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WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO.

Shk can say " No," and stick to it for all time. She can a'so say '' No," in such a low, soft voice that it means " Yes " She can sharpen a lend-pencil if you give her plenty of time and plenty of pencils. Sue can dance all night in a pair of shoes two size.:, too small for her and enjoy every minute of the time. She can puss a display window of a dry goods store without stopping — if she is running to catcii a train. >S ic can walk h lit' the nigut with a colicky bahy in h< j r arms without onco expressing a desire to m'irler the infant Sic can appreciate a kies from her husband seventy-five years affer the marriage hiis taken place. Sue can suffer abuse and n0,.- bet f«>i* years, whic'.i one ton^h of kin Iness or consideration will drive from her recollection. Sac can go to

ulmivh, and afterwards t/d you what every woman in 11>e eong.egation lud on. and in some rare instances cim give a faint idea oi \v.,at the, text was. !SLe can look licr linsbanrl square in the' eye when he lolls her some coek-anl-bull-ito'-y nbonl heim? " detain °d at iho ollke," without-, betraying m the least. Hiai s'ie kiwpv.s him to lie a colossal liar. {She e;m rumple np 17000 dollars worth of dre->s an 1 buy a spool of thread, with an order to have it delivered four miles away, in a style that will transfix the proprietor of -the establishment with admiration. She ean — but what's the urn? ! A woman can do a anything and everything and do it well. She can do more in a minute than a man can do in mi hour, and do it better, !She can m.dvc the alleged lords of creation how down to her own sweet will, and t.iey will never know it. YVs, a wo, nan con do everything, but with one exception — sho cannot climb a tree. — Philadelphia Call.

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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 40, 8 March 1884, Page 7

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WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 40, 8 March 1884, Page 7

WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 40, 8 March 1884, Page 7

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