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prove an easy matter to drive the girl to the work. 

 But how about the problem of teaching her to take 

 up her daily tasks willingly and with a joyous heart ? 

 Girls are little different from boys at this stage of 

 their education. They do not take naturally and 

 fondly to work. They will slight and neglect it. 

 Worse than that, if untrained in faithfulness to 

 household duties, they will lounge about the place or 

 run much in society and allow their mothers to 

 work themselves slowly to death and scarcely seem 

 to realize what is taking place. 



Similarly as in case of the boy, some forcing, some 

 rebuke, and occasional punishment will be necessary 

 to initiate the girl into the work habit. But shortly 

 obedience and willingness will come, and with them 

 a deeper consciousness than is manifested in her 

 young brother. After that, the danger of over- work 

 will soon begin to be apparent to the watchful 

 mother, and be guarded against. 



Habit formation is a prominent factor in the first 

 lessons of obedience in work. It will be highly 

 advisable to start everything right. After a few 

 instances of slighting one kind of work or expending 

 too much energy upon another kind the young 

 character begins to take on these faults permanently. 

 Many women scrub floors and wash dishes unto 

 their death. Others perform these endless tasks 

 quite as well "in a jiffy" and go on their way singing. 

 Why is this ? Is it not a matter which the mother 



