Should all Girls do Housework ?

Manawatu Herald, 27 May 1899, Page 3

Should all Girls do Housework ?

A NEW ZEALAND LADY SAYS " YES." The engrossing topic of whether the modern girl sb/>u d undertake, housework or Dot has been engaging the attention of parents and daughters for some time. Mo9t of the parents' letters which have appeared in the press show they consider it the duty of thoir girls to do as much housework as possible. Many of the daughters' letters quite agree with thU, the * — - writers believing that " Honor thy father And mother " is the best motto to act upon. Other girls however, Bhow they consider themselves debased by being called upon to ' undertake housework. Mis 3 Peterson, of Featherston, Island, \% a young lady who baa something interesting to say

on I his subject. She believes in gir's helping their mothers, providing they aye in good hath, "I am" frays Mloa Pe|erßon, " aow 19, but elnoe I was Jo J have boc-ir suflfu'ing. My principal troub'e was heart pn pit tlon, and thU wai induced by atjmnia or poverty of blood, Everytime I ran up stairs my heart would palpitate fr'ghtfully, and I would have to rat to recover my breath. Neither cou!d I sleep, and of en when I rose in the morning I was as tir d as I hnd beengthe night before. Sometimes I had cramps in the legs and suffered frightful agony. I could do very Htleh •uaework white in this condition, and was, unfortuna'ely, not al le Ito assist my mother much. My legs, al>o used to swell, and my mother natura' y became anxious for my condition b came worse instead of better. Several leading practitioners perscribed for" me, bnt a though most kind and attenive, 1 did not se.m to benefit much by their tre tm^nt. Three clever d ctors Were a'so consu'ted with reference to an affection of the eyo from which I suffer d, but evon that tb y failed 'o cure. One day we read in the Evening lost about Dr Williams' pink pills for pa!e peop'e. and seeing the honest manner in which the testimonials were given by the people who had been cured, Ipurchased a' supp'y, and two or three days after commencing them a wond rful change came over me. Aft r that I continued with them careiu ly, and day by d iy I improved greatly. I took nen-ly vine boxes a'togeth r, but t'ipy have made a new girl of me in every waw lam now i we'l set up, s rjng and healthy. Everybody says I have becom-i a fi e- ooking girl. All my ailments have fad ad away, and, strange to relat?, even the affection f i the eye has totally disappeared since using the pills. It is near'y a year ago now since I have had any sign of my o d ecup'aint, so that my cure must be permanent. I am able to hep my mother in her housework now, ai?d am glad to do so. " Yes," added Miss Pet won in conclusion, "I balieve in gir's doing housewoik when they are in good heath. When thfy are weak and an» nic, however, they may easily overtax themselves. Several of my friends have us d Dr Wi'liams' pink pills with gre t benefit, and I am very pleased to reoinraond ih n m mo3t ht-ar.ily. especially for all anaemic, undeveloped girls. Dr Williams' pink ji.ls >cure rheumatism, neuralgia, Fciatica, lumbago, pleuisy, pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs and cods, influ nza, indgistion, all ladies ailments, loss of vital strength, debi ity. Sold by chemi ts and storekeepers, and.the Dr Williuns' Medicine Co , Wellington, N.Z., price three shillings per box, six boxes for sixt3sn shilling! and sixpence, post free. lie. sure you g»>t the genuine with all seven w rds, Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people, printed in red on white outside wrapper. Thase arj the sort which cured Mi?s Peterson.