Instruction in home nursing
begun in old building on, 3 ;
its links with city's past,
169 ; physical changes of
twenty years, 308

Children's diseases and, 38 -
40 ; first school for mid-
wives in Bellevue, 59 ;
large numbers of city sick
unable to avail themselves
of, 28

Bureau of Industries and Im-
migration created, 293 ; con-
ditions of, in labor camps,
294 - 297 ; contributions of, to
national life, 305, 306 ; dan-
gers and early trials of, 286 -
293 ; discrimination against,
300 - 302 ; further restriction
of immigration contrary to
American institutions, 290,
304 ; land and the, 298 - 300 ;
positive governmental action
and constructive social
measures needed, 291 ; postal
savings banks and, 298

Programmes of betterment,
25 ; unemployment in 1893-
1894, 17 ; wretched condi-
tions impress Henry Street
workers from the beginning,
25 ; youth and trades unions,
201 - 215 (see alsoChild La-
bor and Sweatshops)

Ancient customs preserved
among, 69 ; celebration of
saints' days, 252 ; daily news-
paper publishes Constitution,
308 ; marionette theaters,
272 ; preyed upon by quack
doctors, 37 ; tragic experi-
ence of Italian immigrant,
286 - 288

Cycle of Hebrew festivals at
Henry Street, 184 ; difficul-
ties of, in complex new
world, 252 - 254 ; dramatic in-
stinct of Jewish child, 184 ;
Talmud-Torah Schools and
Chedorim, 253 ; value put
upon education by, 97 - 100 ;
wedding customs, 216 - 219 ;
Yiddish plays, 270 - 272 ; Yid-
dish press, 307 ; Zionism, 254