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 HOifiU Pa\ W STJBDAY BEADING. 18 there • HeUTâ€" Why Men d* »•« «o to Chavch â€" SeleettaMS from Chleaco Scr- To »n andienoa composed of almost as many men as women Dr. Calvin S. Black; well, at the Central Chnroh of Christ, spoke the other evening in substance as follows Last week the " Tribune " presented ta me three questions. 1. Why do fewer men go to chnrch than wowen 2. Do you believe in Hell 3. Is orthodoxy dying out They make an interesting trio. To the first a facetious answer might be given â€" Because more men go to the penitentiary. I am told there are 1,700 men at Joliet and only nineteen women. The answer is not merely facetious, it is philosophioaL Men stay away from Church because they are worse than women. They are grosser, they lack the fineness of the feminine nature, they are not so holy in tendency. They are kept from religion by the same moral infer- iority which carrins them to the penitentiary. The greater liberty which social laws per- mit men to take accounts, too, for their disregard of a propriety like church-going. A man can dissipate all Saturday night, lie under cover through Sunday, and appear at his office Monday with a head as big as a flour barrel â€" and nothing is said. But^ let his female typewriter do the same thing, and he says " You may go." The_ result of so much liberty during the week is that by the time Sunday comes around a man's conscience is too sore to go to church- and have it pricked. Let social etiquette, how- ever, bind men to the same lules of* social purity it does women, and they will come to ohurch in larger numbers. Another reason, of course, is business. The whip of competition makes many men drive themselves down by Saturday night. They may be morally clean men but their physical and nervous natures demand Sab- bath quietness. To dress up for church would be a task, The increase of Sunday work is also an important factor. Employments which en- rage mep. over Sunday are ir.ult'plying. Jk%ae workers not only stay »way but the iact that they are putting the Sabbath o a bnsiaess use has its effect on others. It hasn't the same holy separftkfisa from other days it has to women, who are more removed from business. Then there u another kind of man â€" a sort of so-so man â€" with a thin veneering of supposed intellectual lifeâ€" indifferent to everything but himself. H5 stays at home to read the Sunday newspapers. Its thirty- two pages afford him recreation and make him think he is keeping up with the times. A great many well-meaning men stay away from church because they happen to be on some committee of one of the benevol- ent societies. Asthese societies are increas- ing the class is growing. The committee usually meets for a few minutes on Sunday. It's just enough to satisfy the conscience of its members. It doesn't take much spiritu- iJ food to satufy some men. They say a bear can live on one good meal a whole win ter â€" and a little committee work goes a long way. G^iey, moreover, notice their wives, moth- er, and sisters getting ready every Sunday morning to go to church, and they are apt to reflect about it in their masculine way. The unspoken form of the reflection usually is " This thing isn't suited to my colossal intellect â€" my four-tquare mind. It may do for my wife, or my mother, or my sister, but I'm too strong for that kind of thin soup diet." At this point the speaker del'-ered a eu- logy on women, in which he sa ' that he re- garded it as the highest proof of the divin- ity of Christ and religion that more women than men attend church. He then took up the second question "Is there a HeU " The Bible says so. I believe it. There at least ought to be. If for no other reason than to give some of the great rascals pun- ishment in the other world who escape it in this. Why, the big