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strictest economy in matters of dress to say noth- 

 ing of the constant temptation to sell their virtue as 

 a means of increasing the small income to the living 

 margin. 



Only in extreme cases, therefore, will intelligent 

 farm parents consent to their daughter's leaving home 

 to take up a clerkship, and that when her home life 

 and her social surroundings can be satisfactorily 

 foreseen and arranged for in advance. Even then, 

 the question must be raised : Will this new position 

 probably prove helpful as an introduction to a better 

 form of occupation ? 



No other possible occupations for the farmer's 

 daughter will be listed here excepting that of trained 

 nurse a position in which many young women are 

 doing a splendid service for humanity and at the 

 same time supporting themselves adequately. But 

 of course such a position should not be thought of 

 unless the girl feels an inner call to take it up. Prac- 

 tically all other outside lines of work for women are 

 too masculine. Parents should by no means allow 

 their daughters to take up a life task that means 

 nothing other than mere money-making. Many 

 women, it is true, are succeeding to-day in business 

 callings, but they are doing so as a rule in violation of 

 certain laws of nature. Many of these business 

 women are masculine in their dispositions and they 

 become more so as the unnatural calling continues to 

 be pursued. 



