128 CREATIVE INVOLUTION 



the cost of living is largely determined by the stand- 

 ards which the home sets ; that the servant problem 

 can be solved only by her, its mistress ; that the true 

 rescue of the girl lies with the mother; that there 

 would be no social evil if the boy received from his 

 home the right ideals of life; that her husband is 

 the slave-that-she-deplores of the industrial system 

 because of her demands. When the home has done 

 its work, there will be little need of social service. 

 If the woman is to fill her place properly she must 

 indeed be educated and fully abreast of the thought 

 of the age, but her highest work is still in the home, 

 not out of it. 



We all need some one to believe in us, the strongest 

 man as well as the smallest child. That so many of 

 our young people " go to pieces," or rather never 

 find themselves, is for lack of just this constructive 

 faith. Our grandmothers did more than bake and 

 brew. They believed in the boy, and this part of 

 their work cannot be consigned to factory or school ; 

 it must be done at home by hand. Living is becom- 

 ing too machine-made; the stitches are big, ends are 

 unfinished what wonder that happiness becomes so 

 easily unravelled! 



The life process is a synthesis throughout. The 

 child comes into the world a bundle of potentialities, 

 some good, s.ome bad ; the good must be co-ordinated, 

 the bad eliminated. This requires much loving 

 thought and attention. The Greek realised this and 



