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the eye. A committee from the young women employed at the factory arranges the colors and tints which are to be used in all parts of the plant and has charge of all decorations. The build- ings are of steel and glass constructions, with electric light,

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power and power transmission, with ventilating fans so that there is an entire change of air every fifteen minutes. All smoke is consumed by the furnace. The floors are polished hardwood, kept in constant order. By experts the factory is pronounced to be the lightest, cleanest, and best ventilated one in existence. Even a chance walk past the factory will reveal the fact that it is a marked improvement over the ordinary manufacturing establishment. However, the merits of the institution can only be appreciated after a thorough investigation, and a realization of the systematic treatment given every phase of the work. For there '< m so perfected that it mav uell be distinguished as

"scientific." And, in fact, one cannot appreciate the real merit-- of the treatment accorded to employe's without first understand- ing the organization and administration of the entn prise.