In the making of the book, much help has come from these same friends, and I should be quite overwhelmed with the debt I owe did I not feel that all of us who have worked together have worked not only for each other but for the cause of human progress; that is the beginning and should be the end of the House on Henry Street. LILLIAN D. WALD. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE EAST SIDE TWO DECADES AGO 1 II. ESTABLISHING THE NURSING SERVICE 26 III. THE NURSE AND THE COMMUNITY 44 IV. CHILDREN AND PLAY 66 V. EDUCATION AND THE CHILD 97 VI. THE HANDICAPPED CHILD 117 VII. CHILDREN WHO WORK 135 VIII. THE NATION’S CHILDREN 152 IX. ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE SETTLEMENT 169 X. YOUTH 189 XI. YOUTH AND TRADES UNIONS 201 XII. WEDDINGS AND SOCIAL HALLS 216 XIII. FRIENDS OF RUSSIAN FREEDOM 229 XIV. SOCIAL FORCES 249 XV. SOCIAL FORCES, _Continued_ 270 XVI. NEW AMERICANS AND OUR POLICIES 286 INDEX 313 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE HOUSE ON HENRY STREET _Frontispiece_ Etching by Abraham Phillips LILLIAN D. WALD AND MARY M. BREWSTER IN HOSPITAL UNIFORM, 1893 6 WITH PRAYER-SHAWL AND PHYLACTERY 22 Etching by Abraham Phillips THE NURSE IN THE TENEMENT 28 A SHORT CUT OVER THE ROOFS OF THE TENEMENTS 52 AND THEIR ECSTASY AT THE SIGHT OF A WONDERFUL DOGWOOD TREE 78 IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE “BUNKER HILL” OF PLAYGROUNDS 82 THE CHILDREN PLAY ON OUR ROOF 82 THE KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN LEARN THE REALITY OF THE THINGS THEY SING ABOUT 90 USES OF THE BACK YARD IN ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT 162 HERE AND THERE ARE STILL FOUND REMINDERS OF OLD NEW YORK 170 Etching by Abraham Phillips ESTHER 182 Drawing by Esther J. Peck