Two] SELECTING A HOME 
forests. I donot 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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