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the true meaning of the situation. But such treat- 

 ment of a mature daughter is little short of cruelty. 

 This young woman should have every possible op- 

 portunity just now to prepare herself for the future. 

 Her conduct for the present may even have the 

 appearance of being somewhat selfish in order that her 

 future well-being and that of those dependent upon 

 her may be safe-guarded. 



Further details of the foregoing case need not be 

 given. The issue to be made out of it is this : The 

 parent who is doing the fair and square thing by 

 his daughter not only trains her to work and then 

 safe-guards her life against an over-amount of work, 

 but he also sees to it that the labor she performs is 

 contributive to her enjoyment, to the strengthening 

 of her character, and to the perfection of her life for 

 the future. Parents are justified in using every 

 possible means as contributory to the future well- 

 being of their growing daughters, and all this for 

 the sake of the generations yet unborn. Thus, 

 perhaps without realizing the fact at all, the former 

 may return to the race life that measure of assistance 

 which they themselves received. 



DIFFICULT TO MAKE A SCHEDULE 



It is difficult to make out a schedule of hours 

 for the growing girl as we did for the boy, but the 

 former chapter may be taken as a general guide. As 

 with the boy, so with the girl, the first step in disci- 



