The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-12
THE LITTLE SISTER.
Young Persons Who Are a Great Trial to
 GzrriaSeabIe Young Ladies.

Young Persons Who Are Great Trial to AarriaseabIe Young Ladies.
 Little sisters are a great trial to the young lady with her first beau
 They have such deadly habit Of telling just the secrets that their big sister wouldn't have known for the world, and telling them at just the worst time they could possibly select And, what is more, they seem to take malicious pleasure in telling them.
 If Mary Jane has kept her hair rolled up for two days, to be we'll frizzed when Augustus calls, her little sister will note the proceeding, and just as Mary Jane has assured her admir- ing swain that her hair curls natural ly, and that it is almost impossible to make it stay anywhere, up will pop the small sister, and tell the whole story Of the curl-paPers, and in all probability she will add the informa- tion that Mary Jane puts red ink on her cheeks to make her 'pritty."
 Little sisters are always cropping out at the wrong time. They never want to go to bed the nights when the big sisters beau is expected, and no amount of coaxing and candy can con- vince them that they arc sleepy.
 They have eyes for every thing and ears that would detect the slightest whisper. and next day. at the dinner table, the big sister will be mortified to death and the whole family will be thrown into convulsions by the piping announcement from the small sister:
 'Gus Jones bit our Mary Jane last night. right into the mouth! l seen himi And she bit him back!'
 Little sisters always want to know all the why's and the wherefores. One of them is likely to climb on the knee of all aspiring young gentleman suit or and ask him why he doesn't have more hairs in his mustache; she would like to ask him if he doesn't feel baG because his nose is long, and it would delight her dear little heart to impart to him the fact that Mary Brown and Sister Jane both said he was too long, legged for any thing but d greyhound
 Small sisters will tell the family se- crets with most delightful candor, and while the young gentleman caller is waiting for the young lady of the family to give the final touches to hel toilet before coming down the small sister will confdentially make hilA acquainted with the fact that papa swears at mamma right along" and that i've have old hen fer dinner and call it chicken pie," and that Sister Jane wants to get married awfully to some rich young fool who will keep her without work.
 Little sisters will put molasses candy in the chair and sec you sit down on it without 8 word of warning; they will wipe their bread and butter hands on your pantaloons; they will cradle their kittens in your six-dollar hat they will pin you and your inamorata to the chairs; they will put burrs in your hair; they viii sift sawdust from the cracked bodies of their dolls down the back of your mock; and they will make faces at you, and yell like little demons if you attempt to defend your self.
 Therefore, we say to you: If pos sible, avoid going courting in famile where there are little sisters un,ess you are so deeply in love as to be per fectly indifferent and reckless as tc consequences. IN. Y. Weekly.