workingwomen work together peaceably.

Of all the women in Europe the English women first became conscious of
their duty toward the lower classes. In this atmosphere,--clubs and homes
for working girls, and the London "College for Working
Women,"--institutions such as we on the continent know only in isolated
cases flourished readily. These institutions devote their attention to the
girls of the lower ranks of society.

The oldest club is the "Soho Club and Home for Working Girls" in Soho
Square, London, founded in 1880 by the Hon. Maude Stanley. It is open from
seven in the morning to ten at night and _also on Sunday_. Tea can be
obtained for 2-1/2 pence (5 cents), and dinner for 6-1/2 pence (13 cents).
The admission fee is 1 shilling, the annual dues are 8 shillings. The
members have a library at their disposal, and they publish a club
magazine, _The London Girls' Club Union Magazine_. Members of such clubs
(including those outside London) have formed themselves into a union. The
members of the committee--composed of wealthy and influential
women--concern themselves personally with the affairs of the clubs, giving
not only their money, but their time and influence. The "College for
Working Women" has existed in Fitzroy Square for more than 25 years. Here
are taught English, French, history, geography, drawing, arithmetic,
reading, writing, singing, cooking, sewing, wood turning, and other
subjects. The quarterly fee is 1 shilling (for use of the library,
attending lectures, etc.), the fees for the courses range from 1 shilling
and 3 pence to 2 shillings and 6 pence (31 to 62 cents) quarterly. A
commission gives examinations. The institution grants scholarships and
gives prizes. The number of such clubs in the whole of Great Britain is
estimated at 800.

The English woman is developing a considerable activity in the
sociological field. Florence Nightingale, who organized a regular hospital
service on the field of battle during the Crimean War (1854), upon her
return to England took steps to secure the training of educated women for
the nursing profession, in which the English nurse has been the model. The
most important Training College for nurses not connected with religious
orders is in Henrietta Street, in London. Still this distinguished
profession, which is represented in the International Red Cross Society,
has not yet attained state registration of nurses,--_i.e._ an officially
prescribed course of study conc