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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1903)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. 3 Industrial notes. The lavatory in the small Boys' home is being painted olive green. The girls are making some ruffled cross bar curtains for the McBride Hall, The brick work under administration building has been paiuted brick color. Several bureaus were varnished in the Small Girls' Home, for new employes. John Joe is' gettingtobe a first class cook now, and he is of great help in the kitchen. The painters have renovated the interior of (he bakery. Which makes it look neat and clean. Lena Goodell is doing some lovely work hem-stitching curtains for the sewing room. Delia Polland is working in the clothes press at the little girls' home and they say that she is the kind of a girl they want there. Allen Brown and Elmer Ladue, who were taught to mend clothing by Mrs. Hilb, their matron, have been pro moted to the, tailor shop. The blacksmith boys' have been busy for the last two or three days fixing the blacky smith shop. The Painters are kept busy mixing Kal somine for the large boysdiorue between other work. The A. clrtf'S in sewing made seven neat brown dresses for the first team of basket, ball girls. The young ladies look quite swell in ih-m. Mr. Overmen started the new incubator up, Wednesday, and not having enough eggs to till the machine will have to, run with one quarter its capacity. The Painters started and almost complet ed the painting of the brick work under large bovs' building but the rain drove the hoys in and one side remaiusunpainted. All the clarionets have been repaired by Richard Harris and they are in nearly as good condition as when in the Factory. Richard is not -only : improv'ng the baud instruments, but is learning to take care of his own instrument. The boys in the Blacksmith shop, are all busy making new forges, in the building vacated by the wagonmakers. The boys are making the forges themselver, under the instructions of Mr. Mann. The patition . between the wagon shop and the black smith shop will be torn out. The Black smith shop will then be 80 ft. in length, by 40 ft., wide, with 7 forges and will be an up-to-date shop. 'I'd Leave My Happy Home.". It is not often that an organ-grinder con tributes anything to develop the f-ense of humor which in implanted in a greater of less degree in all mortals: As a general thing the organ-grinder awakes a sentiment just the opposite, particularly when he in sists upon grinding out popular airs we have heard si often that repetition is posi tively painful. One grinder; however, played better than he knew when he struck up in front of school No'. 5;the other day.' The class in Greek history was on the reci tation bench. One pupil was repeating the'' fa miliar etory of Helen and Paris. In all seriousness as she closed the telling of the' tale she said : "And she left her. home, for him," Just then the street organ outside , began to peal forth, "I'd leave. my happy home for you." Even the teacher was compelled to abandon dignity' and join in' the smilethat spread througho'tit the school room. Albany Press. .. ' Professor Mason, of tne Smithsonian Institution says that the most 'needed achievement of 1903 is the discovery of a satisfactory method economizing electrici ty, borne day lie says, in. the not distant future the rivers will make all thw electric ity we want.. We shall harness the streams an I they shall heat every house, run every wheel and light every lamp. Ex. . Miss Kate Grindrod, a full-blooded Wy andotte Indian, whoi was educated at the Carlisle Indian School, is one of the most .successful professional nurses in Philar delphia. Success.
