Naturally such movements do not ignore the opportunities for women in the public service and the necessity of providing adequate training for them. Indeed the work of women in bureaus of municipal research in New York and elsewhere is an evidence of the desire on the part of women for training in public service and demonstrates woman’s ability to adapt herself to the requirements of that training. The New York Bureau has had nineteen women in the two and a half years of its existence and its last report (1914) tells of their assignments and the positions they now fill. As city positions are generally accorded first to men, their present offices are no final estimate of comparative efficiency. The “Budget and the Citizen” by Mary Sayles and “Helping School Children” by Elsa Denison are two of the noteworthy contributions of the New York Bureau. Finally, it is to a woman, Mrs. E. H. Harriman, that the Training School for Public Service connected with the Bureau owes its origin. With woman’s interest awakened to every need of modern municipal life and her mind trained to do high and efficient public service, may we not look forward with firmer confidence to the day when Mayor Baker’s dream shall be fulfilled: “The patriot’s dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears.” INDEX Abatement law, 109 Abattoir, municipal, 73 Administration, 319 Aid, first, 95; legal, 279 Aliens. _See_ Immigrants and Assimilation of races Art, in schools, 12; municipal, 293 Assimilation of races, 170 Associations. _See_ Leagues and Women’s clubs Babies. _See_ Child welfare and Infant mortality Baths, public, 82 Blind, education of, 21 Budget, city, 88, 96, 166, 332, 337 Child welfare, better baby contests and, 59; children born out of wedlock, 68; delinquency and, 281, 282; elements of, 65; ice and, 64; milk and, 59; mothers’ pensions and, 252; social service and, 226, 233. _See also_ Exhibits Children’s bureau, 57 Civil service, in general, 335; in public welfare work, 239 City planning, 218, 293 Clean-up crusades, 84 Clinics, dental, 48; medical, 270; psychopathic, 276; tuberculosis, 48 Clubs, women’s, and assimilation of aliens, 196; and child welfare, 65; and civic improvement, 303; and clean-up, 85; and fire protection, 287; and food, 74; and garbage, 88; and housing, 208; and juvenile delinquency, 269; and laundries, 83; and milk, 62; and prison reform, 285; and public baths, 82; and sanitation, 87; and smoke, 92; and the social evil, 97; and social service, 224; and vital statistics, 57; and water, 79 Commissions, charity, 232; food, 77; housing, 206; immigration, 197; mothers’ pensions, 251–253; playground, 136; recreation, 165