New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

That there could be any connection Re
tween cutting out paper dolls and filling
the soil probably would not occur 70 that
large majority Of persons who see only the
surface Of things. h1t the kindergarten
training OF Miss Emile Curtis has re-
vealed many things TO her that are hidden
from people otherwise WIS. and prudent.
and Frederick Townsend Martin is so much
interested IN her plan that he wrote 70 her
Just before he sailed for Europe this spring
70 say that he wanted n give II some
financial support when he came back.
Many are the ways devised by the
philanthropic for reclaiming those hungry
wastrels who petition nightly for food and
lodging AT the Bowery Mission, No. 227
Bowery, hut probably the most original Is
that % Miss Curtis When she appeared
one day at the mission and petitioned for
the privilege Of opening a kindergarten
there the astonished superintendent an
swer.d
But there are only grown up nner here"
! know" she answered, but II YOU will
ler n. have six Of your most incompetent
men and room in which to hold the
kindergarten viii pay them 10 cents an
This the superintendent knew would en-
! able the men to become self-supportins, ac-
oordlng 10 the Bovery standard and as he
saw no harm in the plan he consented. He
also chose the six men he knew had the
least chance OF getting positions, and the
next day the kindergarten was started
The men were somewhat surprised and a
little bit ashamed at first when they
learned that their work was 70 cut out
| paper dolls.
But II amt fur de loiks Of u. 70 AK her
Tot's de use OF IL; we gets our pay. an wot
more do youse want" the philosopher 81
the group admonished those who had de-
INJURED. out of he siy men that had been
asked only one had refused.
Me cut out paper dolls? Nit," he said
contemptuously.
Although he at first with several other
habitues OF the mission. jeered in a mild
way al the kinderGarten-for lack OF food
isn't conducive TO much wit and bantering-
they soon stopped when they saw that the
others we're IN earnest.
IL was good sight 20 see this roomful Of
human fotsam which had been left so long
10 drift by itself blossom out under the
gentle hand Of the teacher. At first the
great clumsy fingers could scarcely be
forced TO guide the scissors successfully
around the delicate tracings without cut
ung on noses and other small items neces-
sary TO the making or paper doll. They
were more awkward than the most awk-
ward child would have been But no child
ever took greater pride in anything than
the man did VINO was the first TO cut out a
doll successfully. The praise that the
teacher bestowed on him iled him with
the slee Of a child and made the others re-
double their efforts SO In the zest OF com
petition they forgot the ,riviality OF their
employment. and they also forgot them
selves. They lost themselves so completely
In their work that their minds. freed from
brooding morbidly over their wretched lot'
became more alert and In week or TWO
they were different men.
Encouraged by the teacher. they ta'heu
while they worked. one old man OF Sixty
told OF his boyhood days In New YORK ciiy'
OF his long rides by stage coach out 10 inc
then distant Jamaica. and OF his aiI-uay
excursions by boat to High Bridge
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