The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-20
Why Don't They Do IT.

! When young ladies see the great Importance
Of knowing how to cook in all its departments,
Vhy d0ntthey learn TO do IT.
When common sense teaches them that theis
husbands willprize them in proportions to their
ability to superinIenu the oomes'Ic duties of
the family with prudence and economy, uhy
dontthey learn - do IT.
When young lady knows that nobody
thinks we'll of one who spends her time in the
parlor. with novel before her, while her poor
mother is at the wash tub, and that a little
exercise at the tub will put a rosy color on, her
cheeks, and give her health and elasticity, and
cause her to be loved by all the young men in
town. schy don't sAe do 1T
/ When she has to call on a dress maker or
a milliner on every occasion thSt stitch be-
comes loose, and is unable TO mend her own
garments, yet knows that she can never get a
husband unless she keeps this secret, achv
don't she learn TO do ifS
When young ladies are out in company, and
spend their time in laughing and gigging. and
making all manner of silly expressions, which
they know only disgust everv person present,
and that if they were to behave more dis
creetly. that it would be much to their credit,
schy doni they do III
When young lady has finished" her ed
ucaton al Boarding School. and can speak
| d ItW "oTuS IN FFShcn, can draw In water
colors and play the piano, and cannot write
an ordinary letter to a friend, without mani
testing the greatest ignorance of the English
language which she knows will disgrace her.
and that it is still in her power to remedy the
shameful neglect of her parents and tutors for
the purpose OF giving hera fashionable" ed
ucaiion. by applying her leisure hours in stud
wing good English grammar and spelling
book. ,rhV don't she do .t5
When one sees the thousands who are dv-
Ug OF consump ion and nearly all dae their
decay IN heal.h 10 some ne y!ect in their ap-
parel. or 10 Ca ching .'severe cold" in con>e-
quence OF going out with thin shoes which
produced damp feet. and when one has been
told a hundred times tha. the only safety
against this in>IdiouS disease is 10 dress warm
~ aud keep The feet dry ana warm, rcky don't
she do uS
When young ladies have 5eaur who dress
In the finest hroaieloth. carry splendid gold
Wa ches. wear diamond rings on their fingers,
sport dan iy cane. and m uSiache on the up
per lip. and Vet these Young men being of
humble origin. and in business that paw, but
the salary of ordinary country clerks, and
such young allies are told that all they are
worth IS their backs. and that the quicker
they give them the ''miiten,' and hint tlIa,
their room i> better than their comsany the
better, uhy dontthey DO az
When ayouny lady is desirous OF marrying
some mice Young man" vet he often comes
to see her with cigar in his mouth which he
throws away as he enters the door and when
he takes off his hat the cigars drop on the
floor BY the dozen. and when this nice Young
man has circle of acquainiances with whom
be IS intimate. and who are found 10 spend
'heir evenings st saloons. or other public pla-
ces' and she is advised by her bes, friends
never 70 marry him. If she would save her
self from missly worse than death itself. and
that II were far better to live single awhile
longer 'ehg doHf she DO it'-Norsk's Farmer.