Addams provides an introduction for a reprint of Myron E. Adams' article published in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, on the working conditions of newspaper boys.
Jane Addams wrote the lyrics to a song on the occasion of the opening of the Hull-House Woman's Club Building. A chorus sung the song at the festivities.
Addams discusses the history of social settlements in Illinois at a meeting of the Illinois State Historical Society, discussing the neighborhoods, settlement foundings, child labor, African Americans, and other similar charitable organizations.
After reading Addams' article in Ladies' Home Journal, Pomeroy asks Addams if she would be of any use physically helping at Hull-House, because she has no money to send.
Addams discusses the role that settlements play in improving the conditions of the poor. Only the portion of the article with Addams remarks has been included.