scoundrels never get punished in this world. It's only the lit- tle onss who are sent to the aUs and pri- sons. It isn't only so in Chicago, it's so everywhere. Horace Qreeley was once ap- proached for a subscription. " What's it for " he asked. " To found a society to keep people from going to Hell." "Not a cent." There are too many people who ought to go there not to believe in it. I do not be- lieve in a material hell, for the simple reason that flesh and blood are things of this life. Here the speaker sketched the terrible torments of the hell of conscience. '• Is orthodoxy dying out ' I hope so. The soone*" it soea the better. Orthodoxy is a set of formulas gotten up in the past by men who had no more sense then men of to-day. It is a sort of mono- poly of dogma. Mental and spiritual mono- polies are as bad oa other sorts. All pro- gress, every reform, baa been made by het- erodoxy. Christ was heterodox to the ortho- dox Jews. Luther and Wesley and so on down â€" all have been hetrodox to the special c rthodoxy of their day. The best hope for the future is in continuing to throw off all forms of orthodoxy as rapidly as it can. It is upon true Christianity that spir- itual advancement must depend. KEPLY OF DK. LAWBENCE. Every seat in the Second Bd^ptist Church at Monroe and Morgan streets was occupied last night to hear the reply of thepator, the Rev. Dr. William M. Lawrence, to the questions propounded by "The Tribune" to the clergymen. Dr. Lawrence said he did not believe in the first place that there was a grest disparity between the male and female attendance at church. At least that was not the case in his chnrch. But coming to the question. " Why do not men attend church " he said the explanation would be found in the fact that men had not the courage of their consciences. Young men coming from Obriatian homes in the East did not havo the courage to stuid ap againstthe scoff of onbelieyers. Chey went to chnrch at first openly. The sneers of companions in boardmg-hooaes OMUwd them to steal to ohoroh and after a while theya- bandoned the praotioe of devotion hltogeuer A stronger reason would be found m t^e fact that men are obliged to work too hard during the week. They are not in piiysical condition to attend religiou dievotioiiB Sunday. The Sunday newspaper was also to blame. He was of the opinioa ^at • way ooold be fonnd to make a Sunday newapftper ao as not to oonfliot with the fpnrth oommsndment. Bat the Snnday newspaper avit existed waa Ae pcodnofe of the athte ot tUiiKa which de- manded a change. It was a disgraceful and deplorable fact that 20 per cent of those who are employed in Chicago have to wtA Sun- day. He had no doubt that if the question was tested before the Supreme Court oi the Nation it would be pronounced nnconstita- tional. He thought that intermeddling of religious women in matters of Statecraft had soroethiog to do with the lax piety of men. When women ceased to b*wome they lost their influence over men. He believed in a place of punishment pause he believed in the New Testament, be- cause he believed in good, and because it wa a logical deduction uom the observation of human life. If there was a plaoe of reward, as the Scripture taught, there must be a place of punishment. A future place of pun- ishment should be preached with all soleomi- ty, not declared as a threat, but as an awfu^ fact. E nt a belief in God was logically fol- lowed by a belief in a future state of punish- ment. Most certainly orthodoxy was not on the decline. It was on the increase aggressive and progressive. The impression that it is on the decline arises from the fact that hete- rodoxy is assertive. Jast as crimes receive wide publication while virtues are passed over unnoticed, so the negative in matters relating to religion is always in evidence in the public prints. Orthodoxy is taken for granted