Evening star., 1911-01-15
Vacation Playground Nurse Showing
Mothers How to Bathe Babies.


Katy was washerwoman who had raised large family
of children but all her life had been hampered by
knowing how The clothes given for her children
she had to much they were; for she usually
botched what she tried to improve, and her efforts
avaed nothing So she made up her mind that there
ought be sewing classes in the public school of her
town. not for her children, who mostly grown,
but for other peoples children
In the town where she lived Katy had large ac-
quantance In the of her life she had washed
time another for all the best people there She
also rather gifted at writing letters So she wrote
convincing and picturesque epses to all the people in
town that she thought would be good for five dollars
apiece for the sewing class. These invariably
sponded; for Katy "had way with her. and was
the people that she thought would be good for dollar
apiece or more After that she saw everybody, and
gathered in quarters and dimes and nickels.
When she had seventy five dollars, she called
of the school board made her offering, and asked that
sewing be put into the school. The school board met
and decided to give it trial The money lasted for three
terms and then for the last term Katy also provided
She went about to all the women that she knew
good seamsresses and asked them to donate their
for certain days in the week. sewing teachers
In this she got substitutes to carry the work till
the end of the term.
Since then the school board has voted appro-
pnation and some little mothers in the making
thank Katy Fitzgerald if they life with another
weapon in their hands to fight poverty with, that
tricky giant the Cost of Living.
l heard Miss Barrows of the South End House, in
Boston, tell story of woman who came her for aid
saying there nothing in the house for herself and
the children to eat. Miss BarTows gave her quarter
for temporary relief, and, intending to what else
could be DONE sent friendly visitor of these
helpers called to look up the womans 1t
that there nothing in the house to eatand for
herself and two babies the eldest about four the
had udiciousy expended the quarter for of salmon
and bag of candy!
What Cooking Glasses Do
Of cooking classes and domestic science classes
effort to educate the parent; if not the parent
of this generation then that of the next 1t must be
that among the ignorant people these classes
perfect Godsend. 1t is rumored that among the
seats of the mighty would not hurt the present genera
ton to know little about eating. The most
favored circumstances do not to be bar against
dyspepsia. However, the laboring to need
sympathy most and if it is true that he often drinks
because he is i'll fed then looks though next gen.
Grafton would have better chance to keep sober.
These cooking classes carried summer
schools in most large cities, well in winter public
schools. Did you go into and the serious
eyed little Italians the nimbe fingered Greeks, and
jolly Irish girls all amiaby employed together beating
eggs and making food good enough for anybody These
may thank them for many good meal and many saw
ing learned under the thrifty rule of domestic science
teacher.
Mrs. St. Loe Strachey, in discussion upon "A Uni
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