WOMAN.
Give us that grand word ' 'woman once again, . =_. - .•,.■ t Aiid let's have done with. "Ladx": ;. y^-on^;vjav,^erm;;v? ..---",, v ,^- -v;^..-; Full of fine force, strong, b*ew»ti^^ and firm, Fit for the noblest use of tongue or ipen; „ And one's a wemi for lackeys. One suggests .. The Mother, Wife or Sister! One tke dame Whose costly robe, mayhap, gives her the name. • : One word upon its own strength leans and rests; The other minces tiptoe. Who would be Tlhe perfect woman must grow brave of heart And broad of soul to play her troubled part ' Well in life's drama. While each day we see The " perfect iadyJ' skilled in what to do And "what to say, grace in each tone and act (JTis taught in schools, but needs some native tact), Yet narrow in 2ier mind as in her shoe. Give the first place then to the aoWer phrase, And leave the lesser word for leaser praise. -
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 7, 10 July 1930, Page 2
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155WOMAN. Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 7, 10 July 1930, Page 2
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