THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING A BOY.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1051, 20 February 1882, Page 2

THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING A BOY.

At the closing of the Rahmay ( Xew Jersey) Grammar school, Adolph Jacobs, aged 13 years, composed and read the following composition on " The advantages of being a boy " : —

" A boy is general born when he is very young, and gets to be a man before his mother. A boy is not so skittish as a girl. He takes a mouse, which would scare his sister half to death, and ties a string to its tail and swings it over his head. Then he is in his glory and laughs at his sister, who is looking for a knot hole to hide in.

I He wears no lace bibs or corsets, petti- ! coats or skirts. A boy possesses ten times more cheek than a girl, but if he cv er does any mischief he owns up to it with a bright and smiling faceGirls are a great deal of trouble to their parents, who have to keep them UAtiL-*-. somebody falls in love with and marries them. Not so with the boy — he takes care of horses works in the mine and raises Corn. All that girls do for exercise is to make dolls and croche work, while the boy, the spark of mankind, is putting up a job to play on

liis teacher, or playing the glorious game of base-balL Hurrah . then for the boys. Tliey are the standard

bearers of the world !P