XIV 



INTRODUCTION 



go into domestic service, thereby adding to 

 the great stream of emigration to the towns. 

 However, work is always open to these girls, 

 and it is not of them that I am specially 

 thinking. There is another class of women 

 who are at present at a discount, as type- 

 writers, and governesses, and clerks. Nobody 

 can pretend that the women who follow these 

 vocations are adequately paid. We salve 

 our consciences by talking about the market 

 rate, and the laws of supply and demand. 

 I admit at once that there is no use in 

 wasting sentiment on the hardships that 

 these laws impose upon any section of the 

 community. We must be up and doing to 

 find channels of employment where the pres- 

 sure is not so great. 



It seems to me that light work upon the 

 land offers one solution of this problem by 

 opening the gates of our crowded cities to 

 a healthier and happier life. That is why I 

 welcome this present volume which set forth 

 how this lot may be won. 



