WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1149, 8 March 1884, Page 2

WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO.

She can say “ No,” and stick to it tor all time. She can also' say “No ” in such a low, soft voice that it means “ Yes.” She can sharpen a lead pencil —if you give her plenty of time and plenty pencils. She can dance all night in a pair of shoes two sizes too small for her and enjoy every minute of the time. She can pass a display window of a dry goods store without stopping—if she is running to catch a train, She can walk half the night with a colicky baby in her arms without once expressing a c’esire to murder the infant. She can appreciate a kiss from her husband seventy five years after the marriage ceremony has taken place. She cau suffer abuse and neglect for years, which one touch of kindness or consideration will drive from her recollection. She can go to church and afterwards tell von what every woman in the congregation had on, and in some rare instances can give a faint ilea of what the text was. She can look her husband square in the eye when he tells her some cockand bull story about being “ detained at the office,” without betraying in the least that she knows him to be a colossal liar. She can rumple up 17,000d01. worth of dress goods and 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 can—but what’s the use ? A woman cau do anything and everything, and do it well. She can do more in a minute than a man can do in an hour, and do it better, She can make alleged lords of creation bow down to her own sweet will, and they will never know it. Yes, a woman can do everything, with but one exception -—she cannot climb a tree, *