Physical culture, like domestic science, is one of the teaching branches which any girl who desires to specialize should consider for the good of both her purse and her health. It presents a field as yet uncrowded. As a special study it has its place not only in public and private schools, but it is right in line with all the new social and charitable movements, recreation parks and centers and public playgrounds, as well as the institutional church. It is particularly in demand at schools for deficient children, where teachers are paid exceptionally good salaries. It is ideal work for the girl whose health will endure neither long hours of confinement nor great nervous strain, and will, if combined with outdoor life, check incipient tuberculosis. Especially does it appeal as a source of income to the girl who does not want to leave her home city to face the overwhelming competition of the larger centers of population. The girl with a large circle of friends, the charm
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Chapter XVII
Physical Culture Plus Dancing and Elocution
