The Fine Lady's Short Catechism

Wlwit its the wliole du 't y of womaon. ? 'To dress, to sinig, to dance, to plaj on the pianoforte, to gabble French, and to preside frrawfully at table ! What te a mam. ? A thvng to waltz wilth, to flirt -n-ith. to take one to the th-eatre, to laugh at, to be marriexJ to, to ïmy ones bilis, and to keep one comiortable ! Wliat ís liíe ? A polia, íi whiottüsche, a daince that one moist whiirl throngli as fast as posgiibie ! Whiat ie deaith ? H'm- sometli'iniR that U's unfashi'onable to talk of, to wliilsper of, to thiink of; so tlie loss tliat's unid about it the