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ABOUT PEOPLE.

of evil, comes the creation of new avenues of employment, and of sufficient wages for any work that is done. The growing belief that the word "education" includes training of the hand is the surest augury that industrial education is to become an immense force in the destruction of evil. But such teaching must not be wholly left to the care of the State. The Associated Charities in many cities are establishing closer personal relations between the rich and the poor. True friendship cares for the industrial education of the friendless, and will create a foundation for better wages. The preventive still becomes one of personality, though the help of the State and of associations can be more prominent concerning industrial education than in regard to other means of prevention.

Allusion should also be made to the necessity of creating a healthier sentiment in the minds of the working-class in relation to household service. It is frequently looked upon as a

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