The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30
STAY-AT-iiOMES.
Duties Of Sweet June Graduates Who
Eschew Professional Life.

EscheW PROFESSIONAL Lilo,
With the passing Of June school life
will end for many girl. Some will
elect to take up profession or busi-
ness. The girl who stays ut home will
probably give the matter no consldera-
tion whatever, but she should.
She has just as important work
awaiting her in the home as has the
girl in an office. Her decision will af-
feet her future life quite as much as
though she were taking up a profess
sion. 1t is quite important to the fam
lily and to herself what kind Of home
girl she will be.
If she is going to be the home girl
who comes down late to q breakfast
her mother has prepared, who idles
through the morning dawdling in the
shops or gossiping with friends, who
wastes the afternoons and evenings in
mere gossip or gayeties, home life will
be a decided disadvantage to her. She
Will deteriorate morally and mentally
She will grow selfish and lazy. No girl
should permit herself to become this
sort Of home girl, even though her
mother may want to indulge her or
the family circumstances may permit
of idleness. 1t is not enough merely
to live. An animal can do that. One
should live to some purpose.
A certain amount of gayeties and
pleasures are right and necessary
Girlhood needs them But not all ones
time should be given up to them Life
demands Of healthy, bright, tbrceful
girl something more worth while
Pleasure should be given its proper
place and proportion in the days af-
fairs, like the dessert on the menu
One cannot live on 1t altogether with
out becoming fiabby and unhealthy.
The girl who stays at home should
take her share of the household tasks
The time has come to lift some of the
burdens from mothers shoulders, to
give more time and sympathetic atten-
tion to the interests Of the younger
members of the family, to add to fa-
ther's pleasure in the family circle OF
an evening The girl who is home
with mind free from lessons and time
to study the home life in all its de-
tails will find plenty to do to help and
to make it happier. And the girl who
stays at home should do it. A study
of household economies might be of
greatest aid in lessening the household
expenses or Tightening the burden of
its toll. She will be wise girl if she
takes this up. She has elected to
make home work her life work, and
she should bead all efforts to do it as
scientifically and intelligently as pos
sible. She will get far more pleasure
out of it also if she goes about it in
the most up to date manner
The girl who stays at home should
take an intelligent interest in the az
fairs of the community about her
Sunday schools and charitable organi-
cations need workers. Business wom-
en- are too busy and too tired to do
much of such work. Justice to them
selves demands that they rest and re-
cuperate when their days task is over.
The girl who stays at home can also
help much now in many civic affairs.
The girl who stays at home should
not shirk such responsibilities. They
will broaden her life, make it more
useful and happier. And when she
goes to home of her own she is bet
ter fitted to manage it and to make it
haven Of love and rest for her own
and power for good for the commu-
nifty.