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Show v ; r WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL? Ip ' 4 , A great deal ia.said1 abouC.keeping : the K; boy on the farm? not so much about I keeping the girl there. Yet the Utter is Wm quite as important as the former. The mm 4 country needs fine, competent women mm leaders in community life ;fully as much p . r as it newels men whp will lead in first fl I class farming. if The home and -its surroundings are Mm ' what count in keeping the girl interested P in rural life. Every' gjrl, as,she grows mt'i up, warite attractive; in teresting things., ml If she cannot f indthem at home, she will Hrl nd them elsewhere. J ItisnotaneXperisiye;nlatterto make l things attradtive for the growing girl. It MM is move a matter of thought than of, cost. M - She wants, f irsf of all, a pretty room. A B man or woman who is at all handy can mM enamel the furniture in white". "Flowered Kll V chintz can be bought and curtains easily m'tf raWde'for'tKe windows. JL. '- r - ., That leaves just the floor and walls. BbWMi'l1W-lNWilwyM.ili rt,,..,.,.-,.,,.-,,. , .mIii..i,i,,.i. ,.! ., nin.-. 7 ' as well be attractive and harmonious with the rest of the room as not. The 'floor may be painted to match the furniture, and two or' three inexpensive small rugs or one larger one maytbe purchased. Some good magazines .will interest her. Her teacher can tell you what she will like. Magazines make' good 'pres ehts for a birthday or at 'any,;other Jirnfe: They are surprisingly ,c,leap ndt each succeeding issueacts as another remembrance remem-brance of the donor, .iki-vj ' In summer, of course, anygirl wants to ' spend;some time out of doors. Why notr let her take full charge of the- flower garden, anyway, and she will give it more ' time, attention, and loving care than any dther member of the family would think of giving. She will learn a lot, too, by plannihg a flower garden and keeping it going. Caring for a flower garden is not bad as a preparation for caring for bigger community enterprises that may-come may-come later on. " None of these things cost much money! Of course, they all cost something; but nomore than'a reasonably prosperous farm family can afford nd"more than ' it would gladly expend if it realized that this meant the difference "between the ' girl's staying in the community and her going to' the city to make her own way. Farm and Fireside. |