and does not receive publication. This was especially the case in this city, where heterodoxy when it asserted itself was made the topic of wide and general discus- sion, while orthodoxy was passed over with a joke or a sneer. One of the great reviews of the country had given itself up to the promulgation of heterodoxy â€" through a spirit of sensational ism perhaps. ^Vhen Timothy Dwight con- nected himself with Yale College eighty years ago there was but one communicant among the students. To-day Yale College is the home of orthodoxy. In Harvard College Unitarianism has lost its ascendency. The Episcopalians, Baptists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians are in the overwhelming ma jority. The orthodox schools and colleges throughout the land are in a flourishing con- dition. Heterodoxy has only one college of any note. PR, THOMAS' VIEW OF REST. ' Rest ' was Dr. Hiram W, Thomas' sub ject at McVicker's. Best means enjoyment, contentment, in their higher sense, said Dr. Thomas. Con- trary to the general notion, the class of people who get least true rest are those who are raised up in plenty and begin to be sup- plied with everything they want the mo- ment appetite and tastes awaken in them. They early become pampered beyond the possibility of fresh pleasure. The defect at the bottom of their life is that they do not pay in work for what they get. It takes a Lincoln, a Cass, or a Gufield, tramping over a prairie or along a canal path in search of a higher life, getting knowledge after hungering for it, to achieve that en- joyment which is rest. Oae must go to the patriot to learn what " fl^g ' means, and to the man who baa doubted for illustration of " faith." In the same way those only who nave toiled know rest. The physical activities of this age are in no danger of straining its workers. But the intellectual forces behind need a high e rest than they get. This is to be found in the cultivation of the spiritual side of mind. Men must throw off the idea that the bur- dens of life are a' ogether on their should- ers, and lc3bvc le outcomes of things to the Creator oi' a energy. In this is rest. After the servi -i Dr. Thomas stated that he would take a a subject next Snnday, "A Religion f r Men." He had been struck by " The Sunday Tribune's investi- gations into " Why Men Don't Attend Chnrch." The article, he said, with ita caretuUy coUecte.l data of male and female church attendance, opened up the most re- markably interesting subject of icqniry that had been brought to his attention in a long time. The religious conclusions to be drawn from The Snnday Tribune's material would form the text for his study of the subject. THE WICKED ACTSBS. The Rev. Mr. Goss preached to a large congregation at the Chicago Avenue Church the other night on " The Theatre. ' He had nothing to say about the theatre as an educator, about the drama from a literary standpoint, nor of the art of the act- or. The only question he wished to ask his hoarers was, "Does the theatre develop Christian character " Mr. Goss had no in terest in anything which did not tend to de- velop Christian character, and he was oppos- ed to anything that exerted an influence in the opposite direction. "It is hard enough to be good," he said, "when you are being paid for it, as I am.' Though he could not speak from experience, the paitor still believed himself competent to discuss the question. Was it necessary for a man to be drowned in order for him to be aware that it was dangerous for him to plunge into the sea if he couldn't swim From what he had learned from reliable sources and judging by results passing under his own observation the influence exerted on society by the theatre was pernicious. He understood that there were several young people in the congregation who were looking forward to adopting a threatrical career. He wished to warn them that there were several reasons why such a course would probably result disastrously with them. It must be that there existed behind the scenes of a theatre a lack of restraint that could not but be most injurious to the moral char- acter of a young man or woman. Then the nature of the actor's duties were such as to exhaust his vitality and nerve force to a de- gree that speedily drove him to the use of stimulants. He was in danger of becoming a drunkard. More than this, it was necessary that the actor should be a migratory personage with no fixed habitation, and this everybody knew was, whenever it waa found, a fruitful source of loose conduct. When a man got away from home restraints he was kore to yield to temptations. In proof of this was the notorions fact that a few ' years ago, when oommeroial trayelan made extended trips oyer large territory, they were regard ed as a most reckless and immoral olass of people whereas, ainoe the ooatom liad ao olianged aa to enaUe them to have homea and lamiliea and retorn to Hmm every Satuday n^t, the verdict legacding tbem waa wholly diiSerent. The paator oonld not explain how it waa Hiht tha,the»^e had lived and thrived for ao many oentnrits. It had apparently intrenobed iiasU with aooiety like the garabliiu| den, tlie saloon, and theSoi^ay paper, wnMh,by the way, did not prove that It waa not hannfol in ita in- CELERf COM POUND ACTS AT THE 8AME TIME ON THE NERVES, THE LIVER, THE BOWELS, and the KIDNEYS This ccaHBed action ^ms it won- derfol power to cme all diseases. WhyAreWeSidk? Because v.'e allow the nerves to remain weakened and irritated, and these great ai^aas to become clogged or torpid, end poisonocs humors ore therefore forced into the blood that should be expelled naturally. niNES I COMPOUND WILL CURE BniOTrSKESB, PILES, CONSTIFATIOir, KIDNEY COX FIAINTS. TTBINAKT D ISEASE S, FEHALE W£AICirESS,BEEVXA. TISS, NEURALGIA, ABB ALL NERVOUS DISOBDESSt By qbicting and Strengthening the nerves, and causing fi-ee action of the liver, l/O-.vcls, and kidneys, and restore ing their power to throw off disease. Why suffer Bilious Faics and Achest Why tormented with Files, Constipatieal 'Wh; frightened overSisorderedKidneyd Why endure nenroua or Kick beadaohest Why have gleepleas Dlgots I Vti Paike's Celekv Compound aad rejoice in health. It is an entirely vegeta- ble remedy, harmless in all cases. Soldby all Druggists. Pric*$ljaO, Sij: for $^.00 WELLS. RICHARDSON CO.,Pnprietoi« MONTBBAIi, P. Q. CASnr«S-8fason 1888 -New Im- portations ol English Sbseps, Finejt Ameiicui Hog Casings. Order* filled for any desirsd qnaatity. Wi its tor prices. JAHSB PA«K A gov, 41 to 7 St Lawnnoe Market, TorontOt ALMA The leading CANA- DIAN C OLLEGE FOR YOUNG WOMEN. J St. Thomas. Ont. Seventeen raduatee and certlfica'-ed teachers in the Facolty. Nearly 2C0 gi udents last rear. GradiainK courses in Litcnture. Music, Fine Arte, Commercial Soienoe and Elocatioo. o«r rate?, good t'o rd, thorough work. UcLnugblaa Hall, costing 420,000, now open. Eleffsnt Dormitories for 6(i more stud-^nts. Address PutKCiPAb AUSTIN, B D MERCHANTSu BUTCHERS, and Traders generally. We want a OOOD MAN in yourlocalit} to pick ap or us. Qaah famished on satistactor} guaranty Address, Htpr Paek. Verii'oDt, U. 8. H. W1LUAMS CO. alirF^itROOFERS MAHltFAOIinUUtS AND DBAIiKKS IM Eooflng Felt, Slaters' Felt, Deafening Felt, Carpet Paper, Building Paper, Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar, Lake Oravel. Ofllee t 4 Adelaide St. East. Toronte. 70X3* MAY HAVE ONE I Just send your name and address, and 10c. for fOBtaire, and receive by Mail a HANDSOME ILK H ANDKEROHEIF,and The Magic Needle! Astonishes everyone I AddreBS.Whiton Novelty Co., Toronto, Ont. **The Racer" i Thin Bacli,lanee-Mli, Cross-Cat Saw Stained M'CAUSUHD TS M ANITOB railway: 111 Commencing on Sjturdav Nr„ ,«.. â-  a dafly first-class through tiain a»ri'"'» Wli. I Paul and Bvtle. MonUar^«"*r,2'h' ing-room. Sleeting CarT^'rHd !