Life and light for woman . rgarten teaching and came to us. Now another younglady has come to take charge of the school, and Miss Tallmon isfree to give her time to the kindergarten and to other city about the time Miss Tallmon came to China, a charmingyoung Chinese girl began the kindergarten course in the trainingschool at Peking. She finished it and came back to us, and justa year ago Miss Tallmon and Miss Ma opened our kindergartenhere, and it has been a growing source of joy ever since. igiS] Our Kindergarten in Lintsingchow 271 Everybody notices the kindergarten children. They
Life and light for woman . rgarten teaching and came to us. Now another younglady has come to take charge of the school, and Miss Tallmon isfree to give her time to the kindergarten and to other city about the time Miss Tallmon came to China, a charmingyoung Chinese girl began the kindergarten course in the trainingschool at Peking. She finished it and came back to us, and justa year ago Miss Tallmon and Miss Ma opened our kindergartenhere, and it has been a growing source of joy ever since. igiS] Our Kindergarten in Lintsingchow 271 Everybody notices the kindergarten children. They are knownup and down the street as the children who bow when they meetyou, and say *Thank you, when they are given things. TheChinese appreciate courtesy, but they have very little idea oftraining children while they are very small in this art, or in anyother for the most part, except that of getting their own way byhowling for what they want. Why dont you wash the Oh, he wont let me! The elders seem to have a. Everybody Notices the Kindergarten Children vague idea that when he is older the child will grow obedienceand nice manners, just as he does his wisdom teeth. Someregard the things the children learn at kindergarten just as theydo the tricks of a well-trained dog, but some see the real valueof the training, and they and the children trained are the hope ofthe future. All this winter the children have had their kindergartenstudies in the church. It is big and cold in the winter, even witha stove, at least such a stove as we have. It isnt convenient tohave the sand board and all the little chairs in the church onSunday, and it isnt convenient to have to put them all awayeither, but this spring we are to have the new kindergarten build-ing; and remember, if it had not been for your gifts we couldnot have had the convenient building we wanted, and that weare to have, the Lord willing. Our Field Correspondents In the January Life and Light (page 23) Miss Clarke te
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