STRONG LANGUAGE.
A small girl's father, unmindful of the proverb of little pitchers, ono ; day in, her, presence, in a moment of exasperation, made use of the, expressive epithet, "Rate!" which means nothing and yet so much. Later on in the day tho four-year-old dropped her doll wit a somewhat disastrous effects. .■ . . ■ .'■.•■'"■■ ; "Rats!" exclaimed the lifctlo one, in imitation of. her father. . ' ...: She was promptly -rebuked by her mother. for using such a vulgar and ■ ua-. ladylike expression. : She received her mild scolding without a murmur, and, after thinking the matter over carefully, came to the fountain head of wisdom' and said: : "Momma, you say it's naughty and rudo little girls to say "Rats" when, they're angry, but don't you think they might say 'Mouse?'," - . '
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 78, 28 September 1918, Page 16
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125STRONG LANGUAGE. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 78, 28 September 1918, Page 16
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