For Girls Only

--all words taken from Dorothy Haskin’s For Girls Only,1956

I. Food Can Be FunIn the midst of the desert He placed: one of the most dated girls
the rich yellow squash, thorny cacti, the fragile
pink blossoms.Susie was pasty-faced, gawky
goes in a vicious circle.
Place both hands on the edge of the table, push back and shake
"I’m naturally fat"
the stout girl excuses. She learned thatfood could be
eggplant, the rich yellow squash, one of
from side to side. Her hands are poems of grace.
made her servant. Flaming red blossoms
He, too, married a charming woman.
II. Your Table of Contents
Study the shape of your face.
a warning against extreme hairstyling
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ You are a temple / the throb of the city.
Girls have to cultivate cleanliness.
she has given her hairstyling a place
Spots, soiled clothing reveal that a girlis not clean.
out of proportion
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ You are a temple / the throb of the city.
And odor offends.
This must be a warning: how a small child
resists being washed!
III. What Will It Cost?
Train yourself: you can look like an autumn leaf.
when he says, "You look so nice." She has learnedthe importance of "being herself."
The Lord must expect
Ugh! Inasmuch as you are a girl, you can look like an autumn leaf.
an ice blue blouse and pink
Even though you are not beautiful, you are well-dressed.
"My, what a pretty dress." Short, dumpy girls. Tall, angular girls.
Florence, who tends to be overweight
The normal girl dresses to please. Train yourselfto think: ice blue blouse, an autumn leaf.
Inasmuch, the Lord must expect, even thoughyou are not beautiful
you are well-dressed.
IV. The Deeper Need
Nancy was shortened to Ann
and she married Adoniram Judson
(That is a good definition. If your spirit is twisted, things which you do to your body are helpful. Makes you a child of God.)
Eunice, Norma, and Valerie
wanted a husband
(She has become a slave to tobacco. The things whichyou do to your body)
and all the dreams
which he symbolized
(makes you a child of God. You, having seen your needof Him: "beauty will radiate." We are all marred in themaking.)
A husband is yours for a lifetime.
Pray for the right one.
(The Christian girl need not have any of them. Chainsher own self, slave to tobacco.)
decided to make it
a duet for life
(That is a good definition. Slave to tobacco, your body)
Time after time,
by girl after girl,
Adoniram Judson,
who painted the world-famous
Head of Christ.
V. To Talk Or Not To Talk
Do you have a smile? Can you cook?
Get your collection in shape
such as making a luscious cake. It is soon playedto death and stale.
The next step: darken your bathroom.
You will hear music _____ from his fingers.
It takes more brains
circulate, percolate. An alertness for news
Tom had a knack
You don’t have to be too intellectual!
china dogs, salt shakers,
Make a hand puppet to use when making announcements. What is
Are you friendly?
What is Communism, anyway?
VI. How Long--Oh How Long?
You will be driven to the Lord.
Men can be perverse! Much to Selma’s friends’ relief, hemarried her. The man was a blur.
Ecstasy and heartache! Sex is a peculiar thing.
The boys sensed something wrong.Men are hold it in your palm.They couldn’t put it in words.
Ask the Lord to show it to you.
Beatrix’s smile grew doleful, and she neverYou’ll get one quicker if you can take ’em or let ’em alone.Camilla never learned.
Our inner beings are seared with loneliness.
Dorcas wasn’t taking any chances.See? You’re not so different.A man’s whole being must be satisfied.
As they are liked, so will you be.
VII. Don’t Walk--Run
The wiener roast will bring out whatever is in him.
VIII. The Thrill
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ in a form-fitting dress, in a hazy light
It is because it is all you have to offer.
She missed the good, clean fun
the singer warbles
lays in his heart
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ your walk, the way you looked at him, the flare to your dress.
Sex, like water and fire
died before they could. Food doesn’t interest a man who has eaten.
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ (the cheaper she is)
like an undigested lump.
"until I lost the power to say no."
The more she is handled,
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dresses which fit like onion skin over the hips
If anyone tells an off-color joke,
Maybe her life will be ruined!
displayed at the dime store, picked up by anyone.
What does it matter? The path to the altar
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ (Cheap jewelry, a deadpan face)
of having it ruined by him!
IX. Tom, Dick or Harold
His selection of lamps made her sad.
1. Where did he come from?
topped with a trip to Europe, Ruth only laughed
Rhoda did.
Love is more than a burning
2. Where is he now?
her tendency toward the modernistic. His selection of lamps made her sad.
If he yaks
Tom, Dick, or Harold, duties of amother.
until after the honeymoon.
3. Where is he going?
repetitious to the point of irritation
blandly entered into marriage.
The one whose jokes you will hear
His selection of lamps made her sad.
His selection of lamps made her sad.
X. Drawbacks
Sheallowedthe LordtouseMarshallfully,timeaftertime.
The patternrepeatsitself.
She is the morepliableofthetwo.
XI. But Satisfied
The Lord needs women.
In contrast, Sybil was beautiful!
as if you were gutted within by a fire.
But the girl who is single
Many, many marriages rich, warm moments in marriage
"I became my best self and attracted to Tom."
For me to see a baby throb
He will prey on your mind.
mediocre. Sybil was beautiful!
Many, many marriages rich, warm moments in marriage
She begins to do the sort of things which please him.
limit the Holy One.
her physical best for the Lord.
It needs to be looked at squarely. Sybil
Many, many marriages rich, warm moments in marriage
invited her places and gave her their love.
The Lord woos us, the Lord needs women.
In contrast, Sybil was beautiful!
Then, there was the
Many, many marriages rich, warm moments in marriage
crumbled in her hand like charred paper.
She joined a week-end walking club.
--Laura Sims