The comment of the Canadian Viceroy on the evil habit of the time of bandying publicly the endearing diminutives by which the girls of the period love to call themselves and be called, is received with heartfelt approval all over the country. Deprecating the practice so strongly disapproved by Lord Dufferin, the New York World says: —"So general is this absurd practice becoming now-a-days that we have fears of seeing it invade even the realm of sacred literature. Under the auspices of some such able editor as Talmage or Murray we may yet be presented to Mollie (or Mamie), who chose the better part, while her sister Mattie occupied herself with the matters of the house, or read in an improved Bible how Ruthie gleaned in the fields of Boaz or by faith Sadie bore Isaac at the age of ninety."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 286, 23 March 1877, Page 2
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141Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 286, 23 March 1877, Page 2
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