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 work, perhaps salaried positions as designers along some particular line. Designing of jewelry is generally done in the manufacturing plants, managers of fashion syndicates or fashion magazines want illustrators to work under their direction, even makers of wallpaper or carpet patterns must be near enough to the factory to confer constantly with those who use their designs.

This explanation is made at the very beginning of the chapter because so few girls from farms, small towns and inland cities appreciate the importance of being on the ground to market their wares, or the vital necessity of making their work practical and utilitarian. Many girls imagine that they can take an art course by correspondence and put city girls out of business with the designs they will be turning out in a few months. While I think the correspondence course is a boon to the isolated girl with artistic talent, I want each of these girls to understand that the day will come when she will realize the stern necessity of direct teaching and of being in the market with her wares.

We will discuss first the future of the girl who is about to graduate from the high school, who has displayed considerable talent with her pencil or brush, and who can afford to give at least two years to the study of art.

She may become either an instructor or a