The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-04-03
DON'T MARRY THE GIRL.

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Who is lazy.
Who is a flirt.
Who cannot control her temper.
Who dislikes children and animals.
Who is not neat and tidy in her dress.
Who is deceitf IL and who is not true to
her friends.
Who fuses, fumes, and fidgets about
everything
Whose highest aspiration has never
scared above self.
Who is amiable to suitors and ''horrid''
to her family.
Whose chief interests in life are dress
and amusements
Who lacks thrift, and has no idea of the
value of money.
Who cannot bear to near any one but
herself praised and admired.
Who thinks more of making a fine ap-
pearance- than fine character.
Who is, coarse, imperious and domineer-
ing In manner and conversation.
Who humilistes servants by swapping at
them or criticizing them before guests.
Who appropriates the best of everything
for herself and is thoughtless of others
Who attracts attention in public places
by loud" dress and loud talk and laugh
ter
Who dresses in the height Of fashion
when going out. but does not care how
she looks at home
II the other members of the family
have TO watch her moods in order to
avoid an explosion or scene
Who tries to keep up false appearances
h,- in oh her m ad
clothing millinery, and flowers.
II she expects everybody else In the
home to contribute to her pleasure in
! stead of trying to make them happy.
Who calls her home so common" but
does nothing to make It attractive or
COSY. and stays there just as little as
possible.
Who is indiscreet and says she does
not care il people do talk scandal about
her. so long as she is conscious that she
is all right.
Who does not think II worth while to
read for self-improvement. or current in
formation. but spends her time reading
trashy novels
Who always comes 70 the breakfast ia
bic late and cross. In an old wrapper or
dressing Jacket. with her hair in crul pa
pers. and who grumbles and scolds at
everything and everybody.
Who puts everything she can get on her
back. so that she may make a good ap-
pearance. while her mother is obliged to
patch and make over for herself old
cloaks. gowns and bonnets.
When she is poor. but makes acquaint-
ances among the better-to-do and IS
ashamed 70 take her mother calling with
her. or 10 invite her friends to her home,
or TO tell them where she lives.
Who refuses to work because she thinks
IL would lower her in the estimation OF
her friends; who thinks II beneath her 10
help support her family. or is ashamed to
let her friends know that she work for
a living
Who thinks that anything Is good
enough for her mother is disrespectfui 10
her. and always negiecting her. and who
allows her mother 10 work like a slave
and dress like a beggar and wait upon
her by inches. while she gade about in
idIeness and fine clothes, or lies abet
reading a novel.
If she is ashamed OF her ''old-fashioned"
parents and Is always apologizing for their
bad English, slips in etiquette. and their
old foggy ideas. and tells them that they
are not up-to-dste; that times have
changed since they were young: that peo-
pie are now more liberal IN their IDEAS:
that girls are more independent
who is so tyranicaI that the whole
household has 70 be governed bv her
whims as to where 10 20. when TO 20.
or what guests 70 entertain: who suiks
about the house and is disaKreeable when
she cannot have her own way: who Cp-
sets and plans OF arrangements others
make. II they DO not suit her fancy. and
who flies into rage when sh. Is opposed
OF crossed. .--Orison SWEET Marden. fn