s with gifts for work of this character should
be encouraged to enter these occupations, provided they have perseverance.
It is always difficult to enter a new field, but a few women are already
successful architects, and the advantages which should be possessed by
women in designing houses are obvious. When a woman plans a house she
considers it from the standpoint of a home and takes into consideration
the nature of the people who are to live in the house and also the kind
of work they will do both in the home and in the outside world.

Landscape gardening has, as yet, been developed little in Canada. There
are, however, a few establishments carrying on such work and in one or
more a woman is a partner.

House decorating and house furnishing have also been entered on as
professional occupations by women. House furnishing in particular offers
a promising field for girls with the necessary training and endowment.
Many girls have ability for this work, and as the employment is being
developed commercially, the opportunities for girls in house furnishing
should increase with some rapidity.

Payment in all these fields of artistic work depends not only on the
ability and skill of the worker, but in particular on the degree in which
the products of her art are planned to meet the needs and desires of a
large public. The individual worker who expects her work to find its own
public is far less likely to have a steady income than the worker who is
employed by some large firm. If the artist or the worker in handicrafts
feels that she must work alone, or if she works better by herself, then
she should have either an independent income or an alternative occupation;
otherwise she will need a well-developed business sense in order to handle
the products of her skill to the best advantage financially.

In music, the gifted girl may be a teacher, or may appear in public as a
player or singer, or she may combine teaching with public appearances.
Teaching music has been systematized to a marked extent. Many young
musicians who teach are engaged on the staff of the conservatory or
academy where they obtained their instruction. Musicians who appear in
public generally possess, along with musical ability, a more or less
impressive personality. A number of teachers who have made a decided
success are in receipt of good incomes. A performer or singer needs to
have unusual ability to earn a large income. Women musicians not
infrequently