WHY I QUARREL WITH MY SISTER.
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11. Because she monopolises every man 1 bring to the house, and [|J by looking sentimentally. at them reduces them to such a state of §D idiocy that they are unfit for human companionship. [3 2. She always tries to push herself into every party I make up S with my own friends, and acts the martyr if I put my foot down. qD I Cannot she see that having your isister with you cramps your style ? (3 3. She will wear clothes that make people talk about her. Why S cannot she see that a chap wants a sister to look like neither a social [3 worker nor yet a film vamp ? S 4. She will order me about like a slave before people, and I either jf] have to give in and look like a fool, or defy her and look like a boor. gj § 5. She will insist on laughing at my socks and ties. Cannot she g |U see that my taste is better than hers ? [3 [a 6. She will say nasty, clever things about every girl I ever speak to. gj Ej Ido not ask her to like my girl friends. I just ask her to let them [| ig alone. [3 *3 ' ll
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20762, 3 January 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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