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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4900, 31 July 1877, Page 7

A contemporary thus enumerates tho symptoms by which old maids may bo know..- :—When a. woman begins to read love ctories a-bed—that's a sympton. When a woman gives a nigh on hearing of a wedding—that's a symptom. Whou a woman begins to say that alio's refused many an offer—that's a symptom. When a woman begins to aay what a dreadful set of creatures men are, and that she wouldn't bo bothered with one for all the world—that's a symptom. When a woman begins to chango her shoes after a walk—that's a symptom. When a woman begins to have a little dog trotting after her—that's a symptom. When a woman begins to have a cat at her elbow at meal time, and gives it sweetened milk—ithat's a symptom. When a woman bqi^ us to say a servant has no business to '. ~. sweetheart—that's a symptom. . V .. woman begine to rub her lingers ovr : .>- and tables to see if they are dusty- rh. . symptom. When a woman begin- : -.-■■; about rheumatism in her knees aii. 1 t.'.'.,*.—that's a symptom. When a woi..-.■•■ .'. to_ refuse to toll her age - that's a ■■::■•■•■■■ -.-.. When a woman begins to find -..; v.- : ;ii her looking-glass, and says it docaa': the features—that's a symptom. When a womau beginu to talk about cold draughts, and stops up the crevices in the doors and windows—that's a symptom,

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