Evening star., 1923-06-24
Girls and Their Affairs.
Conducted by Helen H. Fetter

TIME white frocks made with
such. loving care for gradu
alton have been freshened and
put away for the present;
Sits and sheepskins have also sifted
to their places in senior girls, rooms:
and the juniors. who viii he seniors
next year, are trying to remember
the prettiest graduation frocks for
future reference next June.
School is over and nobody Is really
sorry. Though school has a variety
of pleasures. the hot weather is so
enervating that ones enthusiasm ebbs
st this season.
Vacation is always a fine thing to
think about. Frequently anticipa-
tion is even more pleasant and profit
able than the actual experiences OF
vacationing. AT least. that used to
he the case when vacation meant
three months of idliug at home be-
cause the farnily was too large and
the paternal pocketbook too small to
take everybody on a real vacation.
Now, however, the high school girl
and boy make their own vacations
and the summertime is just as busy
for the average girl as the winter
Girls who take the commercial course
OF study in many cases secure tempo
rary employment during stenogra-
pliers vacations and get experience
and possibly lay foundation tor
future permanent positions. Incl
dentally, the girl substitute makes
enough money to pay her own way on
short vacation that restores her
energy and interest for the plung.
into school work again in the fall.
* x =
THE girl who studies academic sub
L jects applies her own judgment
toward securing some other kind of
position and following the example of
/ her sister in the commercial class.
She may clerk in a store during one
Of the many anniversary weeks;
she may walt on patrons at a soda
fountain: she may do clerical work
that does not require stenography or
tipping.
Particularly fine are the opportu uni
ties for the girl who has studied
cooking and general domestic work
while In school. She may not be able
10 utilize this. knowledge in secur-
ing financial compensation. but she
is able to take charge of her familys
nome and run IL capably and economi-
cally while her mother gets a much
needed change of scene. Then if
this girl is true to her training and
her family has the average amount
IN the budget she will be able to
anord a fine vacation at the end of
the summer and will have the addi-
ttonal satisfaction that she has ma
terlaliy helped the person most dear
TO her of all the people in the world
Marketing in the summertime when
fresh vegetables are for sale and
fruits aid in taking a place on the
menu so that less meat, which is so
expensive, is required, the girl can
save money that will help toward her
vacation funds and yet not cheat her
family out of any of the necessary
amount of food.
THE young people of the world are
l. beginning to take hold of real
affairs in just such ways as those
suggested above. and they are in
large number taking hold Of their.
own problems and solving them. thus
lifting the burdens from their par
ents' shoulders.
Many folks who continue 10 shake
their heads about the young people
of today will notice, If they are will
ing 10 take the trouble. that the girls
and boys in their immediate neigh
borhood are working. and working
hard, for their pleasure.
Even the littlest girl in the Girl
Scout troops are selling candy, run
ming errands for neig,hbors and doing
other special little tasks to raise the
necessary funds to take them TO the
scout camp this summer for one or
two weeks.
And it's all so much more fun.
Everybody who really earns his or
her own vacation enjoys it much more
than If it is given at some one else's
expense.