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Show Till ilrl ofllMt I'fll-Iotl. The girl of the period has her Omits, but there is one point in which she is jl vast improvement upon th maiden of a quarter century cen-tury ago, viz common sense. Of course there are still some fooln who "giggle and make giggle," hut il is safe to allirm that the average girl no longer considers U pretty to be il weak, dependent litllo thing who seminn at sight : uf a iiiouii: or spider, or faints when she mashes her linger. Tears, too, have gone out of fashion, and the jirl who erics at physical pain or at a real or fancied slight is looked down upon by her companions. The maiden of today scorns weakness, while preserving a tender heart for all true stifle-ring. She takes up the share of her burden of life gravely, yet gladly. She appreciates ap-preciates that, although not a man, she may be strong mentally and physically, and she determines not to make of herself an affected, frivolous, foolish creature, but something equal to a man a noble, brave woman. Ex. |