advance which will
be made by the girls of the twentieth century in the management of homes.

But what of the workers outside the home? Opportunities of employment
are steadily increasing. Already women are making a business of growing
vegetables and flowers, are engaged in the work of poultry farms,
bee-keeping, and in dairy production. Women are undertaking the work of
chemical experts in factories. Girls are driving motors and collecting
waste. They are shopping experts, employment experts, house furnishers,
agents for renting houses, and one woman has become an expert in testing
flour for a great milling industry. These are new employments. Hundreds of
thousands of girls and women are at work in the long-established women's
employments, as factory workers, saleswomen, stenographers, house workers,
telephone and telegraph operators, waitresses, milliners, dressmakers and
seamstresses, teachers, and nurses.

Some opportunities for employment are close at hand; others are farther
away. Sometimes it is best to begin with the nearest work. But in any case
the girl should take time to think of her employment. There are various
helpers to whom she may turn when she is beginning to think about work--her
father and mother, her teachers, the Government Employment Bureau, a good
private employment expert such as may be found in the Young Women's
Christian Association, or an older friend who is able to advise her and,
finally, the girl should help herself. She should think carefully of the
kind of work it seems likely that she may get to do and ask herself what
employment she finds most attractive and whether she has some aptitude
for it.

The following are some of the questions a girl should ask herself when she
is thinking of her employment: Shall I be able to improve and become more
skilful in my work? Will the work give me good companionship? Are the
surroundings clean and comfortable, and will they be good for my health
and the health of other workers? Is the employment likely to give me a
fair wage?

The statements made about wages in different employments apply generally to
the scale of wages paid in one particular city. No one set of figures can
be given which will state accurately the wages in many cities and towns and
country districts. The value of wages cannot be estimated properly by the
girl unless she knows at the same time what her living expenses are to be.
She must know, too, the standard of efficiency req