Why, then, if the Country Girl wishes to become efficient, should she not have a "score card" of her own? At any rate it may be an incitement to her conscience, and perhaps it may give some suggestions for her life-plan.
The Country Girl's Score Card given here is not to be taken as in any way final. Let it be thought of as suggestive only.
The Country Girl's Score Card
Character
Notable excellencies in character, temperament, or disposition: integrity, truthfulness, trustworthiness, courage, fortitude, self-reliance, steadiness, fearlessness, generosity, magnanimity
Notable deficiencies in character, temperament or disposition as shown by such actions or incidents as these:
| inconsiderateness in causing unnecessary trouble to others |
| carelessness, causing waste or extra work |
| disorderliness, causing waste or worry or extra work |
| frequent tardiness at meals |
| disregarding the rules of the home, thus causing worry |
| forgetting (which usually means not caring) |
| losing things (which generally means culpable inattention) |
| showing a depressed will power (which means not caring enough) |
| tampering in the least with accurate statement, not rigorously preserving a habit of accuracy |
| tampering in the least with exact business relations, borrowing carelessly; borrowing money when it is not absolutely necessary; not making payment at the first possible moment |
| deflecting in the least from generous treatment in speech or act of companions especially of a rival or foe |
Expression of herself in manners
Self-control
| repose of manner, dignity, gentleness, quietness |