The visitors who come from all parts of the world and exchange views and experiences prove how absurd are frontiers between honest-thinking men and women of different nationalities or different classes. Human interest and passion for human progress break down barriers centuries old. They form a tie that binds closer than any conventional relationship.
FOOTNOTES
[1] The “Lodge” doctor is the physician provided by a mutual benefit society or “Lodge” to attend its members.—The Author.
[2] “Visiting Nursing in the United States,” by Y. G. Waters (Charities Publication Committee).
[3] The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in its report for 1915 states that the tuberculosis death rate in the registration area of the United States has declined from 167.7 in 1905 to 127.7 in 1913 per 100,000 population; a net saving to this country of over 200,000 lives from this one disease.
[4] “The Vocational Guidance of Youth,” by Meyer Bloomfield (Houghton Mifflin Co.).
[5] Because of economic conditions in New York during the winter of 1915 and the compulsory idleness of many unskilled workers, the Scholarship Committee of the Henry Street Settlement, among other efforts for relief, rented a loft in a building near a trade school, and thus made it possible for 160 untrained girls to receive technical instruction, the Board of Education providing teachers and equipment.—The Author.