Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-03-07
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 hair, and undress her
self without servant. She is happy at home, with
out going to ball every night She has not head
ache when her papa asks her TO sing. She practices
only when he is out She does not have her letters
addressed to the pastry cook, or make postman OF the
housemaid. She does not read novels in bed. She
dresses plainly for church, and returns to luncheon
without her head being crammed chuck full of bon
nets She is not perpetualy embroiderng mysterious
braces, knitting secret purses Her fingers not
too proud TO mend stocking or make pudding. She
looks most attenvely after the holes in her fathers
gloves. She clever adept in preparing Cruel, white
wine whey, topioca, chicken BROTH beeftea and the
thousand decacies of sick room. She is tender
nurse, moving noiselessly about, whispering words of
comfort and administering medicine with an affection
that robs it of half its bitterness She does not scream
at leach or faint al the sight OF black beetle. She
does not spin poetry devour it in any quantity She
does not invent excuses for reading the debates
her father in the 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 be-
hold an officer with womanly foritude without falling
in love- She never contracts a mner'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 onetwothree, onetwo-three,'
continually She studies keeping is perfect in
the common rules of arithmetic, and tell pretty
nearly how many long skies go to the pound. She
checks the weekly bills, and does not blush if seen in
butchers shop on Saturday. She is not continual
Iy fretting to 60 to Paris, or "dyng" to Jenny
| Lind nor does she care much about " love Mario."-
She does not take long walks by herself, and come
home saying she lost her way" She treats her faith
ers guests with civily She never dresses in silks or
satins the first thing in the morning, is she look
ing out of the window admiring herself in the look
ing glass all day long She makes the childrens focks
and plays little at chess and Backgammon any,
thing TO please her dear father" She does not send
home lovely jewelry for her dear father to look
at She does not lace herself to DEATH take vngar
to make herself thin. She wears thick shoes in wet
weather. She has terrible horror of coquetting.
She is kind TO the servants, and conceals their little
fault. She never pouts when scolded, nor shuts her
self up in a room to cultivate ''the sulks.'' She is
the pet of her darling papa, and warns his slippers
on winters night, and lights the candle before 60
ing up 10 bed She is her mama's dear, good girl, "
as is sufficiently proved by her being intrusted with all
the KEYS of the housekeeping. There is a terrible
CRYING when she is married. and for days after her ab
sence nothing is heard in the house but regrets and
loud praises and earnest prayers for the happiness Of
the Model Daugher.