What has been accomplished with a thousand girls committed to her institution is shown in the Survey for Feb. 18, 1911, by Katherine B. Davis, superintendent of the New York State Reformatory for women, situated at Bedford. Miss Davis prefaces her article with the following statement: “Now, there is nothing quite so difficult to measure in figures as change in character. We can say how many have kept their parole; how many we know have been re-arrested; of how many we know the whereabouts and believe them to be doing well; but the changes in character, the establishment of higher ideals, the doing of more efficient work as a result of the training received, these things can never be measured.” This inability to measure results is regarded by Miss Davis as the weak point in our reformatory system. The first of the 1,000 commitments dealt with by Miss Davis was received at Bedford May 11, 1901; the last November 26, 1909. The percentage of foreign born is 29.1, of whites born in the United States 52.7, and of colored born in the United States 18.2. Twenty-two and one-tenth per cent. were committed for misdemeanors, 26.4 per cent. for felonies, and 51.5 per cent. for other offences, such as being a common prostitute, habitual drunkenness, etc. So much for the nature of the thousand cases. In November, 1910, the disposition which had been made of these cases was as follows: Paroled 668 Still in institution 111 Escaped 3 Died in institution 12 Transferred 47 Deported 16 Served entire term 80 Discharged by court 63 It will be noted that 668 out of the thousand cases have been paroled. The status of these 668 in November, 1910, was as follows: On parole 110 Discharged, having done well 393 Violated parole, not found 52 Broke parole and returned 102 Transferred to Auburn Prison while on parole 1 Discharged by court while on parole 2 Died on parole 8 Immorality has been the largest single cause of violation of parole. A comparison of those placed with their families and those placed in positions at the time of their parole shows that the percentage of the former who violate their paroles is twice as great as that of the latter. This is not surprising when it is reflected that if home conditions had been what they should be, the girl might not have come to the reformatory in the first place. The following table shows the present status of the 393 girls who did well on parole and received their discharges: