1.28.2006

And speaking of Mark Twain...

...this excerpt from a short article entitled Advice for Good Little Girls and published in the California Youth's Companion, June 24, 1865:
You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are indebted for your food, and your nice bed, and for your beautiful clothes, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices, and humor their little whims and put up with their little foibles, until they get to crowding you too much.

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