The Woman of to-Morrow by Helen M. Winslow

One of Mary E. Wilkins' delightful heroines remarks, in speaking of certain would-be leaders of social reform in her village: "I don't know that I think they are so much above us as too far to one side. Sometimes it is longitude and sometimes it is latitude that separates people. " "This is true," says President Roosevelt, "and the philosophy it teaches applies quite as much to those who would reform the politics of a large city, or, for that matter, of the whole country, as to those who would reform the society of a hamlet. " But the active woman of to-day-and much more the woman of to-morrow-is not in danger of separating herself by either latitude or longitude. She is eager to help, and meets her problems half-way with outstretched hands. She is taking hold of all sorts of municipal matters and working against unsanitary conditions, defective sewerage, poor drainage, impure drinking water and the practice of making backyards, alleys and even streets the dumping-ground of those who are too negligent, or too indolent to consider the appearance of their immediate locality.

"The poor ye have always with you," and as Dr. Babcock has said: "To take care of the lower orders is essential to social safety, though the words, ‘Inasmuch as ye did it to the least of these,' had never been spoken, and the thought of helping humanity should be some little comfort, though the recognition of a ‘cup of cold water' had never been dreamed of. To help poor children to learn to sew cannot compromise you in any way. To prick your finger in the sewing-school and draw one little red drop, is in the line of the world's redemption, at least from ignorance and incapacity."