harge.

Many of the girls received into the Home have had no practical training
in life; many, very little moral training, and in the case of those who
have had good training in earlier years, the life they have been leading
has so undermined their old ideals, that the training must be repeated.
Hence, the aim of the Home is two-fold. First, the aim is to lay a
strong foundation morally. When the girls reach the Home, in most cases
they are already penitent, and ready for a change, but to make such a
complete change as is necessary to lead them back to a normal life means
the individual revolution of desire and interest. Here is where the
importance of the moral influence of the Home is realized. Step by step
the girl is led on by the simple teaching of Christian and social
ideals, until in reality she is a changed individual. Often she looks
back on her past life with such repugnance and shrinking, that her only
desire becomes that of doing something to retrieve her past, and she
becomes an active agent in the betterment of the conditions of other
girls around her.

Meanwhile, the second aim of the Rescue Home is being realized. The
girls are taught the means of practical livelihood. They are instructed
in cooking, the care of the kitchen and nursery, and general
housekeeping. Sewing is made a prominent feature, and in every Home a
laundry is maintained, where the girls do their own washing and
sometimes outside washing. In some Homes the fund realized from the
laundry and from the sale of clothing made by the girls is quite a help
toward defraying the general expenses. Again, at some of the Homes,
such work as book binding and chicken raising has been successfully
carried on. Independence is encouraged, and as soon as possible the girl
is made to feel that, by aiding in the work of the Home, she can help
meet the expense which she caused.

To the girl who has possibly never done sewing, never known anything
about proper cooking or the care of a home, there is much that is new in
this training, and, on the other hand, great patience is required on the
part of her instructors. A fit of anger or despondency, and in a very
short time she has left the Home and its care, and returned to her old
life. Some do this even more than once and again return, having, upon
reflection, realized the force of its love and shelter. Others, of
course, leave and never return, but a large number are sent back to
their own homes or out to