CHAPTER III

INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF ONE OF THE "CHILDREN'S HOUSES"

The Quarter of San Lorenzo before and since the establishment of the "Children's Houses" 48

Evil of subletting the most cruel form of usury 50

The problem of life more profound than that of the intellectual elevation of the poor 52

Isolation of the masses of the poor, unknown to past centuries 53

Work of the Roman Association of Good Building and the moral importance of their reforms 56

The "Children's House" earned by the parents through their care of the building 60

Pedagogical organization of the "Children's House" 62

The "Children's House" the first step toward the socialisation of the house 65

The communised house in its relation to the home and to the spiritual evolution of women 66

Rules and regulations of the "Children's Houses" 70