August 24

To my sisters: To sit back with a stick in hand and command is not our work. Our children come on empty stomachs - so do not waste their time. They must learn something. Make them happy. They have much to suffer already and we cannot treat them as we would children going to a regular school. How many of our children have their first meal at 3pm so as to be able to cut out dinner because their parents cannot afford it? We thoughtlessly say hurtful things to little ones, ignorant as we are of the circumstances, and they stop coming. Even the little consolation they hope to find in school is denied them.