s and solutions that others have thought out helps
us in solving our problems. We do not meet to discuss our work primarily;
as a rule our gatherings are for enjoyment and recreation. But work every
now and then comes into general conversation and in this way we learn.
It is a help to have for a friend one of the best workers in your
occupation. You try your best to keep up with her. If any of the girls
needs a new position, or is in difficulty about her work, she may talk it
over with one of the older workers. In the same way we advise one another
about wages. We can find out what is the average wage and the best wage
paid in the occupation and what are the average hours of employment.
Many girls in the club have found new positions and have been able to ask
for and get higher wages through the advice and help of other club members."

Every girl knows what a help it is to work with others when sewing,
mending, dressmaking and trimming hats. The girl in paid employment finds
this work more trying than the girl who remains at home, because the girl
at home generally has spare hours during the day when she may do work of
this character. A mending circle meeting once a week could plan some
entertainment to accompany work. One of the circle might read aloud, or
all the members might take turns in telling a story and adding in some
way to the evening's entertainment. Girls in such a circle could all help
in blouse making or in millinery. One or more of the members might have
a special gift in cutting and fitting. Others might be more skilful in
sewing. One or more of the girls might have a special gift in buying.
The possibilities of co-operative work of this kind for girls in the
twentieth century are very great indeed.

There was a time in the history of the world when work of this kind was all
done in private homes. Women and girls worked together at home, spinning,
weaving, sewing and dressmaking. A great part of such work is now done in
factories. But girls know that they still have mending, sewing, dressmaking
and millinery to do. People are seldom well advised if they do work of this
kind in isolation. The work is often not so well done and the worker is
lonely and apt to be discouraged. It is part of the duty of the twentieth
century girl to restore happiness and companionship in all this women's
work, a great part of which is still done by hand. The happy circle of girl
workers is often the best solution to the probl