POOR GIRLS.
The poorest' girls in the world are those P '• -i who hftve- never been taughf.'to work. V '" " .The«e"»W tbopsands •oUhem.-'-.'fiiebA---parehtS'Aave petted them';'-th'ey I Hsve''T ; r' been taugjit-to despise labour andiepend \ \ on others f6r'a ; ljving, and are perfectly' '\ '" helpless, If-misfortune comes upon' their . \ ..,.., •fricnds.-as it often dbe3", v fhelr'tfase'isi • ?\,:"" •hopeless, : The most;forlorn-'aildiiiiseV'" "\ ; able women on the face of the earth - \ bfllong'io; this class: 'lt belongs to : 'V'' parents to protect their daughters'from \ this deplorable condition. They do them \ a great wrong if they neglect it, Every \ daughter should be taught to earn her own \ living. The rich as well as the poor \ require this training, Tho wheel of for- ) tune turns swiftly round—tlio rich are likely to become poor, and tho poor rioli. Skill to labour is no' disadvantage to the noli, and is iwlespensablo to the poor. Woll-to-do parents must educate thoir daughters to work; no reform is more imperative than this.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1933, 7 March 1885, Page 2
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154POOR GIRLS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1933, 7 March 1885, Page 2
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