270 What Schooling Should the Country Girl Have 



HOME-LIFE EDUCATION 



This book is based on the assumption that every 

 good young woman is good for something of a prac- 

 tical nature. In considering the make-up of such a 

 character, it seems reasonable to assert that no other 

 qualities stand out more prominently than the trained 

 ability to carry on successfully the work of the house- 

 hold. The necessary drudgery of the home life seems 

 to be the greatest burden that modern society has 

 placed upon women. Proportionately great should 

 be the preparation to bear this burden. The ideal 

 to be realized is, perhaps, not that the girl may be 

 enabled to do more of such work, but that she may 

 be trained to be true mistress of it. Woman's work 

 is never done, and it never will be, no matter how 

 many worthy women kill themselves in an attempt 

 to finish it. So the greatest thing to be desired in 

 respect to this unending round of toil and drudgery is 

 that of a well-poised, spiritually-minded character, 

 such as may enable its possessor to sit down at the 

 end of a working period unusually long and in spite 

 of the confusion and unfinished business restore the 

 composure and keep in touch with the higher impli- 

 cations of life. 



It is not really a difficult matter to teach the ordi- 

 nary growing girl to work and perform faithfully all 

 of her assigned duties. It is more of a task to teach 

 her how to quit when she has worked long enough 



