SHOULD ALL GIRLS DO HOUSEWORK?

Otago Witness, Issue 2368, 20 July 1899, Page 48

SHOULD ALL GIRLS DO HOUSEWORK?

A NEW ZEALAND LADY SAYS "YES."

The engrossing topic of whether the modern' girl should undertake housework or not has been -engaging the attention of parents and, daughters for some time. Most of the parents' letters which have appeared in.the'press show they consider if the duty of their girls to do as .much housework "as" possible. -Alany of .tho | daughters'- letters quite agree with this, the writers believing that " Honour thy father and mother " is the best motto to act upon. Other girls, however, show that they consider themselves debased by being called upon to undertake housework. Miss Peterson, of Featherslon, North Island, is a young lady who has sornetliing interesting to say on this subject. She believes in" girls helping their mothers, providing they are in good health. " I am," «ay 3 Miss Peterson, "now 19, but since I was 151 have been suffering. My principal trouble w;-s heart palpitation, and this was induced by ana»mia or poverty of blood. Every time I ran upstairs my heart would palpitate frightfully, and I would have to rest to recover my bieath. Neither could I sleep, and often when I rose in the morning I was as tired as I had' boon the night before. Sometimes I had 1 cramps in the legs, and suffered frightful agony. I could do very little housework while in this condition, and was, unfortunately, not able to assist my mother much. My legs, also, used to swell, and my mother naturally became anxious, for my condition became worse instead of better. Several leading practiticiiei'3 prescribed for me, but although most kind and attentive, I did not seem to benefit much by their treatment. Three clever doc-toi-3 were al3o consulted with reference to an affection of the eye from which I suffered, but even that they failed to cure. One day we read in tho Evening Post about Dr Williams'* pink pills for pale people, and seeing the honest manner in which the testimonials were given by the people who had been cured, I purchased a supply, and two or three days after commencing them a wonderful change came over me. After that. I cpntinued with them .carefully, and day by day I improved greatly. I took nearly nine boxes altogether, but they have made a. new girl of me in every way. I am now well set >up, ftlrcng and healthy. Everybody says I liave become a fine-looking girl. All my ailments have faded away, and, strange to relate, even, the affection of the eye has totally disappeared, sinco using the pills. It is nearly a year ago since I have had any sign of my old complaint, so that my cure must be permanent. I am able to help my mother in her housework now, and am glad to do bo. Yes," added Miss Peterson, in conclusion, " I believe in girls doing housework when they are in good health. When they are weak and anaemic, however 1 , they may easily overtax themselves. Several of my friends have used Dr Williams' pink pills with great benefit, and I am very pleased, to recommend them most heartilyj/especially" for all anaemic, undeveloped girls. - Vr Wjlliams' pink pills cure rheumatism; 'neuralgia, ' sciatica, lumbago, pleurisy, pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs and colds, influenza, indigestion, all ladies' ailments, loss of vital .strength, debility. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers, and the Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington, N.Z., price three shillings per box, six boxes for sixteen shillings and sixpence, post free. Be sure you gel the genuine with all seven words, Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people, printed in red on white outside wrapper. These aTe the sort which cured Miss Peterson. — Advt.

It is announced here (says an Indian paper) that the Philadelphia Steel Company has just secured from the Indian Government the contract for the construction of the viaduct over the Goktiek Gorge on the Burma railway. The company, tendered at 700,000d01, and outbid their British competitors in all particulars of price, design, and time. The viaduct will be one of the largest in the world, measuring 2260 ft long, and standing 320 ft high. It will involve tho use of 5000 tons of steel. The manufacture of the material required has begun already. The first shipment will be made in August. The remainder of the material, with a full staff of American workmen, will leave here for Burma, so that the construction of the viaduct may be started before the close of Novosaberr