A WOMAN'S ALPHABET.
I give you an alphabet (says a woman writer) full of sound sense and lofty aspiration, which, if carried out in our daily life, would make us women indeed, in the best and highest acceptance of that all-comprising word:—l will be— Amiable always. Beautiful as possible. Charitable to everybody. Dutiful to myself. Earnest in the right things. Friendly in disposition. Generous to all need. Hopeful in spite of everything. Intelligent, but not pedantic. Joyful as a bird. Kind even in thought. .Long-suffering with the stupid. Merry for the sake of others. Necessary to a few. Optimistic though the skies fall. Prudent in my pleasures. Quixotic rather than hard. Ready to own up. Self-respecting to the right limit. True to my best. Unselfish, short of martyrdom. Valiant for the absent. Willing to believe the best. Xcmplary in conflict. Young and fresh in heart. Zealous to make the best of life.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 31 August 1907, Page 3
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152A WOMAN'S ALPHABET. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 31 August 1907, Page 3
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