Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-16
Austrjd-Land of Misery
CHILDREN OF THE WORKERS"

We aaw dozen young girls he!ns 80.
through callsthenlc cxcrciaos.
Only One Baihtup.
There l. only one trouble with this
castle" said DR.. Winter rucfully. 1T
has only one blthtub. workingmcn's
children seem 10 like la,hiubs better
than the llapsburgs did"
The Association ~ the Friends ~
Children existed In the early DAYS ~
the war Then II was a charitable or.
ganization Of the well Ia do for the
prolctarlat. IN 1919 the workncn ~
Austrin took over ~ MANAGEMENT
themrolvcs. II was bankrupt then.
and they built up the present financial
standing by voluntarily taxing them.
selves ! per cent on all their earnings.
IN iG0 factories IN Vienna every work.
lngmnn pays, this tax To the children.
"'rhe children ~ the Austrian work.
ers have no homes now, said DR.. WIN.
ter. "rhc rooms where they live are
unhcatcd. and are often stripped 81
furniture Hut u In wonderful what
people can de-. even In poverty. IL they
stick together and pool their resources.
We have opened stations through.
out the city. where H. children are
Jared for all the time out OF school
hours, In these stations they are
given two meals every day. are super.
WED In playing. singing and dancing
IN warm ana cheerful surroundings.
1nd are taught those things which are
not In books or II they are. seldom
reach eur children. They learn how 10
IRE their hands. how To know their
irds and animals. trees and flowers,
and. above all. they are taught "a ap.
prcclatc other nations. international.
Ism N instillcd into all the teaching.
Parents A. Teachers.
We aren't able to pay teachers In
look after these children" he con.
t!nucd. so Necessity forces us TO work
nut AN idcif which has been amazingly
'ucccsrful We didn't want Ia scpar.
0ic children from their parents too
much. anyway. and We decided that
a.ncc most parents know al least one
thing very well. they could teach I,
not only To- their own children hut "a
others. Fathers. who are carpsnters
for instance. can teach manual train.
INK quite as well as most teachers OF
that subject. Mothers who are clever
cooks can teach cooking Fathers who
are tnXidcrmlsts. or furriers. know
more about animals than many a pro
| t'stor ~ natural history. We have
hundreds Of clever parents whose tai
cnis as teachers are never used.
so these fathers and mothers serve
In turn ~ the various stations. On
course, they aren't paid They work
for the pleasure that they are giving
thc!f own children and others"
Or. Winter took me e. one OF thes,
stations. Il had been former bar
racks. Just a big. bare room. bu
warm aud bright, its walls decorate,
with pictures and exhibits and all man
ncr OF interesting things. The children
rushed out {" meet us. and we ha,
To shake hands all around while thel
gave us the associations greeting
'Freundschaft." "Friendlincss" Too
little bcggors Even the anxious car,
I 20 hAAh 'AsAhAa'h anu lANAi'l
y couldn't keep away from their face
the marks u lad food. and too littl
cvcn' of that. Hut here they were
learning the art of ''frcunlschaft" In |
plnce where the preceding generation
had learned schrcchlichkeit
At the end of the room was a tin,
theatre. over the stage were the mi,
gc words. 'Es war Enmal. once Sp
IN a time" The theatre aud The stag,
had been built by the children them
scives under the direction az carpen
" father. and another father who WA
a professional sign painter had hclpc,
them to paint The scenery.
The children cime 10 this station
directly from school and stayed unit
Il was bedtime, getting their mcali
aud afternoon nap here. The parents
~ each child paid the actual cost Of III,
food. which was prepared by an attend
ant mother. Since, the association
bought in quantities the children wer'
fed here better and more chcaply thar
they could h. ut home.
! was particularly Interested in tn
library. Il contained the folk lore o
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