exhibition such as was seen in New York last week, the paid protectors of citizens clubbing and maiming those whom they are paid to protect, is not unlike the scenes we read of in Odessa, in Konitz and in Roumania, where the soldiers as well as fellow citizens together, attack the Jews. Such things should be met with rigorous treatment here as well as abroad. War, the scarlet destroyer of our ethical perspective, has done enough to demolish the peaceful accomplishments of men; let not peace mean civil strife, where society permits attacks on its own members. Its continuation means anarchy, and anarchy means social dissolution.

The Charities Review has began its third historical paper on American charities during the nineteenth century. That by Mr. Homer Folks on Dependent, Neglected and Delinquent Children has been completed, and that by Mr. Edward T. Devine on the Relief and Care of the Poor in Their Homes is still in progress. The historical which begins in the September number is by Dr. Henry W. Hurd, superintendent of the Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, on Hospital Dispensaries and Nursing.

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The Charity Organization Society of Lincoln, Nebraska, has adopted the "Church District Plan" for friendly visiting. By this plan the workers of a church become responsible, not only for the visiting of the poor of their own church, but also for the visiting of the poor in certain districts of the city.

A HOLIDAY VISIT IN VERMONT.

The writer having spent a couple of weeks at Vergennes, Vt., this summer, made a tour of the various departments of the Industrial School and Reformatory at that place.

The grounds are charmingly situated on eastern shore of Otter

Creek, a beautiful stream flowing into Lake Champlain, seven miles distant. Previous to and during the War of the Rebellion, this place was the United States Arsenal, and Colonel Ellsworth, father of Col. E. E. Ellsworth, commander of that famous regiment of New York Zouaves, resided in what is now used as the girls' building.

There are 200 acres in the farm, on which is raised all the vegetables used by the school and attendants. Twenty-five cows furnish milk and butter. The boys do the farm and laundry work and cane chairs; they have a printing press and workshop, where they learn the use of tools.

The girls do the sewing, making and mending the garments worn by the children. At the time of our visit there were 113 boys and twentyseven girls in the school, with eighteen caretakers for the boys and two for the girls. In the winter school the summer there are short morning is kept from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.; in and afternoon sessions. Sunday School is held from 2 to 4 P. M. The boys and girls assemble daily in the chapel, where they practice. music. Delegations of the boys and girls attend church in the city, a half-mile distant, each Sabbath,

Not all of the children in the

Industrial School are incorrigibles; many are sent there by parents who are unable to properly care for them, and they remain there until suitable places can be provided for them, some staying until they are twentyone years old.

They come from all parts of the state, and as a rule are bright, intelligent children. On application to and consent of the superintendent, children are placed in families, but the superintendent is responsible for them, and, if necessary, takes them back. At present the good and bad are together, but the superintendent hopes soon to be able to separate them. Several things impressed the visitor. One is that all the dining tables had white tablecloths, and on each table was placed a bouquet of flowers, which the boys and girls arrange. The tablecloths, unless they meet with a bad accident, are changed only once a week, and at the time of our visit we were informed that the change would not take place for two days, and the tablecloths were noticed to be remarkably clean.

Another impression was the emphasis placed on self-respect by the officers of the institution. There is nothing in the whole scheme in any sense degrading. The boys and girls are taught in school, instructed in shop, and corrected very much as they should be in a well-ordered home. Except in very rare instances, and those in which the mental de

of the sullen, brooding look so painfully common in houses of correction. The inmates look you in the eye, hold their heads up, seem cheerful and are certainly learning useful work. They have to keep clean and that helps their self-respect. The Saturday night "tubbing" is a great sight. One hundred and twenty boys are thoroughly washed, from head to foot, in one hour. This is accomplished by the aid of a big tank with pipes running around it, where about thirty boys can bathe at a time. A regular routine, counted in time by the officer in charge, accomplishes the happy result. The absolute cleanliness of the building is another important feature, while the provisions for mental and moral training are creditable. Judging from samples shown to the visitor, the work in the mechanical departments is conducted on thoroughly practical lines.

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Numerous improvements are being made at the Hartley House by the committee from the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, in charge of that work, of which J. G. Phelps Stokes is chair

man.

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At the Peoples' Baths, No. 9 Centre Market Place, during August, 17,124 baths were taken. An increase of 1,645 over August of 1899. Of this number, 11,767 were taken by men, 3,038 by women and 2,319 by children. On August II the baths were enjoyed by 1,107 persons which was the largest number for any one day of the month.

The co-operative movement in Great Britain continues to show healthy and vigorous growth. According to reports submitted at the recent annual meeting of the Labor Association, there were, at the end of 1899, 1,632 registered co-operative societies in Great Britain (Ireland not included), with a membership of 1,720,000, a share and loan capital of £27,000,000, and a reserve of nearly £2,000,000. The profits for the year, on a trade of £69,000,000, amounted to £7,800,000, after paying five per cent on a capital of nearly £30,000,000. Out of their profits the societies voted during the year £60,000 to education and £25,000 to charity. The co-operative stores. employed about twenty thousand "committeemen," chosen by the members to manage the business, and over seventy-eight thousand other employés, while the population directly affected by the movement is estimated at 6,000,000. Beyond its work of distribution, co-operation aims also to bring about a practical union of labor and capital in the form of business partnerships. In 1899 there were 102 copartnership businesses which had been founded

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by workingmen, with sales for the year amounting to about £2,500,000, and net profits of £135,000. The English Wholesale Society still opposes the copartnership principle, but the example of the Scottish Wholesale Society has greatly furthered the movement. The weakness of the co-operative movement, as Mr. Gerald Balfour pointed out in an address to the association a year ago, is the reluctance of workingmen to pay the relatively high salaries necessary to command firstrate administrative ability; but even at this point the progress, though slow, is encouraging.-Evening Post. New York Medical College and Hospital for Women,

19 WEST 101st STREET,

Between Central Park West and Manhattan Avenue,

MAINTAINS:

(1.)--The only college in the State exclusively for the education of women in medicine Dr. M. BELLE BROWN, Dean.

(2.)--A hospital (medical and surgical) for women and children. Patients charged according to ability to pay, or free if necessary; supported by board of patients and voluntary contributions.

(3.) Dispensary for women and children; open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Women physicians only in attendance.

(4.)-Obstetrical out department; staff of 20 women physicians attend the needy poor women in their own homes during confinement. Cards for free attendance may be obtained from the resident physician.

Mary Knox Robinson, President.

FORMERLY

THE PARK AVENUE LAUNDRY.

No. 516 WEST 28TH STREET

ADDRESS,

TELEPHONE: 804 18TH STREET.