A Word to the Girls.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2030, 11 July 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

A Word to the Girls.

G/KM y-'U ::ro to bo the fn'urp m.itrws. The homo* of the n< xfc f>oi"j« vion will 1)3 j'ist what y n nnko th or n ; tit,!., r good, lovely, pure, fontlo, or tbehilntttnu of vieionwß.?. if ttio homo of t'< morrow is to be i\ p'eiva'Jt honio, &n uraiable h .bitaiion, ihf»» V o gul of to day, who is to reign a? th". qu-.en in tb<3 ho-Tie of to morrow nvistboof au amiable disposition, a loving and iudusfjioiH disposition. Nov just lillo.v me to give you sorno hinh to gaide you in forming your life hubitg. You must ceek to bo a lady. Ramernber that the grenfc Gladstone once said, "To ba womanly is the greateat charm ot womau." One of the first characteristics of a womanly oharacter is kindness, Mr. Punshon ouce Bftul, " A word of kindaes3 is often as welcoraa ai tho smile of an angfl." Ba also as wisa as tho «rca!i philosopher Seneca, who sftM, " I will govern my life and my thought", ai 'f the wholo world wore to see the one and r»'a'l the other." Alway3 remember tho maxim of Hsnry Clay, " I would r?.th-v bo right than to ha Pfeii,l3'it." Think, too, how little it tako to make one happy, aud feel that the day iq lost if you fail to make some burden lighter as its hours go bj*. Ecm^mber, dear girls, your homo 13 always to be tho index of your character, /ft ia also a lis>ht that reflects both ways. You wart, therefore, to l9arn chcerfalness. Let your smiles bo scattered like Eun beams. L;arn self-ri lianc". If yoa think your seat too hard to sit upon, stand up. If you want con(Henc9, pvova yourself worthy of it. Al-vay? look on the bright side of every question of life. Dr. Johnson says this is worth a thon-and pounds a year. N°ver be a grumbler, remember thia iscoarso and vulgar. Iteawinoer tint "no one liveth unto thomsplves." It is tha raiodrop that swells tlie river, and the tiny dow drop^ that seek the mnn in tho desert to refresli it. Tnereforo, girls, you ought to boliko a band o£ moviog musio, throwing out p'eaanrea on evpr/ bv?q of you as you £o on your life way. — Qu utnly.