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Mary Gilpin's reading was about Lord Carnavon - the discoverer of "King Tut's"
tomb.

Evie Jones was advised to treat her cats with less kindness and consideration if
she would keep them from running around under her feet.

Cousin Ellen gave us a list of "Famous Last Words" also "Ten Commandments"
for young women, which if followed would help solve our modern girl problem.

[two newspaper clippings]
[first clipping]
"THOU SHALT NOT TATTLE"
Nor Delude Mother, Nor Surrender
Modesty, Nor Run Fashion Wild-
Advice To Girls.
(From the New York American.)
"Ten Commandments for young
women warning them against moral
perils that lurk in indulgence in
smoking, drinking and the wearing
of gowns that reveal rather than
conceal, have been drawn up by Rev.
A. W. Willever, pastor of the Lafayette
Methodist Espicopal Church,
Jersey City.

They are published in the current
issue of "The Chronicle," the parish
publication. Here they are:
First-Thou shalt not surrender thy
mother.
Second-Thou shalt not surender thy
modesty for the favor of unprincipled
men.
Third-Thou shall not run wild and
fall into the whirlpool of fashion and
plunge thy family folk into the hopper
of the nerve grinding mill.
Fourth-Thou shalt not allow the limber
tongue of the flatter to bewilder
thy head and master thy strength.
Fifth-Thou shall not tattle.
Sixth-Thou shall not let frivolity of
speech or manner unclothe thee of they
attractiveness and personal charm.
Seventh-Thou shall not think more
of the clothing of they feet than the culture
of they head.
Eighth-Thou shalt not smoke: thou
shalt not tamper with the liquor cup.
Ninth-Thou shalt not be slothful while
others in the home toil.
Tenth-Thou shalt find real happiness
in truthfullness, hopefullness, joyfullness,
peacefullness and in serving others in the
spirit of the Great Master.

Rev. Dr. Willever announces he
will expatiate more fully on the subject
Sunday night. He will preach a
sermon on amusements, especially for
the purpose of bringing home to the
young women of his congregation a
realization of the pitfalls that surround
them.

He will deal with dancing, theaters
and card playing besides the matters
treated in his "Ten Commandments."

Rev. Dr. Willever said he will carefully
scan his congregation Sunday
night to ascertain if the ban on
waists cut too low and skirts cut too
high has been lived up to. "They
desired some guidance in the pursuit
of their pleasures," he explained as
his motive for making public his conception
of the temptations of extreme
fashion and other wordly tendencies.

[second clipping]
Famous Last Words
"I've used kerosene to hurry up the kitchen
fire for nearly tweny years."

"I'll keep chopping till the tree begins
to fall."

"This is all foolishness about having to
use a staff to lead a bull. Why, I've
always used a rope."

"I just can't do any more repairing on
this car till I light my pipe."

"Oh, I'll get across the track long before
the train gets here. My car never stalls."

"I'll stop here under this big tree till the
thunder-storm passes."

"I don't very often get in front of the
cutter-bar when the mower is in gear, but
this team is gentle."

"What in the world did they put a
danger sign on this bridge for? Why I
crossed it with my tractor less than a
week ago."

Hallie Bentley gave several good uses for turpentine such as preventing moths,
ants and other vermin. Mixture: - one teaspoon of turpentine to a bucket of warm water
is good for cleaning furniture. Wood-ashes around plants not only makes them
grow, but also controls insects. She then gave Eugene Field's "Picnic Time" in her
own charming style.

Mary Hutton told several funny stories from real life, the most up-to-date being
the one in which a Goucher girl, a Studerbaker car and a man named Rubenstein

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This page also includes two newspaper clippings that were not transcribed.