Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-09-14
MIS- G. ELL A n Y.
From Punch.
THE MODEL DAUGHTER.

from Punch
THE MODEL DAUGHTER,
Constantly she comes down to break
fast before the tea things are taken a.
way. She curls her own hair, and can
undress herself without a servant. She
us home without going to ball every
night. She has not headache when
her papa asks her to sing. She s'psac-
tices" only when he is out. She does
mot have her letters addressed to the
pastry cook, or make postman Of the
housemaid. She does not read novels
an bed. She dresses plainly for church,
and returns to luncheon without her
head being crammed full of bonnets.
She is not perpetually embroidering
mysterious braces, or knitting secret
purses, or having Turkish slipper on
hand for some anonymous foet III the
Guards. Her fingers are not too proud
to mend a stocking Or make pudding.
She looks most attentively after the
holes in her fathers gloves. She is a
clever adept in preparing Cruel, white
wine whey, tapioca, chicken broth, beef
tea, and the thousand little household
delicacies of sick-room. She is ten
der nurse, moving noiselessly about,
whispering words of comfort, and adj
ministering medicine with an affection
that robs it of half its bitterness. She
does not scream at a leach, OF faint at
the sight of black beetle. She does
not spin poetry, nor devour it in any
quantity. She does not invent excus-
'es for not reading the debates to her ia
ther of an evening, nor does she skip
any Of the speeches. She always has
the pillow ready to put under his head
when he falls asleep. She. can behold
an officer with womanly fortitude wi
thout falling ia love. She does not
keep her mother waiting an hour at an
evening party for '.jHst another waltz"
She never contracts G miliiner's bill
unknown to her parents-"she would
die sooner" She never stitched Red
Turk in her life. She scars above Ber-
lin wool, and crying cone tWo-three,
one two. three" continually. She knows
nothing ofcrotchets, or 'Woman',< Mis-
SION" She studies housekeeping, is
perfect in the common rules of artith-
metic, and can tell how many ''long
skies" go to pound. She checks the
weekly bills, and does not blush if seen
in butchers shop on Saturday. She
i" not continually fretting to 60 to Pa
ris, or "dying" to see Jenny Lind, nor
does she care much about "that love
Mario" She does no take long walks
by herself, and come home saying,
''she lost her way" She treats her IA
theirs guests with equal c1vility, max
ing no distinction between the gentle
man and tradesman. She is not fond
of pulling all the things over in shop
merely to buy ga packet of pins" She
can pass .Marchande de Modes without
stopping. She never dresses in silks
or satins the first thing in the morning,
nor is she looking out of the window
or adnairing herselfin the looking glass
all day long. She makes the children's
frocks, and plays little at chess and
backgammon, and takes hand whist
occasionally, = <'anything to please
her father Her grog, too, eliciIs the
warmest encomiums from the old gen
tlemen who drop in. She does not
send home ''lovely'' jewelry for her
dear father to look at She does not
lace herself to death, nor take vinegar
to make herself thin. She wears thick
shoes in wet weather. She has a
terrible horror of coquetting. She is
kind to the servants, and conceals their
little faults from their "Master and Mis-
sus." She never pouts if scolded, nor
shuts herself up in room 10 cultivate
<'the sulks." She is the pet of her "dar-
ling papa," and warns his slippers re-
gularly on a winters night, and lights
his candle before going up to bed. She
is her mama's "dear good girl,'' and is
sufficiently proved by her being intr:.st-
ed with all the keys of the housekeep-
ing. There is terrible crying when
she is married, and four days after her
absense nothing is heard in the house
but regrets and loud praises, and ear
nest prayers for the happiness of the
Model Daughter.
AN AGREEABLE Commemorative !
most agreeable of all companions is
simple, frank man without an high pre-
tensions to an oppressive greatness
one who loves life and understands the