*• and Free CoMrisr Sleeper. RiuCt?' ^^i^\ and equal to the b*t. *^'"P'Mat nwT^C Leaving St. Paul every momi., directly through to Butt«^ The oi.^ "««i« •vt change and the onlv line vi. Vlr'J*' »5ii; »....^..j ....uue.i Lj Dutrfl. xhe •â- !. iZL ""Bitt •vt change and the only line vi» tt«'« »tth Benton, fireat Faik andHele*r """*• »L For particulars, apply ""'«â- Â«. "• F.I. WHITNEY, Oen PassTk't As't, ir»«,. « St. P..rL. 4 Palme, HoSe Bllj^,^ Mamma tried all the rest, â- ^""»- m.^ So tie itiows it's tie best, tii.u^\ *Caus* ker bread U the mhitest, kerhaif^\ Andweeat all the pancakes theda^^f^M BUY THEBBEADMAKER'S YEAS T. PRIBESCeik MONEY "^o LOAN IVl^^l^Kil I CREDIT FUBrriER FKAKCO VANADIES. CAPITAL, «6 COO 000. Hbad Office, MoyrRiAL. Offics Ontario Divibion, ' WsLii^OTOH St;, ToaoNTO. This Company is pre- paed to make advances on the security Of Good ' Farm Propbrtt at lowest current rate of In- terestt, and on favorable terms. MORTCACES I rVRCHASED. For information apply to the Local Agents of the Company, or to W. E. lOXC, MansKcr, Toronto, Ont. " Allan Line Eoyal Mall SteamsMpt Sailing during winter from Portland eveiyTbandft} and Hwfax every Saturday to Liverpool, and in sum- mer from Quebec every Saturday to Liverpool, calling at Londonderry to land mails and passengers fot Scotland vaA Ireland also from Baltimors, via Hall- fax and St. John's, N. F., to Liverpool fortnightly during summer months. The steamers ot the Olas- fow iLies sail during winter to and from Halilaz, ortland, Boston and Philadelphia and daring sum mer l)etween Olasgow and Montreal weekly Q]ugo« and Boston weekly, and Olasgow and FhlladelphU fortnightly. For freight, passage or other Informatioii apply A. Schumacher ft Co., Baltimore 8. Cnnard k Co. Halifax Shea ft Co., St. John's, Nfid.; Wm. Thomp son ft Oc, St John, N. B.; Allen ft Co.. Chicago Love ft Alden, New Toik H. Bourller, Toronto Allans, Rae ft Co., Quebec Wm. Brookie, Phllade- phia H. A Allen Portland Boston Montreal. CANADA P£R»AJjEsi LoasSaviiipGiiiiiyiil DtCOKPORATID IgSt. Read {lice! TorojitoSt, Sabscrlbed Capital, Paid Vp Capital Total Assets â€" I -9 4MMI • It.M,N» The enlarged capital and resources ot this CoiLpu;, together with the increased facilities it hu Rcentl! acquired for supply icg lacd owners with chetpmone;, enable the Directors to meet with promptness udtl the lowest current rate of interest all teqniiemciiti tor loans upon satisfactory real estate secoii^. Application mai bemadetoeitberoftheOompuTl looa Appraisers, or to J. HERBERT MASGN.ManaE'tr. Director, lonoto THE TORONTO SILVER PLATE CO â€" Manufacturers of the High Grade of â€" SILVER-PUTED WARES. TBADE MARK. i The Maple leif Rac-r and Lance Cross-cut saw are now sold in all parts of the world. The qu ality of these saws U unequalled. Their eicelUnce is wholly due to their superior temper, the process of which is kept a pre found secret by Sburly £ Dietri- h, the manufacturers of these saws. One of the best evidences of their superior quality is that other saw manufacturers put on Uie market as cloee an imita- tion Of th 8" saws as they are able to produce, and represent it to be as good as the Maple Leaf saw. They run their saw upon one name until the public become farailar with its inferio' quality, then they change the name, in order to humbug the public another seasr-n, all of which is the very best evidence of the superior quality ot the Maple Leaf saw, a» it is not the custom to counterfeit a poor article. The e counterielts are sold for a much lower rrite than the Maple Leaf saw can be brught f9r the dealer, of j course, endeavors to sell them at n»arly the same price, thtreby reaiiziog a larger profit. And some of the more unpriccip!ed dealers, ia order t.i 'cU the counterfeit saw, will tell untruths of vari-us kinds regardtnir th quality of both the genuine and the counterfeit. Good goods are alwa} s cheap poor goods are dear at any price. A saw, like a knife, will not cut fa»t unless tt will hold a keen butting odge. Price 11.00 per foot. Manufactured only bv SEUBLI SMRIGH, SAW MANUFACTURERS, STANDARD CHOPPING^ MILLS. USESBESTFRENCHBURI^ MILLSTONES niKST GRINDER INTHE WORLO HO RENEWING HATES AS IN IRON MILLS^ FACTORIES AND SALESROOM 420 to 426 King St. West, TOMTO E. O. GOODERHAM, Manar' J. COPP, Sec.