Addams, Jane, an American settlement worker. Born at Cedarville, Illinois, September 6, 1860. Graduated at Rockford College in 1881. While pursuing post-graduate studies in England, Miss Addams became interested in the workings of Toynbee Hall, a university settlement in the Whitechapel district of East London. In 1889 she secured the cooperation of wealthy people and established Hull House, a similar settlement in a crowded portion of Chicago. The various buildings occupy a plat of ground an acre or two in extent. There is a main building for the resident workers, a cooperative club house for working girls, a gymnasium building with baths, a theater, a restaurant, a music hall, and lodging apartments. Some notion of the work may be had from a mere list of activities. In general, Hull House aims to do what the churches and schools do not do. By way of industrial education, there is spinning and weaving, printing and book-binding, wood-working and metal-working, sewing and cooking. There are accommodations for babies when mothers must work. There are academic courses in the common branches, in literature, in music, and in art. There is advanced work in drawing, painting and modeling, millinery and dressmaking, and, in short, any subject for which a need is seen. The young people of the vicinity are drawn into wholesome evening amusements. There are large adult clubs, some for men and some for women. There are dancing classes, music lessons, and athletic training. In winter a skating park is opened. What with lectures, instruction, and amusements, every effort is put forth to get hold of the people, young and old, and help them to get something out of life. There are liberal people behind the movement. There are many skillful workers, but Miss Addams is the directing genius. Miss Addams is thoroughly democratic-an admirer of Tolstoi. She has served on the Chicago school board and is well known as a magazine writer, lecturer, and author. Of her books, Democracy and Social Ethics is best known. It is too early to enter upon a biography, but it is safe to say that Miss Addams has won a place among the women of America who have done something notable.