AN EVERY-DAY GIRL.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 414, 26 October 1889, Page 8

AN EVERY-DAY GIRL.

She's only an evc-i\-«iay girl, Without any «*pinl>l>inr*p of nr*, , This wide-awake, sensible maid, • • To whom TMnivp i>iven mv heart. She's womanly, gentle, and kind, The )e<ibt little bit oi a piudu, Whose dignity is a rebuke To those too familiar, or rude* She's hone.^t and fnmk as the d iy, lias nii\ ci been known to deceive, Ani everything she may assort . Is certainly safe to. believe. Her heautv is not of the fciud To <-et any heart in a whirl, And light-headed f li-m's npa are n( t The choice oi an ever) -day girl. Her taste in the nintler of dress ■> Is neither too show}' nor grave, But such a< will lead you tv gue&s She is not to f.ishon a slave ; Yet many a one has turned round On meeting hei out in the btreet, To id mire the c very-day girl Who louked so remarkably sweet. Her gifts and her graces are not Set out in attractive ainiy To dazzle, or en\y exi-ite, Or ever for public display ; But sitting besidu her alone, Or with a choice lew, you will find How good and how gieat is her heait, •> How richly endowed is her mind. To her you may tro in your grief, And freely your troubles rehearse ; Oi. hpr in your Mclnebs depend, .For vshe is a capital uuise ; "Whatevci the btmit you aie in, Though otlicis may give you no heed, You'll find that an evvry-day girl Will furnu-h the help that jon need. She's patient, forher.iing, and wise, Good-u.i tmed, kinri-heaited, and true, An 1 does with a resolute will The tasks that are set her to do. Ab, happy indeed is his lot, Without an occasion for strife, Who with such an every-day girl Can spend every day of hi-* life !

An entirely new scheme of technical education lias been approved by the New South Wales Cabinet. Tlie present Board of Technical Education will he abolisihed, and the technical schools will be placed tinder the direct control of the Education Department. Fifty thousand pounds will 1)0 expended in the erection and equipment of a new technical college and museum in Sydney. Bianch technical schools will be established thiotifthout the country districts, and it is estimated that £50,000 will lie lequiied annually to carry out tl c new arrangements. The following decl-uation was signed l>y 2000 of the most eminent medical gentleman in Gieat Biitain :- '' We are of the opinion— lst. That a very huge portion of human miseiy, including poverty, disease, and i rime, is induced by the use of alcoholic or feimunted liqunjs as a beverage. 2nd. That peifpct health is compatible with total abstinence from all such intoxicating chink*,, whether in the iorm of indentspii its, or as w ine, beer, poi ter, oiler, &c. 3id. That jiei son 1 - accustomed to such thinks i>.ay, with perfect safe ty, discontinue them entirely, or gradually alter a short time. 4th. 1 hat total and univeisal s'bstinence fiom alcoholic drinks and intoxicating beverages of a'l soits would contribute to the health, piospeiit}, morality, and happiness of the human lace."