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Slim, fair and in inu...leulate un
form, Henrietta Osgood stood by t
desk of the superintendent of heirs
"You wanted me, 11'Iiss Randall?" s
said.
The superintendent finished Borth
a handful of record cards. "Yes, Mi
Osgood, I wished to tell you that yo
are to assist in the operating roo
two weeks from to -day."
"0 Miss Randall!" There was blan
dismay on the pupil's face,
"'What is the trouble?"
"I just don't know how I shall eve
do it; it seems to me that I can't."
The nurse's eyes filled ani her Ii
were unsteady.
"I don't understand you, Miss 0
good. Sit down and tell me about i
You certainly knew this work was
store for you; it's part of your train
ing."
"Yes, Miss Randall," answered th
girl, seating herself; with an air
utter discouragement, 'I've known i
only too well and have been dreadin
it all along. I'm afraid of it!"
"Why?" Miss Randall's tone wa
kindly, although she looked keenly a
the girl.
The nurse's eyes darkened, and he
smooth forehead -wrinkled."I've always felt that if I ever ha
to help in an operation I should mak
some dreadful blunder, and some pa
tient would lose his Iife or never b
well afterwards because of it, When
I first came in training—you mveeten'
here then --eat» •:thing went wrung in
the operating mem. and a patien
died. They blamed the nurse, and she
was sent away. She didn't look lila
a careless girl, and everyone said she
was jut unfortunate. What il` that
should happen tr, me!"
"But you have been etherizer in the
operating room already, and have dote
good wc,rk."
"That's different ° though I was
scared even then. But this—why, you
know, Miss Randall, I could make a
blunder in my technique and not
notice it, and you would never ..know
it, or anyone else, and the patient
could get infected or --something, and
Fd be -to blame." The ' tears were
tensing again, but she held them back.
"`0h, I didn't mean to say so much.
but, Miss Randall--"
"Is that your only trouble?"
"No, it isn't. Dr. Joslin, the chief
surgeon, doesn't like me. Something
happened in my first year, when I was
etherizing; —about a patient,—nothing
serious, but dreadfully annoying, and
he's never forgoten it, I know, He
gets me so rattled that I don't know
what I'm about."
"I rather think, Miss Osgood, that'
,Fou exaggerate Itis feeling.. He's pro-
bably forgotten all about it. I haven't
noticed anything in his manner to-
ward you, Dr. Joslin is rather abrupt,
Izut he's really kind."
`'But he frightens me so that I know
I'CI make mistakes sometimes even
when I knew better. 0 Miss Randall,.
can't I leave that part of my training
out? I'Il take anything in its place—
the hardest, worst work you ask of
me."
The superintendent's face cleared,
"Hiss Osgood, the operating room is
your bugaboo, your great fear. We all
of us have one, and at one time or
another we must conquer it. Now is
your time. If you don't do it,ldw; it's
going' to hurt your nursing career and
your whole life. The head nurse will
help you, and you must succeed;.and
it will not be at the expense of any
person's life or health, You shall
practice beforehand until it will be
Impossible for you to make a mistake."
"Oh, I don't think it's possible!"
• "W,iil you try ?"
"Yes, but—'t'
The teacher rose and put her hand
on, the :nurse's shoulder. "Then well
i_ begin to -morrow morning. and I shall
he expect you to succeed; I know you
es• • can."
he As Henrietta went back to her work,
she was almost sorry for her teacher.
it; "If Miss Randall had beef.. here long-
s er," she said to herself, i"she'd know
u what she was undertaking. I can do
m well enough if I have time to think,
but when everything happens at once,
k as it does in the operating room—
well, I've told her III try, and I will."
The next morning Miss Randall ap-
peared with .a long, typewritten
schedule of work and set Henrietta at
her study and drill for the new posi-
tion. Henrietta worked as she had
never worked before—studied, prac-
ticed, watched the nurse in charge
r
ps
s.
t.
