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20 about the time his book was written (1871) this had not yet been accomplished.

The ground story of the palace is used for shops of all kinds. Everything that families or individuals can want is there supplied without going into the open air, and at a moderate advance upon the cost. Mr. Godin has suffered untold persecution through the merchants of Guise, who considered him an enemy to their profits.

The adjuncts of the palace are the school building, with the nursery on the first floor, and connected with one of the quadrangles by a covered corridor, so that all the little and big children can attend without umbrellas or overshoes, whatever be the state of the weather; the theatre, a very beautiful ornate building, with a fine auditorium, stage, stage wardrobe and all modern appointments for theatrical representations; a restaurant, a bakery, a cafe, a billiard room and a reading-room; swimming-baths, a fine steam laundry with the best modern improvements; stables and carriage houses, and an abbatoir (slaughter-house.) These are the adjuncts of this splendid workingman's home. The management is under control of two councils of twelve, one of men, the other of women, which unite in deliberation whenever necessary. The councils are elected by universal suffrage. Citizen means person in the Social Palace and no certificate of sex is required in the elections! All vote who are over sixteen years of age, and younger than that even, if they are able to support themselves by their industry. Mr. Godin says this may not be considered wise by many people, but it works admirably. There is a reason for this. The children, even in the lowest classes of the school understand well the simple system of democratic government that prevails. They elect by ballot their little industrial