MARY CARPENTER. in 



Byron purchased it, and in a short time Miss Carpenter 

 removed into it. Some time before this a small cottage 

 near Red Lodge had been secured, and this was fitted 

 up as a laundry. The methods adopted were very 

 simple. Red Lodge was occupied by girls of the 

 criminal class, young thieves and desperate characters 

 who had been rescued from their state of degradation. 

 Necessarily the discipline which had to be maintained 

 over these girls was strict ; yet there was always held 

 out to them the hope that if they behaved well and 

 proved themselves worthy of trust, they should in 

 time be promoted to " the College," where they would 

 be called upon to do responsible work, and trained as 

 domestic servants. The girls in the Lodge had a 

 great respect for the girls in the College; they looked 

 up to them as respectable individuals, and tried to 

 behave decently and quietly in order that they might 

 win the reward of being placed among them. If the 

 girls at the College misbehaved they were sent back 

 to the Lodge, and this was felt to be a great 

 disgrace. 



After removing to her new home Miss Carpenter 

 established a still higher order of merit. The girls 

 at the College were told that if they proved them- 

 selves worthy of the honour, they might in time be 

 chosen to live in Miss Carpenter's own house, and act 

 as her little maids. They would then be treated 

 exactly like ordinary domestics, sent to the town on 

 errands, trusted with money, and allowed as much 



