I shall have half-a-dozen bathrooms,
and the people who come regularly for advice and help will have to use
them and to keep their houses clean. There will be no distinction as to
character. We shall help the drunkards and the very worst of them just
the same as the others if they apply. If we get enough helpers there
will be plenty of branches we can open. I should like to have a
children's branch, for instance--one or two women will take the children
of the neighbourhood in hand and bathe them every day. As we get to
know the people better and appreciate their special needs other things
will suggest themselves. But I want them to feel that they have some
place to fail back upon. We shall be frightfully humbugged, robbed,
cheated, and deceived--at first. I fancy that after a time that will
wear itself out."
"It is a fascinating idea," she said, thoughtfully, "but to carry it out
in any way thoroughly you want a great many helpers and a great deal of
money."
"I have enough to start it," he said, "and when it is really going and
improving itself I shall go out and ask for subscriptions-big ones, you
know, from the right sort of people.
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