girl who is a paid employee. The girl at home may not
seem to have anything definite to show for all her daily tasks. As one home
maker said of her own work: "Just a lot of dishes washed and a lot of meals
cooked and eaten." But the working efficiency of all the members of the
household is dependent on this work, and not only their working efficiency,
but their happiness as well. The output of a factory can be expressed in so
many thousands of dollars and cents. But the work of a home is expressed in
a spiritual and mental, as well as in a physical, total.

The girl who is doing necessary work for the home should be paid an
allowance, unless the family income is so limited that it is impossible to
arrange for one. It should be understood in every case that the work of the
girl has a money value, as well as a value which cannot be recompensed
except by affection. When the family income does not permit of an adequate
allowance, happily the girl is often able not only to support herself with
work which allows her to continue her home occupation, but to make a
contribution to the upkeep of the home. The girl at home who is making an
income from other work should save part of what she makes for investment,
for some special training, or for recreation and travelling.

The home girl should remember that her expenses are small. She does not
pay for board and lodging as is generally the case with the girl in paid
employment. There are a hundred small incidental expenses met by the girl
who goes out to work which are not necessary for the girl at home. She has
no set hours to keep and she has time to sew, to make clothes and trim hats
without over-tiring herself as the wage-earning girl often does if she is
her own dressmaker and milliner. The working clothes of the girl at home
may be very simple. She does not need to go out every morning to her work,
and for this reason can dress more economically than her wage-earning
sister, and still be neat and fresh.

Let us suppose that the girl at home needs to earn an income, either small
or fairly large. The first step she should take is to think carefully over
her own possibilities, and the possibilities of the neighbourhood in which
she lives. What can she do that is worth payment, and where can she find
someone who is willing to buy what she has to sell?

She may have a gift for sewing and dressmaking. If she is really capable
and can do satisfactory work, she may easily build up a