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 mercial value in manufacturing plants or publishing houses, we will discuss first these methods of money-making.

Among the courses offered to girls desiring to become practical workers are the following: General art, drawing, painting and illustration, which lead to positions as staff illustrators on newspapers and magazines, or free-lancing as an illustrator; decorative and applied design which leads to practical designing for book covers, pages and illumination; stencils, silks, damasks, rugs, wall-papers and wall coverings of all sorts, lamps, candlesticks, grilles, stained glass windows, mosaics, carvings, furniture, etc.; interior decoration or architecture, either of which lead to positions with architects or interior decorators and eventually to an independent venture; and the course in jewelry, metal chasing, enameling and medal work which leads to salaried positions or good prices for individual designs with jewelry and arts and crafts manufacturers.

The time required for training varies from two to four years, according to the school selected and the work done by the student. At an endowed institution where no specific time is set for the completion of the courses, one pupil will secure a position at the end of two years and prove a satisfactory worker, while the girl who started at her side will work in the school two