A WORD TO THE GIRLS.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 48, 3 May 1884, Page 7

A WORD TO THE GIRLS.

When girls are grown up they begin to be courted and caressed ; then they think that the recommending themselves to the affections of the men is their only business. They fall to dressing, and, \>y degrees, practice little 1 arts to engage attention. Now, the dressing- I have no objection too, as long aw it is not carried too far. You will ask, when can we know it is carried too far ? To answer that side of the question would take too long ; but I can tell you what is far enough. When a girl is having a new dress, we will say, let her exert all her artistic taste, study how to make herself look her ' very bpst, it is notwrong t.o do so, as some say, for we haveNature's word for that. See ho\V lovely thing" is where Nature w«>rks-r-iio\v, perfectly everything lits. . 80- should'; your ciobhes,. but tnat is not all ; lat on

torn ydnt'sel.F'^d'iiefethess fdhvftyi>4y f^-oti bare. thWgone 'h\\ ' enonsv; this, is vanity',^ ami; lends -to, idildtfftcenfr ami envy. ,' : "The .'little art'sj^cann^t^b' strongly object to they \Md.}&ief,oi\'to j -' mannerisms." Do not, fancy "young ,nien am', taken by' them, and the yo.ungev tho mon arc tho jweiior they aria to detect !\Vhrtfc # th<*y cnll nfFectation- . I wrtnlfl, therefore, bd# ydu i»irls to be riatttrnl, •iiid if you cultivate miml niiij.^ool tenjper, niM avoid thirl-olass nqvelsjyon mny brin^ yonr natnmlnp'ss to" ?uch pwf^cfiou thnr.)'on will be voted all round as "jiisfc'as nice cart be." Let mereiiiind yon that it is not so mu'ih'.yorir beauty which men respect and admire, and finally 1 >P6 their hearts over, as your sprightly good nature, modesty, innocpiiop. and unaffectod virtnre. I will conclude with the wonts of a celebrated writer : " That if girls would spend their time, not so much in weaving nets ns in making cnges, there would be fewer nnhappy marriage to deplore." Muriel.

S r p ne __A country hotel. Male guest : " I'd like to be called at i'onr to-mnrrow morning ; I'm going fishing." Fumale domestic (stupidly): " Kb ? " Male guest (deliberately): '" I.n» going tisliing tomorrow morning and I wish to be cailncl enrW— Tint Inter than four." FtMrtnle domestic (stolidly) : " Will y>u iin<>?" — A gentleman mf»t an uncertain acquaintance, who said : " I'm a little «-hort, and -h<mll like t-> ask yon a conundrum in mental jii ithmetie."' " Proceed,' ivp'ied the gentleman. " Well," said the short man, u suppose you had 10 dollars in your pocket, and I should ask you for 5 dollars. How much would remain ?" "Ten dollars," was the prompt reply.' A widow, occupying a large house in a fashionable quarter of London, sent for a wealthy solicitor to make her will,, by which slie disposed of between fifty and sixty thousand pounds. He proposed soon after, was accepted, and found himself the happy husband 01 % a penniless adventuress. A young lady in a Philadelphia seminary was heard to say tint the hot weather made her ; sweat.' une of the teachers, a lady of the old school, reproved her in these words—' My dear, bear in mind that horses sweat, men perspire, and young ladies get in a glow.' - A doctor in Ireland was disturbed one night by a rapping on the door, and, on opening it, found a labouring man who had come for him. " Have you been long here ?" said the doctor. " Indade I have." answered Pat. " But why didn't you ring the nightbell ?" " Och, because I was afraid of disturbin* your honour." The rolling stock of all the British and Irish lines co uprises about 13,000 locomotives, over 27,000 passenger carriages. 10,500 carriage- u-ucks aid horse-boxes and 356,200 waggons for merchandise and ive stock. An Irish gentleman having a smal[ picture-room, several persons desired to see it at the same time. " Faith, gentleman," said he, '• if you all go in it will not hold you."