is power machinery, it is an advantage to have had some
practice in running power machinery. Such practice she can get at a trade
or a technical school, most of which have night classes. Otherwise there
is not very much that a girl can learn about the actual work of a factory
before she enters it. She must make up her mind, however, to learn when
once she is in the factory. She should learn as many different operations
as possible. Nothing so increases the value of a worker as to be able to
fill a number of different positions. She should try to understand as much
of the business of the establishment as possible. Then she will find
herself taking a keen interest in the work and she will be better able to
enjoy her own part in it.

The girl's first wage in a factory is not likely to be large enough to
cover all her expenses. But, when she is a skilled worker, her wage should
provide her with reasonable necessaries and comfort and leave a margin for
saving, emergencies, and improvement. Every worker should realize that good
conditions are an important part of what one gets for one's work. It is
advisable to be satisfied with a little less money in an establishment
where opportunity is given for promotion, the guarding of health, and
recreation, and where the surroundings are clean and attractive, sometimes
even delightful, rather than to get a little more money, and be driven
beyond one's strength, or compelled to spend a great part of the day in
unpleasant surroundings. Lunch and rest rooms, a separate locker for her
clothes, books to read, an open tennis court or other opportunity for play,
are greatly valued by the girl at work, as they constitute, in reality,
a bonus in addition to her wages.

As soon as she is experienced, the girl in the factory is almost certain
to find herself on "piece-work." That is, instead of being paid a daily
or weekly wage, she will receive a set price for each article or "piece"
completed.

Speed in piece-work as a rule is a means by which she can earn high wages.
The wages of a beginner in a city may be eight or nine dollars a week;
wages vary, however, according to the locality and the character of the
work. The wages paid to experienced operators vary in a number of cases
from fifteen to twenty dollars a week. Exceptional workers who have special
ability earn more. With regard to piece-work, the girl should have
sufficient judgment not to force herself beyond her strength. She may los