The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07

have a department for this on the third floor of the mission, equipped for cook ing Neatness and cleanliness are en- phasized and they are. taught to prepare properly the foods they use most. They are taught sewing also.
 The Bible is taught from the kinder garten through all the grammar grades, and the children learn new kind of re- ligion that influences for the right their lives and their outlook upon life.
 The Interna tional Sunday school les sons are studied twice a week in English and in Spanish and the children know the Lords prayer and the Ten Command ments in each language.
 For recent yiistor Mrs. Alexander had them sing "Onward Christian Sol- diers. in English. It was very accurately and painstal1ingly sung When it was ended Mrs. Alexander said Now we shall sing it in Spanish and the room fairly rang. They didn't have to think about the pronunciation and they put their entire attention upon singing. Their national hymn is another which they sing in Spanish.
 Connected with Wolff mission is church on the same block, with a Meth odist Cuban pastor in charge. There they have Sunday school as it is universally conducted and have also church service and sermon that is attended by many mothers and fathers, as well as by the children. a
 The school has nine months session, two-months' summer term and even ing ella sses three times a wee- The last is for the cigar factory workers and for any others who want to study
 A chapter of the Campfire Girls is a feature of the mission. It is called the Oceola camp and has 20 members, with Miss Hettenhausen as leader. The boys have a club and have all sorts of good times that only boys, particularly boys in sunny Florida, can have. Sometimes it is an outing to the sea and sometimes trip to the woods, where they cook their supper or have a picnic dinner. If their future days are to be spent over cigars, they will at least have some very happy memories, and for many of them something better is in store. through the school and mission.
 Miss Adams says the children are as apt as any she has ever taught and they are as animated a group as can be found. There is one wee kindergartener who is taken to school every morning by Ter. old grandmother, whose face is wrinlSled and whose back is bent. It is her daily task to see that the small lady reaches school safety. Then there is a round-faced ibt of baby who is drawn about In a wagon made of a box and two WneelS, dllu WDen nt BtlS sleepy ut slides down in heap and Is soon in the Land of Nod, trusting to his queer lit tie carriage and his devoted caretakers to protect him from any mishap.
 A second mission school for Spanish children was established five years ago and there is still another for Italian chil- dren.
 Miss Anno Koch is principal. Miss Sadie Miller teaches English, kindergarten rAtt,it, i,,tr a,.l C;er nore Salvatore Pieciotto teaches Italian classes. Miss Miller says manual train ing is the greatest attraction of the school A small boys ton~ue may get dreadfully twisted with English and his brain may be wearied with cabalistic fig ures and words, but his fingers are nm- ble and his hands are delft in making things: so the manual training class wins him to the school, and once he is there new land and far better and happier one than he has ever known is opened to him.