Why a wife should be submissive to her husband — She is his proper- tie. A widow it usually a practical creature, who " mends her condition" byre-pairing. Why do young ladies whiten their faces ? Because they think the powder will make them go off. In describing a new organ, an editor says: " The swell died away in delicious suffocation, like one singing a sweet son? under the bedclotkei."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 705, 26 August 1870, Page 3
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67Untitled Star (Christchurch), Issue 705, 26 August 1870, Page 3
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