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to ask hirn about his views on the League of Nations, for one of nxy friends had mentioned bis lecture on the I.eague, and it had seemed to1 me that 'a, story would be very interesting indeed.' As it turne<1 out, however, U ecaine in at 8:35 from; his roôund. of ,modning cails with the school, doctor, invited'me into..bis private office, and:let mie'start the. conversation. Withoutany idea that I was handling a-run-away topic, I, mentioned the initeresting architectur.e of, the old house in which we were sitting., Mt., Smith took the, bit in bhis *teeth, and weè were ofIf. I jearned thatý the North Shore Country Day school (Winnietka) is housed in what was formerly the property of the Girton school,*and that the,,Gir- ton 'school had taken over the old Garlanld estate., The building in whicbh'le: has bis- office was 'form- erly the residenice. It has a founda- tion of solid concrete blocks, an the- walls -have a fooet ad aielf44ayer' of. bricks for lining. The wave of tenants has resulted in many changes. The kitchen, dining room, and billiard room of the Garland family had been i the basement. The bil- liard room became a coal lin, the kitchen and dining roomn were moved upstairs by later occupants of the house. "You should see the kitchennipes downstairs," chuckled attemipted to seli steel. 'No one was interested in buying young Mr. Carnegie's steel until. Perry H4. Smnithý rememIbered, a recent accident. His horse ran amiuck aund crashéd into a ýlamp post. ýThe. impact of the buggy against the post broke. off the iron Iatnp'post, but the steel f rame of the' buggy, suffered no damage. ,So Mr. Smith said "vyes". toý the 'Carnegie proposition. A friend of the family has commùented, accord- her acquaintance for funds to run the court, and had a judge known to be sympathetic to youth appointed. The polidicians soon appreciated the court as a "plum" and tried to oust lier,, judge,. A rider was therefore attached to the law specifying the character of the judge. For 10 years private funds were .raised .to support the courtt, and theni the counrty. took over the financial ýburden., It took quite a bit of selling to get the county to undertake another-of its obvions responsibili- tics. -Mrs.. Flower foùnd that the Home:for.the Frienidless, a Protestant society, was. having all the foiundlings.from Chicago's streets dumfped on its dàorstep. She fct- rightly that the ëounity should be caring for these babies, but she discovered that the c6unty refused to do so. She decided, to make a test case of the next founidlinig and instructed the nurse -at, the Home. to refuseý the next baby brought in by a police- man. The policeman. and the nurse deadlocked, 'and the nurse. had' to give in~. Mrs. F1oNxver then> resolved dn a bold moveé. The -nurse and the baby ànd she âppeared before 'the -County. Board of GCiisioners, and the baby was thrust into the reluctant arns of. the president of the board. The ensuing scene and hef recommendation that the babies be 'delivered to the counity poor- house for the old ladv ijumates to) cherish were Written into the min- utes, and MLrs. Flower then allowed herseif. to be persuaded to takec the infant back for a two-weeks' period. In due. time the countv assumnect walls because pipes could not be put through the brick lining. Mr. Smith was especially proud of the trees the campus has inherited from the Garland occupancy,, cop- per béeches and copper maples from Norway and other choice trees. And he is planning to teardown on.e of the sehool buildings, formerly the coach house for the Garland family, andl erect a modern structure. The Lu.cy -L. Flower Techuical high school for girls, first of its kind in the country, was named in honor of Mr. Smith's grancimother.. Its. basic work in technical and cultural subjects.has miade it famous through- out the country,. and Mr. Smith jubilantly relates that on his last visit he buttonholed an Italian girl i the corridor and asked ber what she was getting out of her couse. "Some marvelous belp in hurnan relations". And it was 4 fight with the thrifty New IEng- landiers in LIyons, la., that led .to the Nordl' Westernis building a bridge five miles south on the. Mississippi and plotting the town of Clinton, 14. As, a result Clinton bhas become one .bf the reai triends. nad ro talk c and empliasize that no2 rg asked. The 'bill was enz wer. "shook .down" the weal einto law, Mrs. y business men of' of then to give a child-vany freedon, of movement or expression, and the conservatives were violent in their prejudices."1 Perry Dunlap Smith stayed atFrancis Park er, school until lie was.. (Contine nPg 6 I