-Treaa. DELICIOUS AND NOURISHING ROYAL Dandelion COFFEE, Manufactured only by Ellis t Keighley, Toronto. SCOTT'S EMULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OIL ^J!12 HYPOPH08PHITE8. Almost a s Palatable as Milk. Ho disguised that the most delicate atomaOt can take V. Bemarkable as a PIiBSB I'BODUCBR. Persons OAIIf rap. idXy while taking IT. SOOrrs EMULSION is acknowledged by Phy- â- IdaM to be the FINEST and BEST prep^a^ ot ita class for the reUef of !â€"â- Â«Â«â€¢ CONSUMPTION. SCROFULA. GENERAL DEBILITY. Wiuting Diseases of Children, and CHRONIC COUGHS. Sow h» all Iruggtsta, SOe. and $1.00. Tou.ng Men BTTITKBma fram the eaeoli of MilrawUhabHa tt* rarah of igooranoa and tolly, who ll«| ibmSln wM^mnrmandoliaiHtaSr ahoUnnl^^iSl Ow Maa who at* bnAea down (ramthaaOMl^ abOM or OT«r work, and in adraaoad Ufa tMI tte iS^^i'^^^.JS:^' •"M^ Mad te aSl imS bo(* win ba aut m2m to iwr^SdnL^BBiS^iJ^ H V. LtBOH. WUHBCtoa m. X, Tgmto.Oal E.W.C?-BRANTRRD. CANADA.â€" To the Convalescent Patient and the Emaciated Invalid It ia of Vital Importance to know what ingredient in our daily food is "^S^'j^. pair our nerve tisane, strengthen the blood and restore exhansted vitahty. "'*,. portant ingredient is Albumen, and the food that contaiDs it °i"S!figf^ tion and which is at the same time most easily dieested by the n eak sromacn u u best adapted to strengthen and restore tJie physical powers. JOHNSTON'S FLUID BEEF poaespes these qualities, which has been positively demonstrated by the '"f'^ff Af" authorities. It oontuns over 55 per cent, of flesh-formiog material, and is " strengthening and easily dieested food that can be taken by the sick. nil CARBONS SAFETY. Ltdrdnti mFwni FOR BEST FAMILY USE, CARBON SAFETYpIL ASK DKALEKS FOB IT. Wholesale Depots: ON14BI0- TORO.V-. SiiFrontstweteMt. OTT..WA.3.SFarks^.ret^^^jC«. " BSLLKVILLE, L. " le'" QUEBEC-MONTRBAL. E. Ca;-^f ^,B Jcs. Bullo* MARITIME PKOVIKCES-Si. J^hsb. Sons. ,. W. JchntWi ' ^^^. NO EQUAL- MANITOBA N w.T.-Bbando*, Sam'l Rogers Co., Torontd „_ Capital and Funds now over ^^SSSSf^otiOHf^ ** HEAD OVFICE, 15 TORONTO STWJBJ: |?ji. A Home Company, Established October, 19*^' Btomed: -.•ss- To thla date, Ootober Slst, 1887, there has been ret To heheu of PeUoy-hoIden (death olalms).. Tottieholden of matured Bodowmant Pollolea Jo FoUi7-holden on •orrender ot PoUoIm yyciy^':J^fdv' XcPoUay-boldan for Oa*Pra«tB(laoladtaiK those aUooatedaad being paid;- ^^, So faoUeisalAnnnitf Bowls....... i ,.^-. 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VIC^PRESmENTS-WmjAM BixioT*^]gu^jJ"*g;2^ »l^ HanlqtMlablsaMsrtTMnMdIMafMribtoaftivSvaan. ^^ -j'mt ON HOP Blood, Uvor, Kidnoyo; Urinanr Cgano, MorvOuonooo, Wooplooonâ€" Female Complaint^ H may t «w Your Llfs. â€"^1.^000 Um^^ piH *^ ^^ tHm* will not^cur^^ 65^ aTi DIW..0. of tho StojJJJdJjEHBS* PEI30H GATES. gg^, f MSBCnt RkF -KMATORT. %» What Inititnte is that " is t jj. enquiry of the tourist. »i The Mercer Reformatory, fo u the reply givea. provided ttie q Jtod of a weU informe.l ciazen_ Massing through the front tft Mformatory proper, I was show nrivUege corridor, a bngtit, airy d "^MM oeUs are really tiny bed Mob Ughted by a separate wind "^I,to the needful toilet applianc f^ bracket shelves and small â- *Tne bedding consists of blankc -mows wd white quilts anJ lo StiBff as any weary body co Altonther these diminutive roon frrSeir cleanliness, most beoo feotors in purifying the hearts a their oconpjnts. ^.