She has
no time for nervous prostration or moods, but is alert and wideawake all
the time.
Does she marry? Oh, yes! But owing to her financial independence,
marriage is in no sense of the word a "Hobson's choice," but is
generally guided entirely by heart and conscience, as, indeed, it always
should be.
Some of the girls who come from Europe or the British Isles save their
dollars to enable the rest of the family to come out to Canada.
"Wee Maggie," a waitress in a Winnipeg restaurant, told me the other day
that in three years she had saved enough to bring her aged father and
mother over from Scotland and to furnish a home for them.
Still other girls engage in fruit-farming in British Columbia, or in
poultry-raising; but these are undertakings that require some capital to
start with.
An increasingly large number of Canadian girls are taking University
courses, or courses in technical colleges and musical conservatoires,
with the idea of fitting themselves as High School teachers or for the
medical profession.
In speaking of the girls of Western Canada, one must not overlook the
Swedish, Russian, Italian, Galician, and other Europeans who have made
their home in the Dominion.
The Handicrafts Guild is helping these girls to support themselves by
basketry, weaving, lace and bead making, pottery, and needlework
generally. Prizes are offered annually in the different centres for the
best work, and all articles submitted are afterwards placed on sale in
one of their work depositories.
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