It is unflattering 10 realize how very unwanted are we women at our birth. Though the world has congratulated Princess Juliana upon the arrival of her daughter there is little doubt but that a boy would have been more welcome. So it is with lesser mortals, and one finds folk of the most obscure families, and with the most commonplace," of names, xxlous to have boys, "so that the name and family will' not die out, Duty, what matters it how many Robinsons and Smiths and what-nots die out, there are plenty of Jones' fand Browns to take their place.
In Shanghai we learn that all Chinese, down to the lowest coolies, have a more than usual eagerness the present time to produce boys, boys, and yet more boys. Friends of mine employ a house-tailor on full ime to make clothes for refugee children, and quite a lot of work Is done for the many newly born who seem bent on arriving. It appears that, even among new babies, fashion dictates one form of jacket for a boy, and another for a girl. The Boys" tackets have numerous buttons. while the girls' fasten with a few. For the purpose of making as many garments as possible my friends have commissioned their tailor to make the Jackets with few buttons, but at last he Ras protested, andthe backed up by the amah in the home. She has declared that she would sit
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