• tried to make sure of everything, tried
_ to be exact, tried- to learn all that
there was to be done. She knew that
e she had never tried so hard. Miss
of ! Randall and Miss Sinclair, the head
t! nurse, put her through an intermin-
"• able drill,
'' Yet all the time Henrietta felt that
s her efforts were futile. What was the
t use of knowing a routine thoroughly,
( when, by one curt word of criticism,
ig the surgeon could make her forget it
(all? What was the use of her think-
ing that, merely by hard work, she
e could over conquer her terror of the
operating room? Success meant hav-
e ` ing exactly right all that bewildering
mass of detail; it meant hurrying, vet
t • never making a mistake; it meant
pleas!rg every one of that exacting
t: group of surgeons. Just trying and
working would not bring success in
this task. Then a startling thing hap-
' pened: Miss Sinclair, whose duty it
was to care for the instruments and
j the sterilizing, and who prepared the
room for each operation, fell•sick and
had to take a vacation. That struck
new terror to Henrietta's sour; but,
in a sort of desperation, and with Miss'
Randail's steady help, she faced even
this new situation bravely.
So the day came when Henrietta,
'with Miss Fowler, a new assistant
nurse, took full charge of the operat-
ing room.
`An eas morning for your first,"
I
said Miss Randall. "Only two minor
cases, both for Dr. Minturn, who is
very considerate. I shall be here to
help you, and you'll have no trouble."
Dr. Minturti was pleasant and want- i
ed nothing out of the ordinary. Miss
! Randall, who was busy directing the 1
new nurse, paid very little attention t
to Henrietta. Everyone treated Hen-
rietta as if she were merely part of t
'the hospital machinery. That helped v
her to put her whole mind on her work. i
When the surgeons had gone, Miss
Randall came to Henrietta with a
smile. "44 here were the mistakes you
were going to make? I didn't see any
of them."
I guess things did go pretty well,"
admitted Henrietta.
"Of course they did," said Miss Ran-
dall.
"But this was easy. Dr. Minturn is
slow and good-natured. It won't be
the same when I have long, hard cases
for Dr. Joslin, who asks for six things
at once, and says 'Hurry up' every
two minutes,"
"He won't say 'Hurry up' if you pl
11,30 aam .----Gastroenter•.ostonty, Dr.
Joslin.
"It will be a hard day to -morrow,"
she said to the two nurses, "with three
major operations, I'1] came in later
and go over some points with you,
There's a special drainage that Dr.
Joslin will want for the first ease, aid
a special suture for the last. I'll be
in the operating room myself."
(To be concluded next issue,)
Training Canada's Youth,
A man May .never be too old to
learn, but the youth is conceded to
be more teachable than the person of
mature age. 'By providing suitable
instruction and training for the
young hien and women of the farm,
more lasting benefit will be conferred
than by seeking to make goad ,the
deficient :es of the older generation.
The 1918-:19 report of the Agricultural
Instruction Act Commissioner reviews
the work carried on during the year
by the provincial departments of
Agriculture and Education with the
funds placed et the disposal of the
lnovinces for agricultural instruction
by the Federal Government, This' bul-
letin is obtainable from the Publica-
tions Branch, Department of Agri-
culture, Ottawa. The report indicates
that about one-half of the total am-
nual grant of $1,100,000 is applied to
the instruction of adolescents.
For the advancement in the direc-
tion of agricultural teaching in the
rural schools, the grant is largely ac-
countable. Along with it have been
developed nature study, school and
home gardening, boys' and girls'
clubs in poultry, pig and calf rearing,
SAFE AS M BANK
OF ENGLAND
"OLD LADY OF THREAD -
NEEDLE STREET."
Fascinating. Stories of Institu-
tion Famed Throughout
the World.
The Bank of England buildings cover
about four acres of ground, and the
screen wall around, which is all the
passing public sees, encloses a very
pretty garden court, once the old
churchyard of St. Christopher -le -
Stocks. The purpose of the great wall
Or protection has passed away, for
the Bank's treasure is now guarded
by other means, But ever since the
Gordon Riots, in 17S0, the Bank has
bad a military guard at night. It is
one of the sights of London to see the
Guards detachment marching through
the City from their barracks each
evening to take up their nightly vigil
at the Bank of England.
Started by a Scotsman.
