The use of the large gymnasium of the Manhattan Trade School for Girls was secured, and every Saturday evening, from eight until eleven, young men and women come in and dance to excellent music, under the instruction, if they need it, of a skilled dancing-master.

A small fee is charged, partly to defray expenses, and partly to attract a class of people who disdain philanthropy and settlements.

The experiment is new, but it is undoubtedly successful.

As many as two hundred couples have been admitted in an evening.

In half a dozen cities women's clubs and women's committees are at work on this matter of establishing amusement and recreation centers for young people.