WOMAN’S WORK.
What can a helpless female do? Hock the cradle and bake and brew, Or if no cradle your fate afford, Rock your brother’s wife for your board. Or live in one room with an invalid cousin, Or sew shop shirts for a dollar a dozen; Or please some man by looking sweet, Or please him by giving him things to cat, Or please him by asking him much advice, And thinking whatever he does is nice. Visit the poor (under his supervision); Doctor the sick who can’t pay a physician ; Save men’s time by doing theif praying, And other odd jobs there’s no present pay in. But if you presume to usurp employments Reserved by them for their special en- ■ joyments, Or if you succeed when they knew you . wouldn’t, Or earn money fast when they said you couldn’t, Or learn to do things they’d proved were above you, You’ll hurt their feelings, and then they won’t love you. —‘Woman’s Herald.’
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 25, 28 January 1913, Page 3
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163WOMAN’S WORK. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 25, 28 January 1913, Page 3
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