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 worked? What industries give families piece-work to do in their own homes? What is the rate of pay for such home work?

Is there a part of the town in which immigrants live? How do their homes compare in sanitation and general healthfulness with the other houses of the town? Are there churches for these people? What is being done to introduce the immigrants to American life? Are there classes for the teaching of English? Are these prospective citizens becoming naturalized? What part are they taking in the affairs of the town? In politics?

These and many other questions the Home Service workers soon find themselves asking. In trying to solve the problems about which the families of soldiers and sailors seek their advice, the representatives of the Red Cross come into touch with the things which affect the welfare of all the people. And when an intelligent group of citizens begin to be interested in the way in which the courts, the hospitals, the schools, the institutions of the city are conducted, improvement is sure to follow. Thus the Home Service of the Red Cross may perform a service to the whole town. In helping the families of soldiers and sailors it indirectly helps everybody.