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11. Name several occupations in which women are en- 

 gaged outside the home in earning a livelihood. In what 

 respects does successful management of household affairs 

 demand higher intelligence of a woman than shop or office 

 work ? In what respects must the housewife exercise a high 

 degree of business ability in expending that part of the 

 family income used to meet the cost of living? 



12. Give arguments against child labor in community 

 life. Why is it desirable to have some employment, 

 either indoors or out, for children at home? Name some 

 home duties for which children may assume responsibility ? 

 Wherein may there be educational value in such duties ? 



MODERN INDUSTRIAL LIFE 



1. Explain the fact that the shoemaking industry, for 

 example, is centered in a relatively few localities, with a 

 daily output of thousands of pairs of shoes for a single factory, 

 rather than in small establishments scattered all over the 

 country. Where must the people live who are engaged in 

 any such industry? What is the effect of these conditions 

 upon the distribution of population in the country as a 

 whole? 



2. Compare the advantages enjoyed by people who move 

 to centers of industrial life with those commonly experienced 

 in the more sparsely settled rural communities. Name some 

 of the disadvantages to a wage-earning people incident to 

 life in excessively congested quarters. What are some of 

 the reasons that lead to the crowding together of different 

 industries in a small district of a city instead of choosing 

 locations more widely scattered? 



