D., thief, 238.
Recruiting thief, 156, 164.
Tweed, thief, 4-5, 285.

Robbins, Dr. Jane E., woman doctor in the slums, 205-206.

Rome, slums of, 9-11.

Roof gardens--
Educational Alliance building, 388.
Hebrew Institute, 305-307.

Roof playgrounds, public schools, 291, 342.
Brass bands, 389-395.
Fight for, 385-389.
Hester Street school, 342, 359-360.
Success of, 389-439.

Roosevelt, Theodore--
Election as Governor, 56.
Law enforcement, 47, 235, 415, 418.
Reform administration, 50, 414-418.
Tenement House Commission appointed, 1900, 147.

Roosevelt Street tenement, demolition of, 124.

Roses, Hester Street school, 364.

St. Andrew's Brotherhood, school children excursion schemes, 362.

Saloons--
Cheer and social life of tenements, 419-420.
Club room for boys provided, 372.
Fight with Roosevelt, record of week of crime, 418.

Sandwiches--brick sandwiches, 224.

San Francisco, kindergarten record, 245.

Santa Claus in the slums, 310-311.
[_See also_ Christmas trees.]

Scarlet fever epidemic traced to public school, 358.

Schools, public--
Allen Street building, 354, 357.
Appropriation for new schools, 44, 346.
Barrel and hog punishments, 341-342.
Board of Education, work of, 365-366.
Bronx primary school, 1895, condition of, 348.
Building, perfection of Snyder schools, 353.
Census, 349.
Charges and facts, 342-345.
Clubs, classroom opened for, 372-374.
Compulsory education law, non-enforcement, 231.
Control, abolition of ward trustee, etc., 347, 348.
Cooking classes, 367-368.
Excursion schemes, 362.
Experimenting, 403-410.
Eyes inspection, 358-359.
Fourth Ward, examination of girls, 355-357.
Hester Street, _see that title_.
Immigrants, school as means of enrolment, 211, 212.
Kindergartens, benefit of, 365-367.
Lack of schools, 43, 186.
Medical inspection fight, 357.
Mental befogment results, 230.
Nature lessons, 361-364.
Neighborhood purposes, 387, 398-410.
Number and naming of schools, 374, 375.
Playgrounds--
Advisory committee report, 290-291.
Roof playgrounds, _see that title_.
Political meetings in, suggested, 407-408.
Public Education Association, reform work, 371, 372, 378.
Punishments in Madame Bruin's school, 341-342.
Recreative purposes, 361.
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