If you are never compelled to earn your own living, such training will discipline and develop a self-reliance and energy. They can be found in the field and factory and office of to-day, gaining that patience and toughness of mental and physical fiber which does noble deeds and conquers success. Labor is not only a duty, it is a necessity of our nature, and in the end it ministers to our spiritual growth. Let no parent, then, encourage a child to look forward to a life of idleness. Life is a school, and he who lives an idle life misses its most valuable lesson.
Some ladies always carry a fan.
But you cannot always have one in your hands, so it is better to practice keeping the arms pressed lightly against the sides in walking or sitting. This position for the hands, although a little stiff at first, will soon become easy and graceful. It is almost impossible for a girl to learn the value of time. If you have occasion to enter a place of business, state what you want and then retire as quickly as possible. You have no right to encroach upon the time of a man of business.