CHAPTER
I. FINDING THE NEW HOME 1
The First Adjustments 1
Homes Studied 6
Dissolving Barriers 14
II. FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS 19
Separated Families 20
Keeping Boarders 23
The Man Without a Family 27
The Single Woman 29
The Migrant Family 32
From Farming to Industry 34
The Wage-earning Mother 39
Changed Duties of a Mother 43
Paternal Authority Passing 47
III. THE CARE OF THE HOUSE 54
New Housekeeping Conditions 54
Demands of American Cookery 58
Water Supply Essential 60
Overcrowding Hampers the Housewife 62
Women Work Outside the Home 65
Housing Improvement 66
Government Building Loans 75
Instruction in Sanitation 80
IV. PROBLEMS OF SAVING 85
Present and Future Needs 85
Unfamiliarity with Money 88
Irregularity of Income 91
Reserves for Misfortunes 92
The Cost of Weddings 98
Christenings and Fête Days 103
Buying Property 105
Building and Loan Associations 109
Postal Savings Banks 111
Account Keeping 115
V. THE NEGLECTED ART OF SPENDING 117
The Company Store 119
Shopping Habits 122
Modification of Diets 130
Furniture on the Installment Plan 134
New Fashions and Old Clothes 135
Training Needed 138
Co-operation in Spending 141
VI. THE CARE OF THE CHILDREN 149
The Unpreparedness of the Immigrant Mother 150
Breakdown of Parental Authority 153
Learning to Play 157
Parents and Education 159
Following School Progress 163
The Revolt of Older Children 169
Relations of Boys and Girls 174
The Juvenile Court 181
VII. IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS AND FAMILY PROBLEMS 187
Safety in Racial Affiliations 188
Local Benefit Societies 192
National Croatian Organizations 196
Care of Croatian Orphans 199
Organizations of Poles 201
Polish Women's Work 203
Lithuanian Woman's Alliance 209
Ukrainian Beginnings 215
Growth of National Organizations 218
VIII. AGENCIES OF ADJUSTMENT 222
Immigrant Protective League 223
A National Reception Committee 227
The Public School 230
The Home Teacher 236
Settlement Classes 238
Co-operation of Agencies 240
International Institutes 243
Training for Service 248
Home Economics Work 254
Government Grants in England 263
The Lesson for the United States 266
Mothers' Assistants 268
Recreational Agencies 272
IX. FAMILY CASE WORK 277
The Language Difficulty 280
Standards of Living 286
Visiting Housekeepers 289
Knowledge of Backgrounds 298
Training Facilities Needed 301
The Transient Family 304
Need for National Agency 307
APPENDIX 313
Principal Racial Organizations 313
Czech 313
Danish 314
Dutch 315
Finnish 315
German 316
Hungarian 317
Italian 318
Jewish 319
Jugoslav 324
Lithuanian 326
Polish 327
Russian 329
Slovak 330
Swedish 331
Ukrainian 331
Menus of Foreign Born 333
Bohemian 333
Croatian 335
Italian 335
Slovenian 340