„ .v, «« These colls are awarded to th whose good conduct justifies the r special privilege,' remarked â- Â« andthey are a poaaessiou muco the inmates." Further on we entered the ae where the clothing ia mvie and i iamined the piles of undercl. wTen readmess for use, and fo Skcles needful for a womin's neatly made of heavy factory co: The inmates w'ear a umfortn bluedenham, a material much that used for shirting and overat: dav each woman ia given a long Mda linen colUr. They are privilege of dressing their hair, ' ont upon entering the inatitution method. " The inmatea are not .ailow any of their own clothinp durii in the institution," said the •• It is put away for them unti expires." ««Do they generily come 11 pUedriasked. «• Occasionally they are very od," was the reply " bat often a terrible state of deatitutiou. good detd upon t\e offence for are arrested." Retracing our steps, we nex knitting room. In f^hia depart knitting required by the institu in addition to contract work, canonally given. "In the knitting and seji ments," said the atrendant, " m iunates who, by re isou or bodi are nnfitted for moie arduoua a " Have you any diffiouuy ii tiiose under your care V 1 enqui at the groups who were kmt dulging in quiet converaation. "Not much," she answered. largely by impulse, and have no ness of purpose than little chi difaault also to retain their s any length of time. We hav€ classes in the knitting roon, winter months, for an hour an day, when those who wish to do to read and write." As education is certainly an a tion, it would surely be a de to continue these classea all the The laundry is financially dnctive department in the M revenue lant year amounted t There are two distinct laundri used for the Mercer and Centra ing; the second being reserved contract washing. As we entered the ironing r ter of the busy workers ceas bent over their tables in ailenc "Do you allow conversatio hours!" I enquired of the ma "In this department, yes,' "The girls are 3on6tantly mov remarks must necessarily be n lend enough for me to hear, know it to be harmless. It la talking that troubloa us, but carried on in low cone and ' good or evil but moat likely th Then we descended to the re "What iorms of punish adopt?" I enquired. " Deprivation of privilegea finement in light cells, dai extreme cases the dungeon, resort to corporal punishmen I inspected the dark cells and found them to be clean, lit, furnished with a straw p let. "The dungeon, with or diet,will generally reduce the toebedience," said the atten have rarely to resort to tl Months may go by without c and this ward is often vac time. Upon further enquiry i women are locked in their c aeveii each evening. From five or six in the mornin? th any supervirion beyond tr an overworked watchwomar lou; rounds through the ext ana who cannot make more hurried visit two or three night. These tiiirtythree inma their varied experience in the restrainta of the work and the freedom of nigh about them, have unlimite exchange confidences of tb tion without check or re derirable thhie? But this is bat a small with the fact that there i claarification of the inmate freely in recreation hours, eat together in one large room and sleep in adjoinrnj For vagrancy, larceny, ai eaneas and prostitution of • degree, these women are se together for a period of nw Many are first offendei nUaor evil, sentenced m OOQnty judge at the requ btlier who desires the r erring ohild. Many othei •Mid eriminali who have vfleat iln that womanhood Nvoiben of the inmate y«fe in their early teens, vmmh who have spent al wielpiiaaa. Whaft good Inflnenoee kewMiteff exert tbat wi â-  ^Wifatabate iMH idation t i»lO0kiM«VtlM*j Wt-^ â- ^:' iidii^^iiiiifiiuiiii i^.;.-^-- â- ^m^r ^fe^^gj^iygj^^iky^ i-j •s^,