matron.

5. That the women be divided into classes of not more than twelve, and
that a monitor be appointed to each class.

6. That the monitors be chosen from among the most orderly of the women
that can read, to superintend the work and conduct of the others.

7. That the monitors not only overlook the women in their own classes,
but, if they observe any others disobeying the rules, that they inform
the monitor of the class to which such persons may belong, who is
immediately to report them to the matron, and the deviations be set down
on a slate.

8. That any monitor breaking the rules shall be dismissed from her
office, and the most suitable in the class selected to take her place.

9. That the monitors be particularly careful to see that women come
with clean hands and faces to their work, and that they are quiet during
their employment.

10. That at the ringing of the bell at nine o'clock in the morning, the
women collect in the work-room to hear a portion of Scripture read by
one of the visitors, or the matron; and that the monitors afterwards
conduct the classes thence to their respective wards in an orderly
manner.

11. That the women be again collected for reading at 6 o'clock in the
evening, when the work shall be given in charge to the matron by the
monitors.

12. That the matron keep an exact account of the work done by the women,
and of their conduct.

As these rules were read out, the women were requested to raise their
hands in token of assent. Not a hand but was held up. In just the same
manner the names of the monitors were received, and the appointments
ratified. After this business had been concluded, one of the visitors
read the twenty-first chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel; and then ensued a
period of solemn silence, according to the custom of the Society of
Friends. After that the newly-elected monitors, at the heads of their
classes, withdrew to their wards.

The work room was an old disused laundry, now granted by the sheriffs,
and fitted up for the purpose. Repaired and whitewashed, it proved a
capital vantage-ground whereon to give battle to the old giants of
Ignorance, Crime and Vice, and ultimately to conquer them.

The next thing was to obtain a sufficiency of work, and at the same time
funds to purchase materials. At first, the most imperative necessity
existed for clothing. For a long time the most ample help came from Mrs.
Fry's own family circle, although many others contr