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1874–1942

The Warning

Alice Duer Miller

No, it is n't home neglecting If you spend your time selecting Seven blouses and a jacket and a hat; Or to give your day to paying

Needless visits, or to playing Auction bridge. What critic could object to that? But to spend two precious hours At a lecture! Oh, my powers,

The home is all a woman needs to learn. And an hour, or a quarter, Spent in voting! Why, my daughter, You could not find your home on your return.

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