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Don't Girls

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
July
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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Don't think it necessary for your ïappiuesa that every afiernoon he ipeut iu making calis or on ihestreet iboppiug. Home is not a mere hotel vherein to eat aud sleep - too dreary o be endured without compauy ir m ibroad ; homework is not mere drudgiry, but useful minisiration to those we love. Dun't mistake giggling for cheer"ulness, slang pbr..Bi s lor wit boister)U8 rudeness for irauk gaye'y, impertineut speeches for repartees. On he other hand, don't be prim, formal, itiff, uor asaume a "countiy face1' ïloqaent of "prunes, potatots, prisms," uor sit bolt upright in a cnrner, baods, feet, ejes, aud lips can-fuliy poaed fur effect. Au effict will be produced, but not the one you wish. Nor vet sit ecorufully rtserved, cruiuisiug mentally the dress, manuers, Inoks, etc, of those atound jou. Make up your miud that y.jur compauions are, on the whole, a pretty nice set of people - if they are not, you had no buaiüess to cóme among them - ihat thero is something to respect and like in each of them. Detroiiue to have a uice time anyhow ; thuu do yOur part to tuake ie so. Be genial, corüial, frank. If you can play and sing ordinarüy well do not reiuse to tnke you share in entertaining your compauions in that way. y.iu caunot be expeeied to sing like a Nihson or Kellogg. If you caunot play or sing, say so írankly, aud do nos feel humiliaied. You probably exctl in some, other accomplishuient. Even if yon do not, you can posses that one accomplishmeut to which ali others are accessories, that ur beiDg "& lady"a true womau, gentle and gracious, modest and loveable.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat