These two departments are in a commodious brick edifice, called the "Stone Building." It is the gift of Mrs.Valeria Stone.
One of the most interesting departments is located also in the "Stone Building"-- the sewing-room.

In it are nearly a score, perhaps more, of cheerful, busy girls.

The rapid ticking of the machine is heard, and the merry laugh followed by gentle whispers gives life to the room.

These young girls are the future wives and mothers; and the large majority of them will be married to poor men.

In the kitchen, the laundry, and the sewing-room, they are acquiring a knowledge and habits of industry that will save their husbands' pennies, and thus keep them from living from hand to mouth, making an everlasting struggle to save their nose from the grindstone.