“As these young women are engaged 6.  Cotton goods in making muslin underwear, it seemed desirable for them to know where cotton grows, how it is spun, where the mills are and how it is shipped to New York.  After they understand the various processes through which the material goes before it reaches them, they take much more interest in their work, as a part of the manufacture of cotton goods into clothing.”

The use of the telephone, the telegraph, 7.  Means of communication the subway, surface lines, and railways is another subject of instruction.  A dummy ’phone, telegraph Method of presentation blanks, the city directory, maps with in this paragraph routes of rapid transit lines, and the changed for telephone book, are some of the practical variety laboratory apparatus and textbooks that are employed.

“We encourage them to learn for 8.  Study outside of themselves outside of school hours classroom many of the necessary things that we have not time for in the classroom,” says the teacher.

To reach the schoolroom in which IV.  THE SCHOOLROOM this work has been carried on, you take 1.  Location the elevator to the last floor but one of Note effect of using the factory building.  There you find “you” only a portion of the floor space cleared for tables and chairs.  It is a clean, airy room with big windows opening on the street, made gay with boxes of flowers.

Flags of many nations about the 2.  Decorations room appropriately represent the many nationalities among the pupils.  On Note character of one wall hangs a card with the legend:  decorations selected

    Four things come not back: 
      The spoken word
      The sped arrow
      The past life
      The neglected opportunity.

A photograph of Miss Jessie Wilson, now Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, occupies the space between the two windows.  The picture was presented to the girls by Miss Wilson herself, just before she This shows enterprising was married, when a party of them with spirit on the Miss Meyers went to Washington to part of teacher, girls, give her a white petticoat they had and firm made themselves, as a wedding present.  After Miss Wilson had shown them through the White House and they had seen her wedding presents, she gave them this signed photograph.

A piano and a phonograph at one 3.  Furnishings end of the room make it possible for the girls to enjoy dancing during the noon hours on three days of the week, and to have musicals on other occasions.

Shelves filled with books line the 4.  Library walls of a smaller office room opening off the schoolroom.  On two days of the week during the noon hour, the teacher read aloud to the girls until they were able to read for themselves.  Then they were permitted to take books home with them.  Besides this, they have been encouraged to use the public libraries, after being shown how to make out applications for library cards.