child was taken to a
physician who operated and corrected the tongue-tie.

A girl of twelve said she must stay home to "help mother." The
mother was found to be a janitress, temporarily incapacitated by
rheumatism. A substitute was provided until the mother was well,
and all the children were properly clad for school.

After the adenoid operations in a New York school that occasioned
the East Side riots of 1906, the physicians and principals who had
persuaded parents to permit the operations were fearful lest the
summer in unsanitary surroundings might make the demonstration
less complete. Over forty children in three parties were sent away
for the summer, where they had wholesome food and all the milk
they could drink and fresh air day and night. When they returned
in the fall the principal wrote: "The improvement in each
individual is simply marvelous. We shall try to continue this
condition and shall constantly urge the parents to keep up the
good work by means of proper food and fresh air."

In none of these instances could the teachers have accomplished equal
results for the individual children or for the families without
neglecting school duties. By informing other agencies as to children's
needs, teachers started movements that have since helped practically
every school child in New York City. Dispensaries are setting aside
separate hours for school children; fresh-air agencies are giving
preference to children found by teachers or school physicians to be in
physical need; relief agencies are making "rush orders" of every note
from teachers; the health board is more active because volunteer
agencies have added their voice to that of teacher and health officer
in demanding adequate funds for physical examination of school
children.

[Illustration: "CENTRAL" FOUND THE MOTHER SICK IN A HOSPITAL,
THE FATHER KILLED--THE CHILDREN WERE BOARDED IN THE COUNTRY
UNTIL THE MOTHER RECOVERED]

Cooeperation is at present easier in New York than in any other city.
Charitable societies, hospitals, dispensaries, are probably more keenly
alive to their responsibilities and are at least more apt to have
acquired the habit of cooeperation when asked. Yet even here I have been
told repeatedly by teachers: "If we have to wait for that hospital or
that charitable society, our children will go barefoot." In small
communities where hospital and relief agencies are for emergencies only
and