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Show H A Society at tho present day de- H ponds that girls shall bo what H '. they call accomplished; and to H fulfill this demand the mothers H ; of Christendom tench their H daughtei's that knowledgo of all H that belong to life's duties at H home is not one of the require- H ments, that manual labor must H be consonant with drawing room H cultivation. And so their lily H hands slip idly over the piano H keys; they waltz in the most ap- H proved style: simper a little H French or German, quote poetry H and society says they are accom- H plished. Doubtless they arc, and H ly-and-by, as all modern fashion- ables do, they win a husband. |