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244 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.the third day of its existence. It now has a longwaiting list, showing the need of kindergartens inthe eastern part of the city.Trinity Kindergarten, on York and Jeffersonstreets, Claribel Spring principal, assisted by fivestudents of the Training School, is under the chargeof a committee of twelve ladies of Trinity Church,who defray all expenses, while the Kate BaldwinFree Kindergarten supplies the requisite teachingforce. This kindergarten takes in not only the childrenof church members but of the entire neighborhood,regardless of sectarian differences. It is fullto overflowing and also has a waiting list. In this,as well as in all of the free kindergartens, voluntarycontributions are encouraged so that no one may feelthat they are receiving charity.From November 6th to 16th, during the State Fair,a kindergarten and day nursery were combined andoperated with great success under the auspices of theKate Baldwin Free Kindergarten and Lindsay &Morgan, who furnished the nursery with beds, etc.Each day a group of kindergarten children from thedifferent schools was taken out and regular workdone from 8 A. M. to 1 P. M. In the ten days 225children were checked in the nursery and 306 childrenwere in both departments. The work was incharge of Martha G. Backus, with a trained nursefrom the Telfair Hospital for the nursery and emergencycalls, of which there were four. This workwas so valuable to the Fair management that theyhave offered every inducement to have the arrangementrepeated at the next State Fair held in Savan-