| Show she works for a living commend us to the girl of whom it is sneeringly said she works for her ilung lining in her we are always sure to find the elements of a true woman a real lady true we are not prepared to see eee a menacing min acing step a haughty 0 lip a fashionable dress or hear bear a string of splendid nonsense about the balls and young men the new novels and the next party no no but we are prepared to hear sound words of good sense language t becoming 0 woman and a neat dres drewsand sand mild brow and to witness movements that would not disgrace 0 an angel you who are looking for wives wires and companions turn from the fashionable lazy haughty girls and select one from any of those who wor work k for a livin gand never our vord word for it will you repent your choice you want a substantial friend and not a doll a counselor and not a simpleton you may not be able to carry r a piano into your house but you can purchase a spinning wheel or a set of knitting ul needles if you cannot purchase every new novel you may be able to take some valuable paper if yo you a cannot buy a ticket to the ball you can visit some afflicted neighbor be lle careful then when you look for companions whom you choose we vie know many a foolish man inan who instead of choosing the in industrious dust rious and prudent woman for a wife took one from the fashionable walks and is now lamenti lamenting nm 11 his folly in dust and addes ideran he ran into the bire fire with his eyes eye wide open and who but himself is to blame the time was when the ladies went a visiting and took their work with them this is the reason why we have such excellent moth ers ere how singular would a gay woman look in in a fashionable circle circie darning her fathers stockings or carding wool to spin would not her companions laugh at her and yet such a woman would be a prize for somebody blessed is the man roan who chooses his wife from the despised girls who who work for a living |
