Wanted— a Wife.
Wanted a wife who can handle a broom, To brush down the cobwebs, and sweep out the room ; To make decent bread that a fellow can eat, Not the horrible compound you everywhere meet ; • Who knowq how to broil, to- fry, and to ■■* roast, Make a good cup of tea, and a platter of toast ; A woman who washes, cooks, irons and stitches, And sews up the rips in a fellow's old breeches ; And make her own garments—an item that grows Quite horribly expensive — as everyone kpows ; v A common-sense creature— and still with a mind To teach, and to guide, exalted, refined; A sort of an angel and housemaid combined !
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Manawatu Herald, 16 August 1900, Page 3
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114Wanted—a Wife. Manawatu Herald, 16 August 1900, Page 3
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