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A New Woman Starting Young

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
December
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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A little lady of four years recen tl y got possession of a snit of elothps lmlonginu to her brother, who wis luit ft year older than herself. She arrayed lierself in these stranre garments and presented herself to eider sister. That young lady promptly ordered the little new womau to take off the m;,sculine gannents. The little one stuobornly refused, and lustily shouted: "I want to be a boy ! 1 Mant to be a boy !" Upon beiög told that such a consuinmation was utterly impossible she said : I'll ask Mammá if I can't be a boy." The niother was mnch amused, but thought she attempted to drive the strange notipn out of the youugster's head, the child cried all the harder. "God made you for a nice little girl," said the mother, "and you shouldn't want to be anything else." " But God can do anything he wants, can't he?" persisted the child. Yes, dear." "Well then," continued the precocious little lady, "I think God's a mean man if he

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier