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girl thrown suddenly upon her own resources and forced to earn her living, not in a few months or weeks, but to-morrow, millinery offers no practical inducements. Neither is it the trade to be chosen by the girl who intends to remain in business just long enough to earn a trousseau or to support herself until her fiancé is financially able to marry.

It does not yield quick returns. Its apprenticeship is so ill-paid that it does not insure even the shelter of a working-girl's home. And there is no royal road to millinery success.

On the other hand, perhaps no trade, distinctly feminine, promises more certain, more lasting rewards to the ambitious girl with the true business instinct. Once thoroughly mastered, it places her in a position of absolute independence. She does not have to seek work. Positions and employers seek her. It is, therefore, worthy the consideration of the deft-fingered girl whose ambitions are commercial rather than matrimonial.