"DON'TS"
What a pity it is that we grown-ups do not remember more clearly that bugbear of our childhood—" Don't! " Correcting a child soon becomes a habit, and we forget how often we used to resent constant admonition. The following lines bring home to lis the child's attitude, and may. perhaps, lead ub to have a little more sympathy with extreme youth:— I wish I were a lady grown, Could do just as 1 please; I'm tired of being a little girl, With all tho " Don'ts," like these: "Don't tear your pinafore, my child; Don't climb the gato and stare At all the folks as they go past, And then say ' 1 don't care.' " Don't skip so much, it spoils your 1 snoes; Don't fidget with your frock; Don't stand upon the fireguard; And mind, don't touch that clock. " Don't speak so loud, be ladylike; It really is not nice To shout and run when having fun; Girls should be quiet as mice. " Don't tease so much for ice cream; You know it is not good." Oh dear; The nice things never arc — I mean, you know, in food. .1 wish 1 were a lady grown, And had a girlio fair; I'd never once say ' Don't! " to her: You'd see if you were there.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21640, 4 November 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)
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