two] selecting a home 



forests. I do not consider any of these lines of work 

 naturally distasteful or inappropriate to woman. 



The day laborer needs the country quite as much 

 as the man of capital, but for different reasons. In 

 the first place he has his home free of rent, and in 

 the second place he can increase his dietary by 

 home-grown vegetables and fruit. He can also 

 keep a cow and pigs. Nor is it a small item in his 

 suburban home that he can raise alfalfa enough to 

 feed a horse. But in the third place he can give his 

 children a chance out of the streets, and can asso- 

 ciate their ambitions with the thought of home life. 

 It is a sad lot for a family of children to grow up 

 without being able to speak of any spot in the world 

 as their own home. Transit will not, however, let 

 the day laborer exercise so freely the choice of loca- 

 tion. He must go back and forth to the city, every 

 morning and night, and with speed. He will not be 

 able, as a rule, to care for a large lot, while he must 

 locate within easy reach of factory, or shop, or store. 

 He is also least prepared, by training, to come out 

 of herded life, because less actuated by individual- 

 ized tastes. This is fortunate, however, because it 

 is not yet possible for the largest cities to move the 

 whole population to and fro as easily as a completed 



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