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Article FROM LISBON TO BELEM. ← Page 3 of 4 →
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From Lisbon To Belem.
the children came in for their mid-day meal . Accordingly , we proceeded through tha cloister to the opposite side , ancl entered the Monastery of St . Jeronymo—so-called from it s having been occupied formerly by monks of that order—noiv an orphan asjdum Avhere 50 o boys and 350 girls are clothed , fed , and taught . We met them just marching out 0 f school bare-legged ancl bare-beaded , but their faces showed they Avere well cared for . j the dormitories we found thorough order and cleanliness ; each bed was numbered and in
, , appearance , much like small English-made iron ones , ancl the make-up was home-Wee , savo in the matter of pilloAvs ( Portuguese ideas of those articles evidently being somewhat different to our oivn ); those Avere perfectly round , like pancakes , but slightly thicker , with a frill or flounce—as ladies call it , I believe—of lace round the edge . But they looked charming on the snoAV-Avhite sheets . Behind each bed Avas a ventilator , open during tho day , and so easy to Avork that any child could open or shut it himself . So through the
CLOISTERS OF BELEH MONASTERY . corridors , and CIOAVU a broad stone staircase , to the ground floor again , Avhere Ave Avere led through the dining-hall , already laid for dinner . Everything Avas exquisitely neat , HOAVCK bloomed in profusion at one end of the room , whilst festoons and flags adorned the walls . Through the Avhole length of the building ran two parallel TOAVS of tables , on either side of which Avere small high-backed forms , shoAving that even amongst the Portuguese a rest
for the back whilst sitting is not deemed superfluous for school children , as it is by many learned and honourable members of British School Boards . Banged on each side of the tables , at equal distances , were tin cups on triangular folded white napkins . We next paid a visit to the gymnasium , an extensive piece of ground at the back , possessing all and every of the latest improvements made in that noble art . It Avas deserted and solitary , so ive turned back once again to the cloisters , ancl out into the gardens , whose beauty I J iave before mentioned .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
From Lisbon To Belem.
the children came in for their mid-day meal . Accordingly , we proceeded through tha cloister to the opposite side , ancl entered the Monastery of St . Jeronymo—so-called from it s having been occupied formerly by monks of that order—noiv an orphan asjdum Avhere 50 o boys and 350 girls are clothed , fed , and taught . We met them just marching out 0 f school bare-legged ancl bare-beaded , but their faces showed they Avere well cared for . j the dormitories we found thorough order and cleanliness ; each bed was numbered and in
, , appearance , much like small English-made iron ones , ancl the make-up was home-Wee , savo in the matter of pilloAvs ( Portuguese ideas of those articles evidently being somewhat different to our oivn ); those Avere perfectly round , like pancakes , but slightly thicker , with a frill or flounce—as ladies call it , I believe—of lace round the edge . But they looked charming on the snoAV-Avhite sheets . Behind each bed Avas a ventilator , open during tho day , and so easy to Avork that any child could open or shut it himself . So through the
CLOISTERS OF BELEH MONASTERY . corridors , and CIOAVU a broad stone staircase , to the ground floor again , Avhere Ave Avere led through the dining-hall , already laid for dinner . Everything Avas exquisitely neat , HOAVCK bloomed in profusion at one end of the room , whilst festoons and flags adorned the walls . Through the Avhole length of the building ran two parallel TOAVS of tables , on either side of which Avere small high-backed forms , shoAving that even amongst the Portuguese a rest
for the back whilst sitting is not deemed superfluous for school children , as it is by many learned and honourable members of British School Boards . Banged on each side of the tables , at equal distances , were tin cups on triangular folded white napkins . We next paid a visit to the gymnasium , an extensive piece of ground at the back , possessing all and every of the latest improvements made in that noble art . It Avas deserted and solitary , so ive turned back once again to the cloisters , ancl out into the gardens , whose beauty I J iave before mentioned .