It is generally known that the origin
of the great national institution was
really the result of the financial straits
of the Stuarts, who were Always want-
ing to raise money, and not over-
scrupulous in the ways of doing so,
In the sixteenth century the mer -
canning, bread -making and similar chants of London used to deposit
activities, culminating in the annual,' their surplus cash with the Mint e the
school fair. Practical projects of this -i Exchequer, Bing James II., just prior
kind may easily be made the medium to his flight to the Continent, laid
for training the intelligence, because thievish hands on this money, and the
they are seized upon with eagerness merchants were rutned, and English
by most boys and girls. credit was brought to a sorry state.
In certain high schools agricultural The Government of William III. were
and household science courses are be,- later an approached by. a Scottish
ing developed, and in more than one
Province, special vocational schools of
agriculture have been established and
banker, William Paterson, and with
its aid the Bank of England was
fouuded to accommodate the mer-
rece:ve assistance from the grant. In .chants and then to raise money for
developments such as these lies the the Government to prosecute the war
hope for the improvement of modern against France. The sum of $6,000;
agriculture through the rank andfile 000 asked for from the public was
of the rural pouulation, to whom the subscribed in a few hours.
centralized college of agriculture is
not available. " The present day need
is that it should be made easy far
country boys and girds to secure an
educational training of such a 'char-
acter as will fit them for country, life
and rural pursuits. Colleges of Agri-
culture and Veterinary Colleges have
not, however; •been overlooked;' they
also are given liberal assistance. Poi
-
owing the close of the war; the at
end�ance at these institute `shove --a
remarked and gratifying increase, .and
heir influence in promoting the ad-
anceme:nt of Canada's Ieading basic
ndustry, Agriculture, will continue to
make itself felt.
Mlnard's Liniment used by Physicians,
Infant Footprints.
In one of the large hospitals in the
United States a system of takleg
babies' footprints has been establish-
ed. This is to avoid the complications
which sometimes arise when the wee
mites are by mistake handed over to
the wrong mothers!
Directly a baby is born some ink is
aced on the soles of its feet and slips
f paper pressed against them. • On
is same slip the baby's name, weight
our and date of birth aro noted. A
mparison of the footprint at birth
ill. tell whose child it is among hun-
'eds of infants. There is no chance
accidental substitution.
It is interesting to note that while
child's hands change as it grows
der, its feet will remain the same—
eept for growing larger-_through-
ut the whole of its lite:
it is impossible to get good prints
an infant's fingers, because the
es are not distinct enough to repro-
ce, The baby's foot, however, has
different and characteristic lines
the hand of a grown -tip person has,
ere is no knowing—we may soon
ve fortune-tellers reading our past
m our feet instead of our hands!
have everything ready to put into his o
th
h
c0
w
d
of
hand before he knows that he needs
it. What if he does want six things
at once? You'll have them for him.
You had better stop thinking of Dr,
Joslin."
Dr. Joslin had been called out of
town and so had no operations sched-
uled until the following Tuesday. On
Monday .Mass Randall posted the list
of operations for the next day:
9,00 a,m.—Cholecystotomy, Dr. Jos -
lin.
10.30 a.mn.—Laparotomy, Dr. Joslin.
Shakespeare's Medicine
'Fhe discovery of tome ancient nmedi-
eine phials in what was once Shake-
speare's garden at New Place, Strat-..
Mord-on-Avon, serves to conjure up a
vivid picture of the last illness of the
world's greatest dramatist, The phials
were found by workmen engaged in
the trenching operations in connection
with the restoration of the great
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bard's garden`, ' '� ,.,. � •�.
The phials bear the impress of old
age, and, moreover, were found i i soli
wherein were other articles of the
'Tudor and early Jacobean periods.
showing that they found their way
there just about the time of Shake.
epeare's death. And, as the very spot
;where they were found was within
itiasy throwing distance from the win -
ow of his house; there is but Tittle
#3tretch of imagination required to plc -
etre Doctor Hall, Shakespeare's son -in -
,law, who attended the latter in his last
Illness, summarily hurling through the
.'tthidow such of the tiny bottles as
iappened to break during use at the
sickbed. Doctor Hall was the husband
of Shakespeare's eldest daughter, Ell-
'zabeth,
The garden, which is being laid out
I.new hi the Elizabethan style in honor
Of Shakespeare's Memory', was the
last place his dying glances rested on.
