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188 THE WANSTEAD INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM.
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and are entirely separated , although Grod made them for mutual dependence .
As some time yet remained before tlie afternoon lessons commencedwe looked through , the kitchenslaundries , and
dryingresses , and saw the bread machine hard , at work . We then p went into , the grounds , where ( in the part devoted to the girls )
we found the children bowling their hoops along the gravel paths , were swinging swing on ing ropes 1 smaller attache ones d to to the poles great , round enjoyment which of the both elder ; every girls
face looked bright and happy , and few passed us without a smile , in fact they crowded round us and seemed quite disappointed if they
did not receive a few words , and many were the droll fearless j answers unior boys we ' received school ; . there At half we - found past two the o nurse ' clock brushing we entered "b y turn the
each child ' s head , while they all sang in chorus . For our especial benefit they were made to perform solos , one little fellow just four
years old sang the alphabet to the tune of " God Save the Queen ;" even " Old Dog Tray" had found his way to Wansteadand full
justice "was done to his numerous virtues by a small boy , aged five . In the other rooms we heard some _scripture lessons being given ,
and in the senior boys' school a contest for a box of instruments to be gained by the best paper on a given rule in algebra was just
commoncing . In the senior girls' school the employment was needle-workwhile one girl practised on the pianoforte , as all who
, show any real talent for music are instructed in it . We then proceeded to the second school , and saw the first , second , third , and
fourth classes march to their places , and go through a series of exercises which , were greatly superior to the singing by which they
were accompanied . After this , the third and fourth classes were drafted hy their governess into another class-room , and the first and
second began a reading lesson , upon which we cannot bestow too much praise . The children read together , and the expression which
they threw into it , was something quite new to us , and most surprising : we have never heard it approachedmuch less equalledin
_, , any school . They read the story of Grace Darling , and never did it seem more touching and impressive . After this three of them
read pieces of poetry , with the same attention to stops and expression which delighted us beforealso binding the lines together when the
sense required it , in a way , which pointed alike to the pains of the teacher and the understanding of the children . The lady who has
trained them so perfectly deserves the highest commendation , —we find she herself was trained at the Home and Colonialof which we
, hope to give an account in some future number . As everything must come to an end , so did our day at Wanstead ,
and we had to hurry off for the station at the conclusion of the reading lessonbut before we close this accountperhaps it will be
, , as well to give a slight sketch of the rules of this admirable charity .
First we notice that while many other asylums receive orphans at
188 The Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum.
188 THE WANSTEAD INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 188, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/44/
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