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Show ADDRESSES AT CHARLESTON, 8. 0. I n addition to tliis, we hare fut~tida huusckeepin lortage to b r a very helpiul I adjunct to the training in dom.itoncr,~ool;in~rla~~s,?a~nedtrr.s,d,u rirlg the ytilr '! -A- memher uf the f u t~l r vw as acco~r~nanicid8 nH trip \Vest w e s uninler by a fnend. The Latter. struck with the dearth of'cooking utensiis in the log cabins thky visited, remarknl,'.'W'hy dun'l yutr build x n;iwgeear Narnpron, put into it a PIO)T, k~ltle, frying pan, on* or two rpoons, n1.J a \.cry few di~besa, nd teach the girls to krcp -h- , m-.u w.. .l.t .t. ~o. -n l.v, sncL n-=n=n-l-i. m~rew- ?"- ~Tht~. a u ~ e ; l t i ~wnw avtrd uoon. A tins. three- U" ~~ ~ momed cottage (built when we brought on married couples] was fitted 'up for classes in housekeeping. Its equmment was somewhat more ample than above, but thrrr waa no pntcni c&-be~rcr; tlirre sw nut even a rolling pirr until an Indian boy lua<le one in tile shop. The L .rren ill the liltlr pnrlor was the haudiaork of a girl who had l,.arr~cd to use tools. and rLr lounec ws.9 a ernall iron tnlsrrad. with mitt- ~~~~ ~ ~~~- ~~ ~ treas and cushions covered wiih bluedenim. -Four days in the week asquad of three girl, wcnt our lo rllr cottare wirh rlre lady in ..l~argri ititrr wh fin1 and pGpared tlteir evening meal. \lilk and tlourwereillrlriahell rhrru; alao 50 cenlaa rerk,aflemanls int.reni..<l to 60, air h nltivli other rupplii,~w ere P I I I C ~ ~ B CP aPr~ei.~ llh ,rrthoughtan(l *r..,llo,nv wen! rlnu~~ ~ ~ l t i v 3 ~Tlhde .n lenus were wrirtei~d tnxll in 11 t~lnnkh o ~ kan d &c;un& were strictl<keut. The girls learned to make bread and biscuit and to ~ ~mp amr ean y s i ~ c l ~dlicsf nw, nomeiimm c\.rn tn makr their own Lnttzr. 'rllvy a-err ~ u r l l tlo utllire odds aull end*; alw hou 1%r. erimp ii lirrla here ii r1.r~s ishetl to Is1~n,.lt(-t 11-1 .t.l.., .e..v. e. T-l-~ et.r ~ hlrW. IL.- ~n e~t l vso read wirh x ~vl r i r~~t~hlzealuodr hi nnkins. ~ --.~ ~~ and sometimes decorated with 0owe;s.~' once-a. week the coRtom was to hvit6 mother teacher to take tea, with them, and tben one girl must act as hostess and tu~t,ther do rht. neccssarv wnirinq. Tt.e wlrole .pirit df the thing wa. won irrfully sngrcstisr of :1 littlr ),it c;i lroule evt down irr tkle n.i<lnt i ~tiL e grent 0~.11td,l. \\'ltm Mrs. I)un htster. wiie i,i the then a~luc-rink~nslivmi ltr ali31r scla,ols, visited ~ a m ~ t oshi e. p ave her Lordial auproval to t6e scheme. It seemed she had felt the nerd 'oi~~innlztbinr*it,r rilar in r l i e l~e s t e rnsc hool- and hnJ yleadwl for a emdl 1,olrne aclj,,irlilrg the il.l?n l ,ui . J i r~~weh ere gill8 C U U k~ ~ 1 0 trsint-1. Piow shr said she felt H-IL ? colll,l lumr if uOre ~lmn e l v~ i l l s~hee had a~tual lvse en her model cottarr. This worchas been merezd0in that of the Abby MW Home where the gi& in the atlvil,ced wurse have li\.Fd rugrthtr m a emsll' i3trtilv and where pupils fnnn the n.i.l.lle clarl loave gun" to prepare rnealr; and in tlrut of rhc Domrstk. Sviencc Build-ins with ir., courser in uewina. r.*,kino. rlo\.d. .,nd il3ir\.it.c. orid HI-(> it* r~toslrl din- ~ -~. ~ ~ E"eoom and bed &&. t& iatter with"al1 its furnituri,'except the bed and the THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS FOR INDIAN SCHOOLS. [CHARLES BILRTL- DYKE, A. M., Hampton Institute, Virginia.] The teacher is the maker and protector of our American civilization, and with him rests the future of the American Indian, and in common with all other teachers, he must p o s w the s p t of service. All else falls into insignilicance compared with this first essenbal. T a spmt of service can not be a general diffused, vague sort of thing. It mast be a definite, concrete devotion to the uplifting of a race. |