of the baths is compulsory. As a further safeguard, each man is provided with an entire change of clothing every day. The results of this caution is most strikingly shown in the facts that where previously the average time a man cared 'to work in the dry-color department, or could do so with safety to his health, was about one month, he now stays as long as he wants to, or is wanted by the management. Where, in the past, at least every other man was affected by the lead, there is now not more than one in twenty injured by it, and then generally only in cases where the man does not make proper use of the system.

Lunch-Rooms.

Two floors in one of the factory buildings are used exclusively as lunch-rooms and kitchen. The factory workmen use one room, the girls, office force and foremen have the other. The same fare is served in both rooms. Either a soup or a stew and tea and coffee are served free every day, while the balance of the well-selected bill of fare is served. at practically cost prices.

The employes bring their own lunches and are served with the free hot dishes, or they may order their entire mealand get a good one—for an average of eight or ten cents.

Whenever night work is necessary during the busy season, special dinners are served in the rooms for all employes at the expense of the company.

Benefit Society.

As far back as 1887 the company organized a sick and death benefit society, to which all employes are eligible. It has always been in a flourishing condition, and the membership at the present time includes over ninety (90) per cent. of the working force. The funds necessary to start and sustain the sick and death benefit society were furnished by the company until, from the growth of membership, it came to be on a paying basis.

Rest-Rooms.

Rest rooms are provided for the girls, where they may lie down at noon or receive attention in case of illness. These rooms are not large, but are attractive and homelike, well furnished, and supplied with all the requisites for comfort.

The Club Room.

A large part of one floor of one building is set aside as a club-room. It is used for meetings of employes and as a place of rest and recreation. The club-room is furnished with a piano, game tables and reading tables, on which the latest magazines and other first-class periodicals are always to be found.

In the club-room is located a library supplied by the company, and also a branch of the public library, both well patronized by the employes.

The "Chameleon."

A monthly magazine is published, which is edited and printed in the company's own printing department. It is open to contributions from all employes and contains information, instruction, news and illustrations relating to the business. This publication is regarded as one of the most valuable features in the entire benefit system.

Convention and Banquet.

A convention of salesmen, officers and managers is held for one week each year for the purpose of discussing the company's goods, explaining the new advertising plans and methods, reviewing the work of the past year, and discussing all topics relating to the manufacture and sale of the paints and varnishes which constitute the product of the company's business.

The convention is, of course, primarily for business purposes, but a considerable element of pleasure is judiciously mixed in with its more serious discussions. Not the least