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The Model Daughter

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
August
Year
1848
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The mode! daugliter constuntly comea down tb breakfast before the tea tliings are taken awav. She is always ready lor dumer. S e curie lier own hair, and can dreas herself wilhout a servant. She happy at home out going to a hall every night. Si e Las net a heudache wh'eit hor papa aslce bar tosing. - She never "pr -et. ces" ouly wlien he is out. - She does not have letters aJdi'esei] to the pastry cook, or rnake a postman oi the housemaid. She doos not réad novéis in bed. She dresset plainly for church, and returns to Uincheon .:':, led with bonnets. She is not perpelualy embroiderng mysterious braces, or kniuing secret parees, or havïng a turkish slipper on hand for some anonymous foot in the GuarJs. lier íingers are not too pr.nnl to meikl a stocking, or make a pudding. She looks must atlentively ai'ler the holes in lier falhor's gloves She is a cléVtfr aíeptin' preparing g-ruei, whiewine Whey, tapioca, chicken brotli, beef tea, and the thousand little délieaeiés of the sick room, She is a tender nuree, moving nois'e'essly about, vvhrspering words of comfort, and adtóinislrfeihg medicine wuli an ufl'ection that robs it of half ils bitlerness. öhe does scream at a lèech, or faint at the sight of 8 black beetlè. She does not spin poeiry, nor devoi-ir it in any quantity. She does not invenl excuses for not readihg the debates to her father oi an evening, 'nor does she skip any of ihs speeches. She always has the pillow ready u hen he falla asloep. She can bchold au oflicer with omanly fortitude wiihont faiiing in love, She does not keep her tvsiting Bt an evening party for "just anotlier waltz." She neAer contracts a rnilliner's bill, unknown to her parents - " she wou ld die sooner." - She soars above Berlin wool, and crying "one iwii tliree, ono two three," continually. She knows nolhing of crotchets, or " wornan's mission." She Studies hwi8e4(eèpifig, ts perfect in.tho cotnmon rules of aritlmietic, and can teil pretty nearly liow many " long sixos" go to a pound. Sfttó olu'cks tlu; weekly bilis, and does not blush if seen in a bntcher's shop on a Saturday . Slie does not lakc long walks by herself, and come home saying she " lost her way." She is not fond of puliing over all the fhings in a shop, merely to buy a paper of pins. Sho never dresst's in silks or satins the first thing in the morning, nor is she looking out ofth window or admiring lierselfin the looking-glass all the day long. She tioes not send home lovely j'ewels for her father to look at. She does not lace herself, nor !ake vinegar to make hi'i-self thin. She wt'ars tliick shoes in wet weather. She lias a terrible horror of coquetting. She is kind to the servants, and conceals their little f'aults, from thrir " Masier and Missus." She never pouts if scoldéd, nor shuts herself up in a room to cultívate the " sulks." She is the pet of her da'ling papa, and warms his' slippera rcgularly on a witilor's night, and lights his canillo before going to bed. She is her mama's " dear good girl" as is sufficiently proved : bmng trnsted with all her keys of house keeping. There is a terrible crying yhen she is married, and for days after her absence, nolhing is heard in tlie house but regret and and loud praises, and earnest prayers for the happiness of the Model üaugliter. [Punch. I