"I think I'd make a pretty good housemaid," said Barbara, on her knees, energetically polishing the floor of the cottage parlor. "Only housemaids don't wear gloves and all-over aprons and mobcaps," replied Mollie. "And they don't protect their skins from dust with cold cream," added Barbara, teasingly. "Do they, Molliekins?" "Oh well," replied Mollie, "duty and beauty rhyme, and every woman ought to try and keep her looks, according to the beauty pages in all the papers." "Poor old Molliekins!" exclaimed her sister. "Crowsfeet and gray hair at fifteen!"
"I think I'd make a pretty good housemaid," said Barbara, on her knees, energetically polishing the floor of the cottage parlor. "Only housemaids don't wear gloves and all-over aprons and mobcaps," replied Mollie. "And they don't protect their skins from dust with cold cream," added Barbara, teasingly. "Do they, Molliekins?" "Oh well," replied Mollie, "duty and beauty rhyme, and every woman ought to try and keep her looks, according to the beauty pages in all the papers." "Poor old Molliekins!" exclaimed her sister. "Crowsfeet and gray hair at fifteen!"
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