Some Do’s for Girls.
The following hints for girls, each prefaced by the auxiliary “Do,” will prove a safe guide, not only for the girls but for any of their elders who may choose to follow them.
Do answer your letters soon after they are received, and do try to reply to them with some relation to their contents; a rambling, ill-considered letter is a satire upon your education.
Do, when you talk, keep your hands still.
Do observe; the faculty of observation, well cultivated, makes practical men and women.
Do attach as much importance to your mind as to your body.
Do be natural; a poor diamond is better than a good imitation.
Do try to remember where you put your gloves and cardcase; keep the former mended and the latter filled.
Do recollect that your health is more important than your amusements; you can live without one, but you’ll die early without the other.
Do try to be sensible; it is not a particular sign of superiority to talk like a fool.