“Do you mean I must go into the mill like everybody else?”
“There are other things. Girls work at many things in these days.”
“What kind of things?”
“They may learn to keep accounts, help in shops––”
“If father could afford it, couldn’t I learn to do 23 something more interesting? What do girls work at whose fathers can afford to let them learn how to work?”
“They may become teachers, learn stenography and typewriting; they can, of course, become dressmakers; they can nurse––”
“Mother!”
“Yes?”
“Could I choose the business of drawing pictures? I know how!”
“Dear, I don’t believe it is practical to––”