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entirely by the worlzingmen, In others assistance is given by the employers, while the total expenses of many are borne by the employers.
 ''In all these various enterprises" :" says Chies Garrison, mo matter what the particular kind or plan may be on which each one is operated, the prac- tical control and direction of work they are intended to. accomplish are en- tirely in the hands of the workinginen. Nowhere does the record show an em- ployer belittling the value of his gifts by assuming a patronizing attitude to those on whom they are bestowed, and without exception all concerned ex- press the highest degree of satisfac- tilo with the results so far accom- ilished." Tn one instance, that of the Celluloid Company, the company has given the operatives, numbering something like $50 men and women, a clubhouse with full equipment, costing at least $25,0O0. When the house was finished and fitted out with every convenience, including a hall with stage and several sets of scenery, bowling. alleys, billiards and pool tables, rife ranges shower baths, library, &c.. it was turned over to the employees. @
 This was three or four years ago, and the club has been run by the employees ever since. The company pays the taxes and insurance on. the clubhouse, but makes no regular provision for its support. It costs about s2.25 a year to run the club. and the dues amount to approximately $1,500, the balance of the running expenses being made up by inc come from semall fees which members pay for participation in the various games, Sc. An interesting work is being done at Ferris Bros. factory, where thirty men and three hundred and twenty-five wo- men are employed. In this factory no girl is ever addressed by her name without the use of the prefix Miss, and all with whom they are brought in contact while they are in the factory are required to regulate their conduct toward them by the same rules of pc liteness that are observed by well bred men and women in the ordinary inter-
 
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 The ,rm keeps for the use of the girls large stock of umbrellas, waterproof cloaks and rubber shoes. These are lent them on rainy days, and stockings are provided in case the girls come to the factory with wet feet. The girls are not required to report for work promptly when the seven clock whis- tie blows in the morning, but have a reasonable period of grace without fine or other deduction of pay.
 A large, clean and well appointed dining room is provided, and the girls may take their lunches there or go home, as they prefer. Tea is served free of cost, and for two cents a plate of mock turtle, beef, chicken or ox-tail soup may be had, together with crack CTS. A light lunch is served in the morning between starting time and noon to those who desire it.
 There are five bathrooms in the building for the use Of the girls, and they are at liberty to use them at any time during working hours without de- auction of pay floor the time taken. The firm has a woman in constant at- tendance at the bathrooms, who has charge of them and furnishes clean towels and other requisites.
 There is lounging and dressing room, with couches and blankets. To this place girl may retire at any time for rest, and if she is taken i'll she may receive emergency treatment there.
 There is a recreation hall, furnished attractfvely with rugs easy chairs. &c., and a center table supplied with all the latest magazines. There is also 8 grand piano.
 It is custom to give the free use of this recreation room to the girls for a half hour in the morning and for the same period in the afternoon. The girls do no hard work tha. requires muscular exertion. They work on sew ing machines run by, machine power. Their wages are as high as those paid anywhere for the same work.
 One of the most interesting experi- ments now being made in connection with the work of betterment of the con- dition Of worllingmen is that in pro- gl ess at the works of the Edward Wes- ton Electrical Instrument cornpany at Westerly, just outside of Newark. MT. Weston has spent thousands of dollars in developing his plan, and it has met with remarkable success.
 Mir. Weston was convinced that the gravest question confronting the twen- tieth century was the relation between capital and labor. that there must be a. drawing together or @ still further puli- ing apart, and That it was the duty of every employeI to contribute by every reasonable means to peaceful and satisfactory solution of the existing dif- ferences.
 Pursuant to this policy the company, before planning the works which it has since built at WaverIy, employed two mechanical and engineering experts to visit the nao1. notable manufacturing establishments i'll the United States. studying problems of construction, ma ch'nery and otheI physical conditions. Another expert travelled through the chnnrry for a year trying to learn what American employers were doing fer .heir employees outside of the mere question of wages. e
 When tie rresent plant was erected the cclnpany reserved in the most de- r,taLS