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24 to frolic and roll on the lawns. There are magnificent hot and cold and shower and swimming baths for all. One of the latter has a floor that is brought up nearly to the surface of the water, so that the very smallest children may disport themselves with entire safety.

In the palace there is a medical department where two physicians and a midwife are in constant attendance, and all surgical and nursing paraphernalia are at the service of the sick. Whenever a workman is ill, he draws a daily amount from the sick fund for the support of his family, and if he dies his children are adopted and trained up to a useful, industrious career.

In the schools there are many prizes. Those who take high rank for politeness and grace of bearing are rewarded by being admitted to the dramatic society—a much coveted honor. Music, both vocal and instrumental, is taught thoroughly. In May and September there are two great festivals, one to the children and the other in honor of labor. On those occasions the vast court of the great quadrangle is decorated from base to dome with garlands of flowers, banners and trophies of labor, physical or intellectual, and there, amid thousands of spectators that pour in from miles around, filling the tiers of galleries that extend all around the court, prizes are distributed, speeches are made, and when this is over, the corps of firemen in gay uniforms, transform the scene with magical quickness, into a magnificent ball-room, where, under the brilliant gas, and to the sound of the Social Palace bands of music, happy feet "tread to the measures of the dance," until far into the night.

For all these advantages of comfort, education and culture, the inhabitants pay simply their rent, which is about