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You And Your Manners..
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LOIS THIGPEN
DON'T ATTRACT ATIENTION
The most important rules
of behavior in the street
are those against doing
things that are conspicu
ous. All people in the
streets or anyx^here in
public should be careful
not to talk too loud.
They should expecially
avoid pronouncing people’s
names or making personal
remarks that may attract
passing attention or give
a clue to their identity.
Ihere is nothing that
stamps the vulgarian more
than advertising his
possessions or achieve
ments by loud word of
mouth any where!
SMOKING
It is still impossible to
imagine a lady walking on
a city street either chew
ing gum or smoking. Nor
does a gentleman walk with
a lady on a city street
and at the same time smoke.
PROPRIETIES THAT REMAIN
Notwithstanding the
supposed freedom of the
modern day, a certain few
fixed rules of propriety
do, however, remain. It is
still considered a serious
breach of decorum to allow
a young girl to sit up
late at night with a young
man-or a number of them-
after her elders have gone
to bed. On returning home
from a party, she must not
invite or allow a man to
"come in for a while." If
he insists, she should
ansx^er casually but firmly,
"SorryI It's against rules.
Good night."
MANNERS THAT PLEASE A MAN
It would be hard to think
of anything more at vari
ance with the precepts of
etiquette than a woman who
is continually looking at
herself in her vanity
mirror, fussing at her
hair, and dabbing at her
face. It is not only bad
form but evidence of
ignorance of the meaning
of charm.
WRITING LETTERS
Never send a letter with
out reading it over and
making sure that you have
said nothing that can
possibly "sound different"
from what you intended to
say.
Never, so long as you
live, vjrite a letter to a
man-no matter who he is-
that you would be ashamed
to see in a noT/Spaper
above your signature.
Remember that eveiy word
of writing is immutable
evidence for or against
you, and words which are
thoughtlessly put on paper
may exist a hundred years
hence.
Never write anything that
can be construed as senti
mental .
Always keep in mind, and
never for one instant for
get,that a third person-
the very one you would
most object to-may find
and read the letter»
Never take a man to task
about anything; never ask
for explanations. To do so
not only implies too great
an intimacy but will \in-
failingly make him go-and
stay-as far away from you
as he possibly can.
One word more; It is not
alone "bad form", but lay
ing yourself open to every
sort of embarrassment and
danger, to "correspond
with" a man you know
slightly.
RUN AFTER A MAN?
Cat-like, a girl may do a
little stalking! But "run"?
Not a step. Ihe freedom of
today allows her to go
meet him half-way, but the
girl who runs, runs after
a man who run.s, fasten!
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