Advice to Young Ladies.
The celebrated Dr John Dow, m his sermon, gave theibllowiny; excellent advice totheyoung ladiesofhis flock: — "The buxo ii, bright-eyed, i'*ycheeked, full- breasted, bouncing lass, who can darn a stocking, mend trousers, make her own frocks, command a rej»i'iient ot pots and kettles, feed the pigs, chop wood, milk cows, wrestle with the boys, and bo a lady withal m * company,' is just the sort of girl for me, and for any worthy man to marry. " But yon, ye pining, moping, lolling, su-re wed-up, ' wasp-waisted, putty faced, consumptive, mortgaged, music-miii dering, novel - devouring daughter* of fashion and: idleness, von are no more fit for matrimony than a pullet is to look after a family of fourteen chickens. ... " The truth is, niy dear girls, you want more liberty and less fashionable restraint, more kitchen and loss parlour, more leg exercise and less' sofii, more pudding and less piano, more frankness and less mock modesty, more breakfast and less bustle. Loose yourselves a little, enjoy more liberty and less restraint by fashion; breat ho the pure atmosphere of freedom; aud become something as ._ lovely .beautiful as the God of nature de-, signed." ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 246, 13 September 1884, Page 2
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193Advice to Young Ladies. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 246, 13 September 1884, Page 2
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