The Abigail ..[Organ of the Abigail free school and kindergarten] . ho attend this School will beprovided each day with a substantial record will be kept of all the children, so asto have an accurate account of their attendanceand progress. XL A Sewing School for girls under fourteen yearsof age who attend public school, holds sessionstwice a week. Garments made by the childrenare taken to their Meetings, conducted by the children,are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings, M. XIII. Sunday School, preparatoz-y, is held the Summer : 2 P. M. during
The Abigail ..[Organ of the Abigail free school and kindergarten] . ho attend this School will beprovided each day with a substantial record will be kept of all the children, so asto have an accurate account of their attendanceand progress. XL A Sewing School for girls under fourteen yearsof age who attend public school, holds sessionstwice a week. Garments made by the childrenare taken to their Meetings, conducted by the children,are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings, M. XIII. Sunday School, preparatoz-y, is held the Summer : 2 P. M. during the Wintermonths. XIV. A Dispensary, conducted by Dr. J. E. Messen-ger, for the children attending the School; openevery Wednesday 4 week day, except Saturday, from 3 to4 P. M., the School is thrown open to childrenwho formerly attended but now attend public schools; this time is spent in singing patriotic andreligious hymns. XVI. The School is open A. M : general dis-missal 4 P. M.: dismissal for keep-overs ^y\B AB Ope (Jod Ope SgI^ooI. Ope lap^uage Second Class matterjatlthe New York, N. T. Post Office, April 8th, Vol. I, No. 12. 104 Sullivan St., ISTew York City, February, 1899. 50c PER Year A PLEA FOE A PERMANENT ABODE. The Abigail School is approaching its tenthyear. It has prospered because its work is found-ed upon incontrovertible principles. Startingwith the conviction that vice and poverty are duelargely to the lack of good home influences, it hasturned all its energies towards supplying thatlack to the children of the foreign poor in its lo-cality. Those who are really in touch with the dailylife of these people know that among the numer-ous and complex conditions that cause or perpet-uate their misery two stand out with red-letterdistinctness. These two all-pervading causes areignorance and ineflBciency. Ignorance of selfand of resources, ineflBciency to economize thoseresources or to increase them by skill in specialdirections. The ignora
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