IO2 THE WORLD'S WORKERS 



arrangements which should bring the girls under her 

 personal care should be provided, a fine old Eliza- 

 bethan house in Bristol, known as the Red Lodge, 

 came into the market The Red Lodge was in a 

 very bad condition, and the garden was a wilderness, 

 but otherwise it was exactly what was wanted. Miss 

 Carpenter at once appealed to Lady Byron, the kind 

 friend who had helped her before. This generous 

 lady immediately came to her assistance, and bought 

 the house, placing it in Miss Carpenter's hands at a 

 small rent, on condition that she should have it 

 entirely under her own care and be allowed to work 

 it according to her own ideas. Other friends gave 

 the furniture, and in a very short time the institution 

 was fairly started. 



Thus was commenced the Red Lodge School, the 

 celebrated home for girls with which the name of 

 Mary Carpenter will for ever be associated. From the 

 very first it was under her sole management ; the 

 work done there was carried on under her direction ; 

 the officials were responsible to her, and to the last 

 day of her life she had the entire control of every- 

 thing connected with it. It was there that her best 

 work was done. By its means hundreds of girls have 

 been rescued from a life of degradation, and trained 

 to live honest sober lives. They and their children 

 are now (in the eloquent words of a writer in the 

 Times] " fulfilling the best hopes of the philanthropic 

 woman who, with faith that never wavered, insight 



