The Eldest Daughter.
Has she really an enviable position in the home? Well, it all depends. If her advantage ! of years is not used as a means of casting all tho burdens possible upon her slender shoulders, of, in fact, making a Cinderella j of her—though Cinderella was the youngest sister—then very likely she scores. Not for her the /'made-overs" that afflict her sisters, and not for her the useful background when invitations_ are received. She is the eldest, and her rights are not to be disputed. This is Nature's law, and a wise one, for in due course each girl has her fair turn. lint when to be the eldest merely means to be the drudjge, then the position is a sad one. She is the- help, but not the petted one. It is no wonder that, her sisters declare that they would not be her for any consideration. They are care-free and j happy; she is permaturoly anxious and | over-burdened. No family should ever let ! on© of its girls be the slave and drudge of the other members.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 51
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180The Eldest Daughter. Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 51
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