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5. Finally, let us continue to appreciate the value 

 of outings and vacations as potent factors in reliev- 

 ing the drudgery of work about the country household. 

 Women's work in the country home naturally calls 

 for much isolation and seclusion. The pre-adoles- 

 cent girl should be taken out of the farm home once 

 or twice per week during the summer vacation. 

 It is good for her to go with her mother to the town 

 market and to the women's club meetings. As soon 

 as she enters young womanhood, a square deal for 

 the girl who helps in the home will call for a weekly 

 outing of some kind and a careful provision for her 

 social needs. All of this outside intercourse will 

 serve to quicken the body and the intellect of the 

 girl as she goes daily about the household duties, 

 and to give her 



" Thoughts that on easy pinions rise 

 And hopes that soar aloft to the skies." 



REFERENCES 



The author has been able to find little printed matter of worth on the 

 important problems outlined in this chapter. The industrial training 

 of the country girl is a neglected subject. It seems to have been taken 

 for granted that she needed none. 



Sex and Society. W. I. Thomas, pp. 149-175, "Sex and Primitive 

 Industry." University of Chicago Press. Shows in outline the 

 emancipation of women from the bondage of work. 

 Growth and Education. John M. Tyler. Chapter XII, "Manual 

 Training Needed for Girls." Houghton MifHin Company. 



