make the lecture 20 the working
people and that afterward they discussed together
I'VE have eIso IN France" she added. high men