In it are to be • all the bowers and
plants of which he wrote so beauti-
fully; and from all parts of England
contributions are being sent by those
to whom the writings of that trans-
ggndant t eniieg are an eveiegushing
fount of inspiration. b
Among those who have already sent ho
large consignments are King George,
Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra, gild
ibe Tri.nce e Valet! anti file list of em
contributors of money for the needs of ata
the garden is headed by the novelist, ma
Marie Coreill, with $250. pu
Some of the flowers still wanting,/
are golden and dwarf box sufficient to _.-_
a
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lift
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Th
ha
fa'o
lx -Soldiers in Housework.
n various parts of ,England, tits -
led soldiers are being employed in
usework.
This was then lent to the Govern-
ment at eight per cent., and thus was
the first of the great national War
Loans with which we have become so
familiar.
"Safe as the Bank of England"is a
phrase which has been justified
through all the 206 years' history of
the world-famous institution, in spite
of all the attacks made upon it by
z rhii failure, "runs," or any other of
the various causes which operate
against the banking system of a coin -
try,
"Runs" on the Bank.
The first "ran" on the Bank of Eng-
land was in 1707, when a call of twen-
ty ;gar cent, was made on its propriet-
ors; but such was the trust in the
Bank's stability that many of its cus-
tomers, instead of withdrawing their
accounts, paid in as much as possible.
A second "run" came at the death of
Queen Anne, when Bank stock fell
from 126 to 116, and the crisis lasted
for several days.
A third "run" occurred when a sup-
posed conspiracy to dethrone the King
and, send him back to Hanover was an-
nounced. The Pretender was to be
brought over from France and placed
oft the Throne. A camp was formed
in Hyde Park. The display of armed
force had a good mdral effect, and the
trouble to the Bank soon ceased,
The greatest "run" in the Bank of
England's history occurred at the time
of the invasion of England by the
young Pretender. When the news
reached London that he was at Derby,
only 120 miles away, the City was
panic-stricken, All having accounts
at the Bank wished to draw their
money out, and everybody wanted to
cash the notes they held.
The directors managed to check the
great rusk by an ingenious stratagem.
Persons in the employ of the Bank
were given notes to present for pay-
ment at the Sounter, and the cashiers
paid these in sixpences, Those who
received the cash, after leajring the
office, returned by another door and
paid the money back again. This
method of delay and hindrance of pay-
ment to the real customers saved the
lanit until the panic had subsided,
A earners }tits `- ,�I Preyed on by Criminals.
hien ntven'ted whhc„
nbines the features .of an ordinary Crimes against the Bank have been
ndard camera with those of a kine- many, and they have caused it great
tograph camera. It also serves the trouble and inconvenience in the past.
rpose of a lcinematogr'aph lantern The forgeries of Charles Price and
fox showing the films on a screen, his clever methods of getting rid of
the counterfeit notes were quite won-
' derful. He would alter the amounts
'ty a on banknotes to higher sums hi a way
absolutely undetectable, Price's
ourig tsnnien to tatce tt,c �iirs :, frauds lasted over a period of, many
mini <'onrsa in the ihii.ario Iiespi at years, but when at last he was run to
the ineane, Teeenie. 'Three years' eavthh he committed suicide,
irge. in general nursing secures a One of the most remarkable forgers
duan Nurse's Diploma front the
vine's! Seeretart's Department or the of modern times was Henry Pauntle-
erio Government. "Y.On his arrest as a fraudulent
ages—Finn Sear • $213.00 per month.
r0, innftorm, and I:aand.ring. Second trustee a. long list of forgeries; on the
e: $:10.00 per mnuih, hoard, trnifortn. Bank of England was found by which
nderin$ and high eoet of rtving bonus.
rd 1 form,eleun $85:00 per
i0orf r } 1ghh'east board, ti tion ocf notsed a less than to that $I,SUU 000, His
ne bones.
