ABSTRACT
Events 0/ th-e Month. r DIUahWODlIPl" •• "'.". . DeoeIDMr 16th, 117 •• ehildren-girls between two and fourteen years of age, and boys oetween three and ten years, are admitted, educated, and cared for till suitable homes can be found for them. This society has a firm hold on the sympathies of San Francisco, and is doing a noble and successful wOl'k. The Little Sisters' Infant Shelter, incorpol"d.ted March 10th, 1874, takes care of the young children of working women during the hours in which the mothers are out at daily labOur; it has spacious, pleasant rooms. These three societies are all under the care of women, and have been successful in realising the idea. of their founders. The Ladies' Protection and Relief Society, from its grea.ter age, has given time for wider observation of its beneficial results, and very many of the children trained there are now useful and respected members of society.
