“Worse and worse,” laughed Jean.
“A Louisville lady makes shopping trips to Paris.”
“Splendid,” exclaimed Jean, who still dreamed of outings.
“A lady in New York makes flat-furnishing a business.”
“That is making a home for other people,” said Jean.
“But her own at the same time,” answered Judith.
“New Hampshire has a woman president of a street railway company; and in Chicago is a woman who embalms—”
“Dead people,” interrupted Jean; “oh, dear me!”
“The world is learning the resources of the nineteenth century woman. A Swiss woman has invented a watch for the blind. The hours on the dial are indicated by pegs, which sink in, one every hour.”
“That is worth doing,” observed Judith; “I want to do real work. I know I do not mean my work to end with myself.”