Show ha H H H H H M MAKING GOOD IN A SMALL TOWN real stories about real girls by MRS HARLAND H ALLEN la to western weaken wp pr union THE GIRL WHO LIKES CHILDREN ABO aa BOUT UT the only stock in trade a girl eirl needs for the job ol of mothering is a sunny disposition and a natural love of children whether it la Is conducting a kindergarten a playground a a day nursery 9 tor for babies or a story hour for older children the work Is little litile more than fascinating play for the girl who likes children one girl who iho does says she lias has made a comfortable sum simply on the side by being story lady to groups of children on saturday afternoons you see I 1 teach school during the week slie she explained to me so M my y saturdays are free and I 1 can easily spare the afternoon for the story hour my meet in the sunday school rooms nt at the church but any girl who wants to be story lady could just lis as well have the children come to her home or she might be able to have babe them meet in a room ut at the public library for the problem of the small town girl who likes children and who h la looking only for part time work or for a sideline side line to her regular job the story hour is an excellent solution she needs no monetary capital but she should have the ability to speak and read distinctly and with a sympathetic syn pathetic inflection the sessions should be about fifty minutes the story lady should either tell the stories outright or should read only ones with which site she Is sufficiently familiar that she Is not chained to the book for the girl or woman who wants rather a full time job at mothering one possibility Is the day nursery she will find her customers among working mothers who have been leaving their smaller children under the care of others really too young to assume the responsibility or in the charge of old women unequal to the work sie should fit up a room or two in her home where these mothers can leave their children tor for the day or a girl might run a home for orphans in the capacity of a kind of professional mother in one instance where here this was done the state board of guardians gaye gave its operation cooperation co paying the woman in charge a stated sum for each child taking children into ones home in the summer time when parents want to go tor for a trip together should prove paying outing clubs through which h 1 I children may take a series of hikes under the supervision of a capable person who has a love of nature and a knowledge of science are desir desirable tible planning childrens parties Is remunerative nera tive work then there are the home pil ground and the home kinder kindergarten garte both of these hoi however ever require a great deal of equipment and are not to be recommended unless the girl if 11 very sure that she will continue in the work for some time RAG DOLLS ARE ALL THE RAGE athe AND IND NOW comes a good word for the much maligned rag doll it has become fashionable here ties lies an opportunity for the home town girl who lias has often made black Top out of old stockings for neighborhood children up to date mothers no longer urge their children to give up the soft and huggable rag doll to which they so stubbornly cling and to adopt in ha stead a painted face china baby says one bright girl who has been making extra money with rag dolls the rag doll of today la Is too pretty or tunny funny or clever for either mother or children to resist since these dols cannot be broken their acceptance as acs a childhood institution riot not only stives saves many a heartache which might havo come with the breaking of a beloved china baby but the price of new dolls as well the rag babies this girl mikes are altogether different and charming she uses every scrap of one pair of stockings for each doll and she in fists that tor for commercial purposes clean new stockings should be use used the would be rag doll maker it if she is sure she will use quantities of the socks should buy them wholesale she sews up a body out butof of a sock and stuffs it with cotton the heel of the stocking forms the face cotton Is inserted at tho the back bach of the head and the hole afterwards drawn together with a cap covering it the sweater made of another sock Is then slipped on rolled up around the bottom the heel attached to this second sock goes right over that of the first one forming the face for the cap the doll maker uses a hit bit of material left front from the second sock letting the narrow finish at the top form the bottom of the cap at first it will wal take her about three quarters of nn an hour to make a 1 doll she will probably want to charge from about seventy five cents to a dollar and a half ench each one in the begs aln she may sell the dolls to al a ment store or leave them tal 1 lie dai displayed in the windows and sold on commission after she gets a start hoi however ever she will be able to sell the doll babies right from rom tier her own home |