The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

Temple Emanuel Bryan, on Twenty first street and Avenue F, the Central,
 which was the first organized, Ninth street and the Mercy Home kindergar-
 tens. There is a supervisor of kinder
 gartens, Miss Wilson, who succeeded
 Miss Mary Rink Drew. Miss Wilson
 is an expert kindergartner, having had
 experience in several of the large cities
 where she did settlement work. She is unusually attractive, her personal magnetism winning to her not only the little folks, Swhose lives she Is en- , deavoring so to influence but memb CTS of the association whose enthusiastic admiration she has won since coming to this city.
 Connected with the association Is a
 normal department in which the most skilful specialists are engaged to train 1 teachers for kindergarten work. The training requires two years and Is l thorough in its every phase. There are
 number of young graduates from the l sch ool teaching in the various kinder gartens. Among the graduates whose i homes are in this city are Miss May | Hall, Miss Ida Gelders, Miss Dorothy | Armes. Others are Miss May Belle | Shackelford, now Mrs. Robinson of We
 tumpka; Miss Alice Walters now Mrs. | Ashcraft of Florence, Ala. Miss Carrie | OllIndn, HOW MTS. 6OSenn6lQ Ddl-
 las Tex.
 1 The association is doing much in be- l half of a noble cause Cases of real
 want are many times relieved by the members who keep in touch with the | homes. This is done through the week l ly visits of the kindergarteners who, l in a sympathetic and tactful manner 1 have gained the confidence of many a 1 poor mother who is glad of the CO., 1 operation and help offered her.
 Mrs. w. D. Smith is the president of l the Free Kindergarten association and
 Is contributing greatly to the wonder l full success enjoyed by it. She Is ex- cellently equipped for work in this re- spect having kept in touch with simi- l lar organizations in large cities. She ] Is also interested in sociological ques- l tions and has spent much time in study l ing such things during the past several l years. Mrs. J. H. Phillips, who was | largely instrumental in the organiza- . | tion, was the former president Sh . i has a practical knowledge of the kin l dergarten work and her advice is of l the greatest value In the conduct of tho
 institution. Mrs. James Bowron is an other who has given her valuable as- l sistance, and this has meant much coming from one so versed in philan- thropic and public affairs.
 l Among those prominently associa ted l with the work are Mrs. S. M. Adler 1 Mrs. J. F. Graham, Mrs. Thomas D.
 Parke, Mrs. E. J. McCrossin, Miss Will 1 lie Allen, Miss Ruth Allen, Mrs. J. D.
 Matlock, Mrs. Richard Massey, Mrs
 William M. Walker, MT. J. A. Van Hoose. Judge Feagin, MT. M. V. Joseph, pr. J. H. Phillips.
 l afeyb of | mer an interesting kindergarten was
 maintained in the basement room at Paul
 Hayne school, which was lately remod-
 eled for that purpose. It was supported by the improvement society of Paul Hayne, and Miss May Hall was the teacher. There were about 35 children
 from the neighboring homes in attend
 ance, most of them being foreigners Miss
 Hall said recently of the school: "A
 large per cent of the little folks were
 Syrians, though there were some Greeks | and Italians. also some of our own peo.
 pie, but in a minority. Every week dur. 1 ing the term luncheon was prepared and
 sent for them two days, once by little
 club out at North Haven. the other time ! donated by one of the Sunday schools. | This was done not so much because tht
 children have not sufficient food at home but in many cases it was so poorly pre- pdrcu, gnu we tdugnt them l1ttle leSsoi
 by having the sandwiches in nice white .l paper and such things. Why, I visited
 one family and found the children 1 grouped about on the floor eating iron
 the vessels in which the food was cooked We also had some nice little outings. The
 electric car company donated cars tt
 take the little people out for picnic ont
 day, and they had such a happy time One evening I called meeting of th' | mothers and fathers and 30 of them re sponded and were so interested. We, ol | course, reached out to the families of the
 very poor, especially. but others in the l neighborhood came, too."
 The Orphans home at East Lake IS
 charity which has done a great deal ol good. It Is Catholic institution ant
 occupies the building used by the Eas Il Lake Athenaeum, college for eIris N years ago. The orphanage was the prio'