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finances. This is not the case in the district which we are now 

 studying". Street car fare is an item of very slight importance 

 to these people. When they wish to go to town they walk unless 

 it is very bad weather. From one point of view this would ap- 

 pear to be a benefit, but when looked at from the other side it 

 is evident that these people will go to town more often, and will 

 thus probably be induced to spend both time and money which 

 might be put to better use. The homes of the people in this dis- 

 trict are nearly all in frame cottages, either single or double. 

 Some are in rooms above, or in the rear of, stores and a few are 

 in apartment houses. No real tenement blocks are found. As 

 a rule the cottages are small. It was found that the average 

 family has 3.9 rooms. Only a very few houses are of recent con- 

 struction. Most of the others could be materially bettered in 

 appearance and comfort by the work of painters and carpenters. 



This district has few social features which can be said to be 

 characteristic or of general interest. Social settlements, clubs, 

 etc., are lacking. Many of the men belong to one or more lodges, 

 but these orders are chieiiy for insurance rather than for fra- 

 ternal association. The children find in the school their greatest 

 relief or change from the conditions surrounding their homes. 

 Many things are done by the principals and teachers, or through 

 their influence, for the enjoyment and social uplift of the chil- 

 dren. Lack of both time and funds prevents them from doing 

 many other things which would do much to influence for good 

 the lives of the children of this district. 



As this is primarity a residence district, it follows that it 

 contains a number of churches. There are seven, all of them 

 of some protestant denomination. One is a German and another 

 a Swedish church. The Catholics of the district — there are a 

 large number of them — belong in either the Saint John's or 

 the Sacred Heart parishes. Both of these churches are outside 

 of the district itself. The results of the investigation do not 

 show to what extent the various churches do social as well as 

 religious work. It is known that one of them conducts a free 

 kindergarten, and another some children's clubs. The work of 

 the others seems to be along old-fashioned religious lines rather 

 than those followed by modern churches. 



In opposition to the good which may be accomplished by the 

 schools, churches, branch library, etc., we find some demoralizing 

 forces hard at work. The district is full of saloons. At the 



