so that the school-teacher is more certain than the member of any other
profession that she will be rewarded worthily in the future.
The establishment of the Carnegie pension fund for retired college
professors is an indication of this growing spirit, as well as the
recent advance of the salaries of public school teachers in New York
City and elsewhere, in recognition of the increase in the cost of
living.

To the bright woman who is interested in the study of civics, political
economy, and sociology, there is opportunity to earn a living at home
by organizing classes in these subjects among the club-women of her town.
Teachers of parliamentary law are in especial demand. The organization
of a mock congress for parliamentary practise is the most entertaining
as well as the most improving play in which women can join. There is
also a demand among women who seek an intellectual element in their
recreation for instruction in the games of bridge-whist, whist, and
chess. Bridge-whist is the most popular, largely because of the desire
to win money and valuable prizes at the game. Then, too, a greater
amount of time is spent at it than is legitimate for recreation.
For moral reasons, therefore, the teaching of it cannot be recommended.
Straight whist is also played occasionally for money, but this practise,
happily, is rapidly becoming obsolete. Chess, except among
professionals, is played purely for sport, and is therefore the best
of games to study. Unfortunately there is very little demand for
instruction in it by women; nevertheless, it is the best of all games
for cultivating the analytical power of the mind, a faculty in which
women, as a rule, are weak.

This power may, with equal pleasure and greater profit, be gained by
paying special attention, in the reading of books and magazines, to