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In which all overtime is compensated for.

Physical conditions. — A standard house is one in which work-, lunch, and retiring rooms are apart from each other and are in good sanitary condition.

In which seats are provided for saleswomen and the use of seats per- mitted.

Other conditions. — A standard house is one in which humane and consid- erate behavior toward employes is the rule.

In which fidelity and length of service meet with the consideration which is their due.

It is a comparatively easy matter to enlist the sympathy of intelligent and educated people, and through them reform must be brought about. The great body of buyers who regularly pat- ronize the cheap stores will take no interest in the matter. Some may feel that they have done their duty when they cease buying at stores where evils exist ; but that is a dwarfed concep- tion of social obligation. We should not rest until the bad stores improve or go out of business.

Annie Marion MacLean.

The University of Chicago.