em of how this work of
making, trimming and mending should be done.

One such group of girls, in this case, a group of stenographers, who, as it
happens, have all come from farm homes, have made a success of co-operative
housekeeping. There are eight girls in the group. The city in which they
work is by a lake and during the summer months these girls rent a cottage
on the lake shore outside the city. They have the cottage for four months.
Two girls undertake the housekeeping for a month at a time, which means
that each girl has one month of housekeeping responsibility and three
months when she helps only with tidying and cleaning. Their individual
expenses for rent and housekeeping amount to $4.50 per week. This is an
excellent example of the good to be obtained from co-operative effort.

Other girls find companionship, recreation and improvement in reading
circles, study clubs, and clubs for walking, snowshoeing, skating and
other outdoor enjoyment. Clubs formed to promote play and exercise are
among the best of these organizations. Some circles are for dancing;
others are dramatic clubs. Practically every group of this kind undertakes
some benevolent work, and should do so in order to share happiness and
good times with others. Such clubs entertain the inmates of hospitals,
children's and old people's homes, give Christmas trees to children, send
gifts to the needy, or work for benevolent organizations.

The club for outdoor play is one of the most important of group
organizations. It has a wonderful effect on the health of its members.
Tennis, basket ball, cricket, hockey and croquet are played by groups of
girls who often challenge boys' clubs and are able to enter such contests
with skill and ability. The gardening club is one of the many ways in which
a club of girls can raise money to help in benevolent and other objects.

To form a group of this kind successfully the girl members require to have
kindly impulses and enthusiasm, a willingness to work and play together,
and the wish to be useful and to do something worth doing. Other requisites
are a few simple rules, loyally lived up to, and one or two girls who have
organizing ability. Leaders should train others to lead also, and each girl
should take her turn in leading and in following.

The ideal group is not made up of girls exclusively, but should take its
pattern as much as possible from family life. The girls of the group play
together and work togethe