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valuable, both, in the school room and outside. She has the 

 faculty of gaining the hearts both, of the children and the 

 mothers. 



Miss Bamett has the assistance of two pupil teachers in 

 her work. The school has an average dailj attendance of 

 sixty children. Some people think that when the kindergar- 

 ten system is introduced into the public schools the work of 

 this association will no longer be necessary, but this is quite a 

 mistake. The Free Kindergarten members practice a kind of 

 charity that would be quite outside the duties of the teachers 

 in the public schools. The work of the association has been 

 of great value among the foreign elements of our city. This 

 association depends for its revenue on fees and subscriptions 

 and many a weary step the members have to take in the inte- 

 rests of their sometimes empty treasury. We may imagine 

 the joy of these ladies, when two years ago they became pos- 

 sessed of a piano at a moderate price. The City Council has 

 promised a small grant ($100) for this year, 1899. The pre- 

 sidents have been : Mrs. Dexter, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Godfrey 

 Parker and Mrs. R. H. Bryce at present in office. Secreta- 

 ries : Miss Colby (Mrs. Cook), Mrs. R. H. Bryoe, Mrs. T. J. 

 McBride, Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. Chown, Mrs. Jardine, at pre- 

 sent in office. Treasurers : Miss Dolly Maguire (Mrs. 

 Hughes), Mrs. W. L. Mclvenzie, Mrs. Capt. Robinson, at pre- 

 sent in office. 



THE WmNIPEG LODGING AND COFFEE 

 HOUSE ASSOCIATION. 



This association for work among men was commenced by 

 Holy Trinity Church in 1893, during the curacy of the Rev. 

 J. Page. It was designed to provide a cheap boarding place 

 for industrious men, and also to induce the idle to become in- 

 di:;strious. The principle of the association is to give no as- 

 sistance without some equivalent in work or payment. A 



