The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

| nisnef lnan the aNefaSe. me SlstefS eu-
 pervising their home study and seeing
 that work assigned by the teachers Is regularly and carefully done.
 Among the children who have gone from
 the home and have occupied worthy posi- 1 tions are q boy who has been mayor and probate judge. one who has become q
 clergyman, one who has a store Of his
 own, girl who became deaconess and one who Is at the head of sanatorium. Others are teachers. clerks. stenographers | and many of the girls are in their homes.
 where the teaching and training of the
 church home is carried out
 | Orphanage of Methodist Churches One of the prominent features of the ! activities of the Methodist Episcopal church is it's consideration for it's ehil-
 dren. This is true of the churches in
 Alabama it is of those in every other
 state. and the fact is borne out here in Birmingham in the two very excellent institutions for children that are main tained by the local churches. while sim ilar work is carried out in other Ala- bama towns and cities.
 In keeping with this spirit is their home 1 for homeless children. supported by the churches of that denomination through out the state Ii is located near Selma
 and is under the supervision of the Ala
 bama and the North Alabama confer ences.
 It is both home and training school and approximates a big. well regulated | family. \ part of the work is tenching I the children, as they grow older, the duties connected with housekeeping and I farming that no one of them will be i incapable of earning living or of doing I necessary work in an intelligent way. | The girls and boys are assigned. in | turn, tasks in the home and on the farm which is connected with the home, The day begins at 4:30 o'clock when the girls | on duty in the kitchen go to their work and the boys who are on morning duty about the farm feed the stock and milk For those not on duty the rising bell is | rung an hour later, and at o'clock the others are called from work to prepare 1 for chapel service, followed by breakfast | After breakfast certain girls clear the ta- bles and put the dining room and kitchen I in order and the boys drive the cows l to pasture. All their work Is finished by 7;3o when all the older children prepare | for school At o'clock they reassembe are given lunches. and go in body 10 l the Selma public schools. mile from 1 the home. They spend the school day there, having the advantage of the excel
 lent school system for which Selma is rightly noted.
 In mid-afternoon they return to the
 home The girls then go to their several tasks, taking piano lessons. practicing, washing. ironing and sewing; and the boys go to their work on the farm. The gar dens and fields of the orphanage are cultivated by the boys, under supervision, and contribute largely to the support of the home. Besides they give the boys such training in farm work as will ene-
 able them to farm later for themselves.
 Shortly before o'clock they gather
 to get ready for supper, and after sup
 per the girls who are on duty put the
 dining room and kitchen in order again
 and then all go to the chapel for study
 hour. At o'clock the bell for retiring
 is rung and in short while every child
 is asleep. The whole day is an admir- able example of efficiency and of wise training through system
 on Saturday and Sunday, the morning and evening work is the same for those who are on duty. with the addition of general cleaning done on Saturday morn ing. The music pupils have regular hours for practice, and in the afternoon there is sewing and mending to be done, and games of tennis, croquet and ball.
 Sunday school is held in the chapel and then all the children with the teach CTS go to Selma for church service
 After dinner on Sunday, when the necessary work is finished. there is a quiet hour that all the children spend in their rooms, reading or resting. After quiet hour all assemble in the chapel for Epworth League, and a programme in which the children take part is given. During the remainder of the afternoon each child occupies his time as he likes, and if the weather be good parties are made up for walks. the little folks going short distances, and the older ones on longer tramps with someone accompany ing them.
 All are back for supper which. in summer, is eaten out of doors. Each .l ,i, h Ir,,1 q he carries this out on the grass. The victrola that has given the children so much pleasure Is rolled out on the porch and is played during the out door sup per.
 This is the order of work during the winter. when school Is in session. In summer there is more work and play at the home, as well as trips and pleas ures nearby.
 Probably there is no one thing tnat is better for children who are dependent -or for any children. for that matter than to be trained in systematic and reg ular work and recreation periods. When task is done and done at certain time the child has learned not only to work but how to work definitely and with dispatch, and when he goes out in the world to make his own way, relying | solely on what there is in him of abil- | ity and of right principles, without the guidance and protection of any relative | or any friend except those he wins by his personal merit, he will need this | training. He will not be one of those l who with undiscplined mind and lax ideas of duty looks for an easy place | or expects the world to give him living. | He will begin life in the outside world | without any thought but that he is capa- ble and that the honest thing and the only thing for him to do is to make his way by his own work
 Baptist Orphanage Is at Evergreen
 You should see the baby house at the Baptist orphanage near Evergreen and the babies that live in it. There are 30 or 40 of them, from 1 to years old, and the baby house Is presided over by dear iady who has room ln her heart for every one of those babies. The baby house is an attractive cot tage, with many windows and with a long back porch, and within are so many, many little beds and little shoes and stockings and little chairs and little belongings of all sorts. Just back or it is a pine grove where the chill dren can play whenever it is warm or sunny enough for them to be out Of doors.
 When they are no longer babies, tho little girls go to the big two-story building that is the girls dormitory, | and the boys to the red brick dormi- tory where all the boys stay. This building contains sleeping apart ments. an officers room and large sitting room for the boys.
 There is small red brick intirn,- ary on the campus, with a pecan tree beside it.
 The school building contains tile of- l