ones in the labor market. Yet we are far from
satisfied. Bessie, though she meets the require-
ments of the law, goes out wholly unprepared
for self-support; she is of no industrial value,
and is easily demoralized by the conviction of
her unimportance to her "boss," certain that
her casual employment and dismissal have
hardly been noted, save as she herself has been
affected by the pay envelope. Her industrial
experience is no surprise to her settlement
friends, for she is a type of the boys and girls
who, twice a year, swarm out of the school and
find their way to the Department of Health
to obtain working papers. Bessie's father is a
phthisis case; her mother, the chief wage-earner,
an example of devotion and industry. The
girl has been a fairly good student and dutiful
in the home, where for several years she has
scrubbed the floors and "looked after" the chil-
dren in her mother's absence.

Tommy also appeared at the office with his
credentials and successfully passed all the tests,
until the scale showed him suspiciously weighty
for his appearance. Inquiry as to what bulged
one of his pockets disclosed the fact that he
had a piece of lead there. He had been told
that he probably would not weigh enough to
pass the doctor. Talking the matter over with
Mrs. Sanderson, I learned that the immediate

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