Our Girls.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume X, Issue 2373, 6 May 1891, Page 2

Our Girls.

Does such a being really live 1 Will anyone confess, Who wrote the libel jott °"r Rirls Just published! m the " Press." Can man be found with such a heart, Or, rather, such a brain, To hold the Uiv ones up like that, And bid us joer again 1 Yes, such m found ; he's one of us, And we m part agree His heart and brain ure not quite wrong As far m we can see. 1 We own with sorrow that his words Apply to some at least. Of our fair cousins m this land, Whose looks aro all their best. He says they cannot cook or sew, And cannot wash and mend ; And that's a shaft as straight and true As ever bow did send; They nothing know of household work. Pleasure is all their go, They sit and dream the livelong day— Dream only of " my beau." But mark, we say, not all do that; The " average girl " is clear. We will defend her all we can, Though it should cost us dear. We own there's scores and hundreds Who are but fit for show ; But shall we brand them all as such And kill them with one blow. We stand united to say " Nay ;" Some are as good as gold. The writer m the Christchurch " Press " Has clearly once been •" sold." We pity him and pass him by We'll think of him to-morrow, And hope that yet an "average girl" Will blot out all his sorrow. —"Zeph"