...year's effort. The building stands upon a large double lot, and is open on all sides to light and air. The purpose and personnel of the Settlement have been...families. At present there are three family groups, including five young children. There are in residence eighteen adults, men and women being equally...

...which it is formed is to provide a centre for a higher civic and social life; to initiate and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises; and to...the industrial districts of Chicago. ' ' The Commons adds the word " religious." The societies of King's Daughters and similar organizations have already...

...charter, -viz.: <( To provide a centre for a higher civic and social life ; to institute and maintain A ' Work upon these lines must be many-sided and flexible, and a settlement may not become wedded to routine,...

...spirit of tolerance and courtesy is easily preserved. The Chicago Commons Association was incorporated "To provide a center for a higher civic and social...conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago." -Students of sociology In colleges and theological seminaries spend seasons at the settlement in order...

...for the articles of incorporation thus : "The object for which it is formed is to provide a center of a higher civic and social life, to initiate and maintain...conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago." But in the fellowship of its work Chicago Commons is as little of an organization and as much of a...

...Association, which was incorporated in 1895 by the State of Illinois, with a board of eleven trustees, "to provide a center for a higher civic and social...conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago." To meet the expenses of this rapidly developing work the contribution of $10,650 a year is needed from...

...formed IB to provide a center for ft higher civic and social life to Initiate and maintain rellgloua, educational and philanthropic enterprises and to Investigate and Improve conditions In the Industrial district* of Chicago." Or, as the explanatory circular of the settlement has ex' plained it: " AB exemplified...

...others, less extensive in their scope. The chief aim of these settlements is to provide centers for higher civic and social life, to initiate and maintain...conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago. CEMETERIES There are nearly fifty cemeteries required for burying the dead of Chicago, some of the...

...from the settlement. Religious work, however, is done. In the Articles of Incorporation its purpose is "to provide a center for a higher civic and social...conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago." In the pamphlet. "Chicago Commons," December, 1904, these statements appear: "The Tabernacle Church...

...where they seem to be most needed." Chicago Commons Association was organized and incorporated in 1895, "to provide a center for a higher civic and social...conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago." Maintained by individual contributions, by the co-operation of the neighbors using the house (averages...