Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1848-08-31
The Model DAUGHTER,

Constantly she comes down to breakfast before
the tea things are taken away. She is always
ready for dinner. She curs her own hair and
can undress herself without servant, She is
happy at home without going to ball every night
She has not headached when her lpapa asks her
10 sing. She "practices" only when he is out
She does not have her letters addressed TO the
pastry cooks, or make u postman Of the housmaid.
She does not read novels in bed, She dresses
plainly for church, and returns 10 luncheon with
out her head crammed full of bonnets. She is
not Pcrpetuay embroidering mysterious braces,
or knitting secret purses, or having a Turkish
slipper on hand for some anonymous foot in the
Guards. Her fingers are not too proud to mend
stocking, or make pudding. She looks aten-
lively after the holes in her fathers gloves. She
is clever adept in preparing Cruel, whltewne
whey, chicken. broth, beef-tea, and the thousand
little household delicaces of sick ROOM She is
tender nurse, moving noiselcssly about, whisper
ing words of comfort, and administering medicine
with an Ptlccton that robs it Of half its bitterness
She does not scream at leach or faint at the
sight Of black -beelle. She does not spin poetry,
nor devour it in any great quantity. She does not
invent excuses for not reading the debates to her
father 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 fOrudc without
falling in love, She does not keep her mother
waiting an hour at an evening party for "just a.
mother waltz" She never contracts millincr's
bill unknown 10 her pOrents-"she would die
sooner" She never stitched Red Turk in her
life. She scars above Berlin wool, and crying
"oue-lwo- three, one-two-three,' continually
She knows nothing of crotchets, or "Woman's
Mission" She studies housekeeping, is perfect
in the common rules Of arithmetic, and can tell
pretty nearly how many "long SKIES go to
pound She checks the weekly bills, and does
not blush if seen in butchers shop on Sa,ur-
day. She is not continually Greng to go 10 Par
is, or "dying" to see jimmy Lind, nor does she
care much about "that love Mario She does
not take long walks by herself, and come home
saying, "she lost her way" She treats her ia
TIERS guests with equal cvty, making no dis
tincon between the gentleman and the rades-
man. She is not fond of pulling all the things o.
yer in shop merely to buy ga paper Of pins
She can pass Narchande lie 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 admlrng herself in the looking
glass all day long She makes the chdrens
irocks, and plays little at chess and backgam-
mon, and takes hand at whist occasionally,
"anything to please her dear father" Her grog,
too, eIlCts the warmGst cnCOmiums from the old
gentlemen who drop in She does not send home
"ovcIy" jewelry for her father to look at She
does not lace herself to DEATH nor take vinegar to
make her thin. She wears thick shoes in wet
weather. She has teri lille horror Of coquetting
She is kind to the servants and conceals their lit
tie faults from their "NIasier and Nssus." She
never pouts if scoldcd, nor shuts herself up in her
! room to cultivate "the sulks" She is the pet Of
her "darling papa, and warns his slippers regu-
Ialy on n winters night, and lights his candle be-
fore going up TO bed. She is her mammals "dear
good girl as is sufficiently proved by her being
intrusted with all the keys of the housekeeping.
There is terrible crying when she is married, and
for days after her absence nothing is heard in the
house but regrets and loud praises, and earnest
prayers for the happiness Of the Model Daughter.