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A Spinster's Advice to Girls.

FkieNDs nre more' rare than Eo-» member this and do not confuse "the two., ... Fschew, the. conceit tlmtjbecausea wan looks at you twico he must bo in love M'hyou. fi ' Train yourself to, Jbe worthy of a friend-' , skip, and you may be wjhy"b?*nnything"' ~ that may follow. ' ' Let We alone. When the proper time cooks far you to make his acqunin* tanco he wills , elcyou. ' , Love without friendship is a flower without root, Eeither marry for love alone, nor for anything else without it. A really disinterested friend is as rare as life is long. ]f you find one such duiing a lifetime count.' yourself fortunate. "Cherifahaloftycontempt for innuendoes, and do not give'a man oppniiWv to insult your good breeding by employing them .1 second time. Do not cheapen yowself. Flowera that are open to every beo. and lips that ire to be kissed by any' who corao and take, lose their desirableness Maintain your dignity. Do nos u'escend tp aoothfrslevel until you have proved the impossibility of raising him to your own. By that time "you will have no_ desire left to wa|k on tho same plane with him. ,' ' When a man tells you that you are an angel, or what not lo that effect, do uot believe him. You will lose all roli«h for such swee's when'you recollect that in'all probability tlie same person has saidthe barne thing to half-a-dozen other girls within the week! Bti iye to keep a holy faith in the poss> bilities of manhood,.and wake it the better for having come in contact with womanhood. 'If there is any I ruth in the old legend about Eve and the apple, then it must devolve upon Eve's daughters to restore man's finer jioral sense, and to help him to maintain his. equilibrium

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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6602, 6 May 1890, Page 1

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A Spinster's Advice to Girls. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6602, 6 May 1890, Page 1

A Spinster's Advice to Girls. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6602, 6 May 1890, Page 1