Above all things else, it must be provided that something more than the mere grasping nature of the young country girl be indulged and developed. Some there are who still contend that life for men is, at its best, a game of chance and contention. But such an ideal, if held up to the growing girl, will tend to check or destroy all that is best and most beautiful in the feminine nature. Young women especially must learn through practice that the best and most beautiful character is altogether consistent with the performance of deeds of service and altruism. Finally, educate into the daughter as much habitual cheerfulness as possible, let her heart be made glad again and again, not merely because of what she has, and because of what she receives day by day, but also and especially on account of what she gives out of the best and sweetest of her own nature in behalf of those whom she may find occasion to help and cheer on their way over the journey of life. All this will help to make her a creature of whom not only the other members of her family, but also the entire community will be most proud. REFERENCES My Escape from Household Drudgery. Mary Patterson. _Success Magazine_, August, 1911. Proceedings of Child Conference of Research and Welfare. Beulah Kennard. Page 47, "The Play Life of Girls." G. E. Stechert & Co., New York. Women's School of Agriculture. I. H. Harper. _Independent_, June 29, 1911. The Girl of To-morrow--Her Education. E. H. Baylor. _World's Work_, July, 1911. Prize essay. Education of Women for Home Making. Mrs. W. N. Hutt. Annual Volume N.E.A., 1910, p. 122. Give the Girls a Chance. Canfield. _Collier's_, March 12, 1910. The Durable Satisfactions of Life. Charles W. Eliot. Pages 11-57, "The Happy Life." Crowell. The Kind of Education Best Suited for Girls. Anna J. Hamilton. Annual Volume N.E.A., 1907. p. 65. Parasitic Culture. Dr. George E. Dawson. _Popular Science Monthly_, September, 1910. Training the Girl to help in the Home. William A. McKeever. Pamphlet. 2 cents. Published by the author. Manhattan, Kan. CHAPTER XVIII _THE FARM BOY'S CHOICE OF A VOCATION_