'rite for parilrnia.ra i.n the
ingenious reason far his arimee' WAR
Modica/. Superiatezident, that he bore a grudge against'Ilia bark
queen street Weet, - - sCoroate for 'destroying the ered,t of his bus: -.1
form a run of about 6,000 Feet of
"edging;" 15,000 golden and glaucous
thyme, thrift and lavender cotton, the
last-named of which is known to the
modern scientific horicniturists by the ail
high-sounding title of "Santolina Cor
Chamae Cyparissits.' ' cot
Moreover, there Inc needed thous- f; o
ands of violas. especially the mauve eosin
and dark purple colored ones: 2,000 boa
pansies 01 the "love•in-idleness" Yrs
variety; pinks; atreaked. gilly-ilosvei, ; 1°"
and, above all, fragrant
g purple wood, rine
land violets, "dim, but sweeter 'hen Itat
the Lida of June's eyes or Cytherea's
breath." $90
er
T1alts biKr.Aauu:DOG
Original
Tatty—Repairs WerBtleeutre; Bicycle,
Auto Tires; Rubber Boots. .Guaranteed
to satisfy. 10 cants Postpaid. Mai]
your order to -day.
12. aehoteld:, 24 Dalbousl,e St,, Toronto.
your order to -day. E. f3ehoaeld, S9
TJathousie 6t., Toronto.
noes, and he hacl sworn that it should
smart for doing so.
The embezzlement of Exchequer
bills to the extent of $1,600,000 by one
of the Bank's cashiers, Robert Aslett,
was one of the greatest blows it ever
had. A remarkable defence was a fea-
ture of his trial, and he was ultimately
acquitted.•
Among the great scenes which
stand out prominently in the history
of the "Old Lady" are the times when
great loans have been floated. The
taking up of what was called. the
Loyalty Loan, in the ISth century, fur-
nished a memorable scene. Mr. Pit
demanded a sum of ,$90,000,000" fo
political and patriotic purposes.
The first day 825,000,000 was sub-
scribed, the second- saw the subscrip-
tion reach 860,000,000, and on the third
day so great was the crowd that num-
bers could not get near the counters
but called out their names to thos
in front. The total subscription fo
this sum was completed in just ove
fifteen hours, The Loans laun.che
curring the Great War, of 'coarse
dwarf all the figures of the Bank's pre
vious history, and provided many
eventful scenes in the City and
throughout the British isles.
Eli ER GAINS
THE CEA WAR
AS REVIEWED BY A. LON-
DONNEWSPAPER.
A United E Iawe, a Deepened
Love for Sovereign, et True
Religious Zeal,
Have we gained ally/thinfrons the
Great War? The dynical query of a
Bradford manufacturer ---"What's the
good of having a war if we don't get
something out of it?"—gives, by im-
plieatian, one answer to the question,
says London .Answers.
Some. people have, literally, gained
much from the war. But what, as a
t nation, have we gained?
r Certain territories• have become ours
—Mesopotamia, and the German Colon.
MS. But gain in acreage is not all
gain, It is counter -balanced by a vast
accession of responsibility and expen-
diture. Financially, our territorial
e gains will, for many long years, be
losses,
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True Tales of Profiteers.
s.
,A lady, whose wealth was of ob-
viously recent origin, marched into a
piano dealer's shop and asked to be
shown the most expensive instrument
in stock. It was a lovely rosewood
grand, and she bought it with brand
new Treasury notes, says a London
newspaper. • A month later she re-
turned in quest of a piano stool, and
Was shown several which would har-
monize with the rosewood - of the
piano. She rejected these, and de-
clared that she wanted a green one to
harmonize with the color scheme of
the room.
"But, madam," said the dealer, "the
color of the piano would scarcely
blend with the green room, would it?"
"Oh, that's all right," said the ':ady.
"We had it painted green!"
A' motor dealer friend assures me
that, when a very uncouth pair cam;
to buy a car, the most expensive one
they had was not impressive enough to
suit the woman, who said she Wanted
"gold •'andles to the car."' Gold
handles she had, too, though my friend
was discreetly silent as to the ideality
of her garage!
A tale is also told of a certain pro-
fiteer who was showing a friend round
his newly -built and beautiful -fitted
mansion. When they reached the
bathroom the friend was speechless
with admiration of the ge geously-
furnished chamber. It was a vision
of marble, alabaster and gold, Every
possible convenience was there, and
every article was of the best and most
expensive that could be obtained.
When the visitor regained his
breath he congratulated the' profiteer
on the possession of such a lovely
bath -room.
