The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-06-11
THE MODEL DAUGHTER.

Constantly she comes down to breakfast
before the tea things are taken away. She
is always ready for dinner. She curls her
own hair, and can undress herself without
servant. She is happy at home without
going to ball every night, She has not
headache when her papa asks her to
sing. She 'practices' only when he is
out. She does not have her letters ad-
dressed to the pastry cook, or make a
postman of the housemaid She does not
read novels in bed. She dresses plainly
for church, and returns to luncheon with
out her head being GRAINED full ofbonnets.
She is not perpeiuaily embroidering mys'
terious braces, or knitting secret purses.
Her fingers are not too proud TO mend a
stocking or make pudding. She looks
most attentively after the holes in her faith
er's gloves. She is clever adept in pre-
pairing Cruel, white wine whey, !apico,
chicken broth, beef tea and the thousand
little household delecacies 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 at the sight
OF black beetle. She does not spin poe.
try, nor devour it any quantity. She does
not invent excuses for not reading the de-
bates to her father in the evening, nor does
she skip any Of the speeches. She al
ways has the pillow ready 10 put under his
head when he falls asleep. She can be-
hold an officer with womanly fortiude with
out falling in love. She never contracts a
milliner's bill unknown to her parents
''she would die sooner" She never stitch
ed a red Turk in her life. She scars
above Berlin wool, and crying one-two.
three, one.two.three, continually. She
studies housekeeping, is perfect in the
common rules Of arithmetic, and can tell
pretty nearly how many ''long skies" go
to a pound. She checks the weekly bills;
does not blush if seen in butchers on
Saturday. She is not continually fretting
to 60 to Paris, or "dying" to see Jenny
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 never dresses in
silks or satins the first thing in the morn.
ing, nor is she looking out of the window
or admiring herself in the glass all day
long. She makes the children frocks, and
plays little at chess and Backgammon
''anything to please her dear father"
She does not lace herself to death, nor
take vinegar 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 faults. She never pouts when scold-
ed, nor shuts herself up in room to cul-
tivate ''the sulks." She is the pet of her
"darllng papa" and warns his slippers
on a winter night, and lights the candle
before going to bed. She is her mamma S
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 absence nothing is heard in the
house But regrets and loud praises, and
earnest prayers for the happiness of the
spodo1 dauuhter