The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
WOMAN'S WORK.
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The leaves are falling; the wind IS
blowing; the air is crisp; it is de-
lghttul on the Hill" We get the
breeze from every angle We would
like to get some coal from every
friend. 1t takes a lot of coal to keep
us warm, and we wish some of the
many friends who come out here and
admire the delightful "HilI' and its
surroundings, would remember that
it is a little bit colder up here than
it is down in the city, and that few
tons OF coal and a few blankets would
add greatly to our comfort
The WOman's American Baptist
Home Mission Society is manifestIng
its interest in our training school, not
only by sending representatives from
time to time. to see US, and by fur
nishing the Dean of the Missionary
Training Department, but by giving
us a Model Home, in which we may
learn just how to make a home for
ourselves and how to keep 1t. The
students are very happy over the
thought that they are going to be
model hOme-makers when they get
out into the world, and that they are
going to learn the art during their
school days.
Our Literary Society meets every
fourth Friday evening. An interest
ing program is always presented, and
you and your friends are invited to
come out to the meetings.
The Missionary Society holds its
monthly meeting the third Friday,
and the Temperance Society on the
second Friday Last week we were
fortunate enough to have the Rev +.
O. Taylor, who represents the Ma
tional Scientific Temperance League.
He gave a most interesting, illus
trated talk, on the manufacture and
effect of alcohol
Some people do not like to bathe
very often Once a week, once a
month or once a year, will do, SO they
say, but if you have these kind OF
notions when you come to the Train
ing School, you had better get them
out of your head, because if you do
not bathe yourself you will get
bathed. The president has charge
of the Bathing Department
Talking about hair-well, they have
the hair fever on this "Hill." They
are not bothered about the quantity
nor the quality of it, but you will
| just simply have to keep it looking
right; little or much, good or bad
you will have to wash it and keep IL
combed and brushed every day in
the week
Miss Burroughs says that the edu-
cation that does rot 60 all through
| you and make you a new creature, IS
not worth having. She believes in the
Reforming" Transforming" and
! Comforting" process. If you get into
this educational machine crooked
YOU must get out straight.
| Well, it is rather strenuous until
you get used to it, but this IS my
third year in the machine, and l like
it hugely.
Scrub? Yes the whole place has tc
| be scrubbed and kept in order. Nc
| dirt and grease spots on these floors
We are all being wonderfully helped
we are getting the right kind Of no.
tons into our heads and the wrong
kind out of them. We are learning
to put first things first.
Well, these teachers certainly keep
on our track Dodge them? Skip
classes? Not unless you walk your
self to death, to keep out of thei1
way The other day a young woman
did not know her lesson in psychol-
Ogy! She ran and lodged and hid
until finally she gave herself up, say
| ing that it was easier to TeClte than
to hide from the teacher in charge.
We have been called upon to dc
quite a deal of singing in and about
| the city. Our lessons are so hard and
our teachers so exacting, that we
really haven't the time TO learn a
song Concerting is certainly easier
than studying, but they tell US out
here that we will have to get our les
sons, concert or no concert.
Mrs Ruth L. Bennett, of St. Louis,
Mo, has been with US for two weeks.
She has been calling upon business
men and merchants, and as result
of her efforts, several have given
meats and provisions. Mrs. Bennett
| is a good hand at the soliciting busi-
ness, and we do hope that she will
| be able to return to the city and give
the president some more help in pro
viding food for the many hungry
ones.
Talking about appetites, these girls
| can out eat farmers. When they come
they say that they have always been
so delicate, and that they are very
| light eaters; in fact, their parents
state that this is one of the reasons
why they should not pay as much
| for board as some other students
( They are light eaters and great work
ers, but we wish you could be here
after the second or third meal, to
| see them put away baked beans, corn
bread, cabbage, turnips, sweet pota-
toes, tomatoes, rice, apples, fat meat
and in fact, anything that they can
! get their hands on. Whenever we see
that the one with the small appetite
| has enrolled we see that she gets
| the dish last because if ever she gets
| it first, there will be nothing left for
the rest of us. They say that the
water and air IS responsible for this
change. We do not know the cause
] but we know that the change takes
| place, and that very soon after they
land.
We told you at the beginning of the
Majors and Minors" that the presi
dent always had some new scheme
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