"Yes," said that gentleman. "It is a
lovely bath -room, all right. It is a
great pleasure to 'ave a bath in a place
like this. You can guess 'ow much l
look forward tci Saturday nights!"
l:eep ielinard'a Liniment In the house.
Unhealthy When He Died.
Little Emma had begun to study
physiology, and her teacher had lec-
tured forcefully against the evils of
alcohol. So Emma was perturbed
when cider appeared at the family
table. "Cider," she proclaimed
promptly, "is bad for us. Teacher
says it contains 10 per cont. alcohol,"
"Well," said her father, "how do you
account ,for the fact that old Mr.
Franklin, who lived next door, lived
to be 94 though lie drank a great deal
of cider?" It looked bad for Emma's
cause, but she advanced excitedly to
its defence. "Well, I'll bet he wasn't
very healthy when he died,"
COARSE. SALT
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Bulls C'Iets
TORONTO SALT WORKS
C. J. CLIFF • « "TORONTO
Beautiful Women
of Society,duringthepast
seventy years have relied
upon it for their distin-
neished'appearance. The
i soft, refined, pearly
white coinplealon• it
renders instantly, is
always the source of
flattering comment.
One great gain is that workers, from
the terribly low -paid agricultural
laborer upwards, have obtained higher
wages, shortened hours of toil, and
better conditions generally.
This gain, in view of the consequent
increased cost of production and live
ing, may seen to he more appareni
than actual, hut, sooner than many of
us think. the cost of Jiving will fall,
exactly as it did after its tremendous,
rise after the Napoleonic wars, and
then, as wages will never go back to
their old level, the gain will be a real
gain. None will be worse off, and mil-
lions will be better off. Is not that a
gain? The "poverty line" will he ex-
tinguished, because all workers will
be, well above it. No patriot, no de-
cent citizen, no C:'hristian, would de-
sire to live cheaply by sweated labor.
In a few years we shall be living
cheaply by well-paid labor.
Re -uniting the Family,
And another, and no small gain, is
that the war has hound our Empire to-
gether. A common danger brought
the Dominions to the aid of the old
Mother Country, and the' gain has
been immense.
Once it seemed that the links of Em-
pire had worn thin; now, through the
war, they have -been re -forged, and
strongly. It is a gain --that the family
should keep together, and not separ-
ate,
We have, too, gained much in know-
ledge—scientific, medical, and the
like. Not all this knowledge has vet
been ntilized, nor is alt of it yet public
property. But when we have settled
down, and it is used --not, perforce, as
it had to be, for defence and destruc-
tion, but for development and can-
struction—we shall be leagues ahead
of the old world of 1914!
.And is it not a gain that we have
learned, solely owing to the war, the
worth and value of women?
And is it not a gain that we have
lost some of our self•compiacency?
We 'were, in those old pre-war days,
far too much inclined to rest on our
reputation and on our traditions. The
shocks of war have woke us up. We
Shall keep our place in the world now.
We were near—very near—to losing
it once.
Have we gained religiously? Yes—
and no, Yes, because there is a
quickened demand, a yearning almost,
for a real religion. No, because the
churches seem incapable of meeting
the demand.
Guarding the Children.
We have gained mentally. The
standard of intelligence is vastly high-
er. Thousands of men, from war -con-
tact with their fellows, have begun to
think, and to take a vital interest in
the problems of life. It is a gain.
We have gained, too, in sobriety,
That' is undeniable.
It is. a gain, too, that despite the
"riot of spending," minims have learn-
ed the habit of saving,
Finally, there Is .this. A good ging,
beloved of his people, is .the greatest
stabilizing power that a nation can ,
possess, The war has made all of us
feel that our Royal Family is one of
ourselves. "Unrest" there may be, '
but there is no disloyalty in this is-
land, It is, a vast gain, this war -made'
increase of esteem and affection for
our King. God bless hint, one of us',
one of the best! If we didn't know;
it in 1914 we know ' it now. A great
gain that!
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How Do They Live?
Ten per cent, of the women in fae-
tories and three per cent. of women
in departmental stores in New York
City earn less than $6 per week, while
68 per cent. of women in factories and
the same per cent. in, mercantile es-
tablishments earn less than $14 per
Week.
It is one hundred years sines chairs
Were first placed in Hyde Park, Lon,
don, There are now nearly 40,000 of
them.