rday, like regular laborers, and out of the money
they earn, they pay for their board and lodging through the week.

There is a bank in which the thrifty can put their savings, and when they
go back to the city they draw these savings out.

The money used is not regular money, but Freeville money, made of
cardboard, and at the end of the holiday the children are not given United
States money for their savings, but the value of their little hoard in
vegetables, fruit, and clothing.

This summer outing teaches the rough boys of the city what their duties in
life are, and shows them, better than words could do, that the boy or man
who wants to be happy must work honestly and obey the law.

Freeville has its boy policemen, who arrest all evildoers; its jail, where
the offenders are locked up; and its gang of convicts, who are only given
bread and water, and prison fare, and are kept at work the whole day,
instead of from eight-thirty till noon.

The records of the Republic show that boys who have gone into Freeville
rough and bad, and have commenced their citizenship with idling and
thieving, have in a few weeks become law-abiding citizens.

So successful has this summer Republic been, that Mr. George has made up
his mind to keep it going the whole year round.

Over two hundred children were housed there last summer, and thirty-four
boys are passing the winter there.

Through the generosity of some wealthy people, a farm of forty-eight acres
has been bought for the Republic, and this spring and summer it is
intended to make room for a much greater number of "citizens."

The Republic is supported by subscriptions, and the treasurer wants to
raise ten thousand dollars, to carry out the many fine ideas Mr. George
has in mind for this summer.

England, Germany, and Japan have made inquiries into the work at
Freeville, and Mr. George hopes that republics may be started in other
countries.

Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Illinois are starting republics of their
own, and Mr. George has had word from the Junior Republic of California,
that the plan is in working order there, and doing exceedingly well.

GENIE H. ROSENFELD.

THE SCHUBERT CENTENNIAL.

A Schubert celebration was held in Vienna on the hundredth anniversary of
the great composer's birth, which occurred on January 31st.

Concerts of Schubert music were given, and an exhibition of his
manuscripts and