THE PROPER SORT OF WIFE.
The celebrated Dr John Dow, in one of his sermons, gave the following excellent advice to the young ladies of his flock : “The buxom, bright-eyed, rosycheeked,. full-breasted, bouncing lass, who can dam a stocking, mend trousers, make her own frocks, command a regiment of pots and kettles, feed the pig- a , chop wood, milk cows, wrestle with boys, and be a lady withal in ‘ company ’ is just the sort of girl for me, and for any worthy man to marry. “ But you, ye pining, imping, lolling, screwed-np, wasp-wasted, putty-faced, consumptive, mortgaged, music-murder-ing, novel-devouring daughters of fashion and idleness, you are no more fit for matrimony than a pullet is to look after a family of fourteen chickens. “The truth is, my dear girls, you want more liberty and less fashionable restraint. more kitchen and less parlor, more leg exercise and less sofa, more puddling and lees piano, more frankness and lees mock modesty, more breakfast and less bustle. Loose yourselves a little, enjoy more liberty and less restraint by fashion ; breathe the pure atmosphere ot freedom, and become something as lovely and as beautiful as the God of nature designed,”
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1243, 25 September 1884, Page 3
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195THE PROPER SORT OF WIFE. Temuka Leader, Issue 1243, 25 September 1884, Page 3
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