nly eight States, and scored "the default of the
prosperous women of the country," saying: "It may be said that women
are not morally responsible for this unfortunate state of affairs,
since they do not make the laws, but the facts do not altogether
justify this excuse. The child-labor legislation which has been
achieved through the efforts of women during the past ten years shows
that women can do very much even without the ballot in the way of
securing legislation on behalf of women and children, and it remains
true that women buy the product of the work of women and children far
more than do men.... It is my hope that this great and influential
national suffrage organization may so influence public opinion that a
series of beneficent results will soon become visible."

An Evening with the Philanthropists was one of the most enjoyable
during the week. The Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer, of whom Felix Adler,
head of the Ethical Culture Society of New York, was quoted as saying:
"She is the only woman with whom I would share my platform," was the
first speaker. In considering New Professions in Philanthropic Work
for Women, she said: "Charity is old but social science is new and it
is the uniting of the two that makes modern philanthropy and that is
what opens these new professions. Charity is supposed to come by
nature but the knowledge of how to deal with its problems does not.
Society is divided into three groups. First, the reformers--a group
never too large, often seemingly too small--who make the way for those
that come after. They are often like the artist whose daughter, being
asked if her father had been successful, answered that he was
'successful after he was dead.' Then comes the great group, the
'middle-of-the-road' people, who walk along, slowly developing,
supporting the churches and schools, holding today's standards and
ideals--the people who live in today and who make up the fabric of the
world. They are sometimes irritating but they hold what has been
gained and they gradually grow. Then there is a group behind, what the
French call the 'unfinished' infants--the defectives, the moral and
physical imbeciles, the backward and incompetent. We must study how to
reduce this social burden in an intelligent way. This has started a
new class of vocations as sacred as the ministry was of old."

A very convincing address was given by Dr. Samuel J. Barrows (Mass.),
secretary of the National Prison Reform Association,