children and able to manage them. If she can tell stories well, she might
form a circle of children to attend a children's hour. A visiting mother's
help would be a boon in many neighbourhoods.

The possibilities of paying employment for girls at home who have
initiative and some spare time are almost limitless. The girl's ingenuity
is the only measure of what she may do in the way of paying work. The field
of success of two such girls of the writer's acquaintance is the lovely,
old-fashioned home garden. One girl has made a specialty of poultry. Her
stock is of the best. She sells eggs, both for household use and as
"settings." The other girl grows roses in the garden and from her own
success as a rose grower she has become a seller of rose bushes. They are
both happy in their employments, and they continue to be home makers as
well as business women. The income is not the only benefit which the girl
at home receives from such work as this. Her work brings her into contact
with other people, broadens her interests, increases her usefulness, and,
moreover, is often a recreation. The home-maker needs outside interests.
The girl at home is never dull, or unhappy because she is dull, when she
has an avocation in addition to her work and life in the home.

To unite her home-making and her other employment successfully, the girl
should learn how to organize her time. A girl, for instance, might look
after poultry while she waits for the kettle to boil. The same time might
be taken for work in the garden. Heat that is used to cook dinner will
help to can or preserve. The day's work should be planned carefully if
time is to be put to the best use.

CHAPTER XVIII

THE HOME EMPLOYMENTS

The more thoroughly women and girls understand paid work outside of the
home, the more clearly they recognize that work in the home is of high
standing, intellectually, artistically and spiritually. The most able women
in outside work are constantly looking back to the home, hoping that they
may be able to introduce into home life and management much that they have
learned in other pursuits.

One of these women whose name is associated with a famous business success,
in writing of her own work recently said: "I believe that work which is
most commonly thought drudgery can be made attractive and beautiful if it
is approached in the right spirit, and I feel more than that--that until
all women are awake to this, and really enjoy their