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Don'ts for girls: A manual of mistakes (cover)
Don'ts for girls: A manual of mistakes (cover)
TitleDon'ts for girls: A manual of mistakes (cover)
AuthorAntrim, Minna Thomas, b. 1861
PublisherHenry Altemus Company
Publisher LocationUnited States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Publication Date1902
NotesUnillustrated.
This book provides a list of "don'ts" for young women to provide guidance for correct manners and social behavior. Some suggestions are: "Don't be ashamed of your parents. They may be dull and unlearned, but they gave you the chance to become what you are. Honor them before all men" ; "Don't chatter. Babbling is baneful. Gigglers should be punished by solitary confinement" ; "Don't become masculine if you are a college girl. Fit yourself for a vocation if you choose, but hold fast to your girlish personality" ; "Don't be willful, but cultivate self-reliance" ; "Don't consider it beneath you to know how to cook. It takes brains to master fine cookery" ; "Don't be assured of your beauty when men stare. Some men stare at any skirted object" ; "Don't oppose or ridicule the opinions of your brothers. Boys and men grow crusty when things go cross-wise. The oil of diplomacy is never more soothing than when used in the home" ; "God made you for skirts. Don't dress like a man. Girls who do are as absurd as boys who are girlish. Never lose the sense of fitness" ; "Don't consider yourself the axle of the world. You are only a spoke in the wheel" ; "Don't be deceived by malice. She often wears the whitest garb of friendship" ; and "Don't have even a speaking acquaintance with King Alcohol. He's a disreputable old fellow."

A full text version of this title is available from: http://books.google.com/books?id=-jQEAAAAYAAJ&ots=8f9EvSEm21&dq=%22don'ts%20for%20girls%22%20antrim&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Contextual NotesMinna Thomas Antrim was an American author who wrote several witty books about manners and social etiquette including "Naked Truths and Veiled Allusions" and "The Wisdom of the Foolish and the Folly of the Wise."
Subjects (LCSH)Etiquette for women
CategoryManners and social etiquette
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0380
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection. BJ1853.A63 1902
Object TypeBook
Physical Description112, [6] p.; 15 x 11.5 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009.
Exhibit ChecklistExhibit checklist A.62
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