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 675 RELIQIOM night. Lord Shaftesbury and other philan- ^ thropists were amongst the party. How the Home grew Dr. Barnardo, having proved his case, was not long in getting funds to start his life work. He began in a little house in Stepney, which was first opened for twenty-five boys, and which has now grown to the big building, embracing eight houses. i8 to 26, Stepney Causeway. The building itself is a curiosity in architecture, as it was built bit by bit, and block by block, as the work increased and the money came in. It is a wonderful complication of offices, dormitories, kitchens, baths, elementary school, and technical classes. There is a chapel which easily seats 350 boys, a playground which has grown with the buildings, a creche for babies, and workshops, where boj's over school age who vans, repairs to 16 vans and 12 trucks ; and so an enormous quantity of work has been carried out in the workshops of the Home. Education at the Home Music is also taught in the Home, and the East End of London takes a pride in {he boy's band. The first band numbers 40 performers, and is made up of the following instruments : Flute, piccolo. 2 E flat clarionets, 4 B flat clarionets. 7 comets, 2 baritones, 2 euphoniums, 4 trombones. 4 basses, 4 horns. 4 drums, and cymbals. Physical training is also given by formal instruction, and the regular practice of physical exercises in school, by the holding of evening classes during the winter months for recreative exercises, and by the encour- agement of open-air games and sports. At the top of the building at Stepney is the photographic studio, where all the children arc photo- graphed on their arrival, and again on their departure from the Homes. And the last block of this won- derful building is Her Majesty's Hospital for Sick Children, which has 84 l)eds. All the children rescued are received at the Stepney Home, and sent from there to the various branches. There are in all 139 separate Homes and branches. The rescues effected from 1867 to the end of September of this year (1910) amounted to 72,590, At present. One day's admissions at the Stepney Home. The children come from all parts of the kingdom and, from every conceivable kind of misfortune. No destitute child is refused admission management, tn ere are From a photograph taken at Dr. Barnaydo'sHomt 9.^44 boyS and glHS. Of these. 5,091 are have an aptitude for technical work are apprenticed to various trades. At present (19 10) there are 12 bakers being trained, 10 blacksmiths, 30 boot- makers, 18 brushmakers, 26 carpenters, 10 hamessmakers, 16 matmakers, 34 printers, 45 tailors, 17 tinsmiths, 6 upholsterers, 10 wheelwrights. In the technical classes a good deal of work for the Homes is done. Boy Workers and their Woric For example, the tinsmiths covered 761 of the Saratoga trunks made by the carpen- ters for the Canadian emigrants last year, and they also received and executed some 321 orders last year for asylums — baking- dishes, boilers, bowls, etc. The shoe- makers manufactured within the year 2,100 pairs of boots, besides repairs. The black- smiths and wheelwrights dealt with326 orders, including the building of three'"One-horsc boarded out in England and 1.330 in Canada. Of those boarded out in 1909. 53 were under one year of age. The foster-parents must be personally known to the lady acting as inspector or local correspondent. No more than two children — or, in exceptional cases, three children — are allowed in one home. The foster-mother must be clean, capable, and experienced. A minimum of 5s. a week is paid for each child. A larger sum is paid for an infant or child requiring special care. Church of England children are boarded out with Church foster-parents and Non- conformist children with Nonconformist. CathoHc children are not received in the Homes ; they are sent to Catholic institutions. Since the Homes opened. 22,612 boys and girls have been helped to emigrate to Canada. To be continued.