Are not these reasons enough why girls should enter upon this competition with energy and enthusiasm?
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All our readers are cordially invited to take part. It makes no matter whether they are regular subscribers or only occasional readers—all are welcome.
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The queries will be of the most varied kind, and no one need hold aloof on the ground that the competition will contain nothing of special interest to herself. She may count on its containing something, no matter whether her tastes run on housekeeping, history, biography, literature, music, art, or anything else.
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For information on which to base their answers competitors may go to any sources they please. All we are particular about is that they put the answers in their own words and in their own way.
When it is possible competitors will, at the foot of each answer, give the source from which their information is derived.
No; girls are not forbidden to ask their friends. In fact, the Competition may supply subjects for much useful and entertaining talk, and in this way be a real boon in many a friendly circle.
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