Tllli ALLIANCE IIKRALD, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920
FIVE
Aids To Grace
And Beauty
Bjr PrtscllU Dean
Article 25
What Constitutes 0mm1 It reeding
So many letters come to me from
yonng women who want various
questions of deportment answered
that I have decided to blend the sub
ject Into this series of grace and
beauty talks. As a matter of fact, it
all comes under the name head, for' a
person who Is well-bred is In almost
all cases graceful, and, If not really
beautiful. Is at least well-groomed.
No well-bred person, man or wo
man, ignores the small rudimentary
matters of personal neatness and
cleanliness. Many of the fads and
prevailing habits of today which
fashion dictates and conventional so
ciety tolerates are far from being
evidence of breeding. For example,
cigarettes smoking. I do not mean
to say that no lady would smoke
cigarettes without apparent detri
ment. But I do contend that any
girl who thinks that by cultivating
the cigarette habit the emphasizes
the fact that she is well-bred is de
cidedly mistaken.
It should go without saying that
no really well-bred person chows
gum one-half at least, not within
sight of any other person. One of
the most amusing things I have wit
nessed recently was the arrangement
of a large theater audience of "ex
tras" for the taking of a picture,
supposed to represent a fashionable
and distinguished gathering. It was
euch, In so far as Immaculate clothes
elaborate coiffures and huge feather
fans could make It but In one of
the most conspicuous seats sat a man
who looked like a scholar, or a diplo
mat, and chewed like a cow In a
pasture. Just a few seats beyond
him sat a distinquished-looking
blond woman with a regal velvet
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gown and llara, whose Jaws were
similarly occupied. It Is needless to
say that before the picture was taken
a director Informed both would be
imitation aristocrats that they could
not look the parts for which they
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At. this season of the year people
are travelling a great deal. It has
been said that one of the surest tests
of the well-bred woman Is her abil
ity to travel as one. Unselfishness
and consideration for others are es
sential of good-breeding. Unfor
tunately, there are far too many
people in this "melting-pot" age,
upon whom little courtesies and acts
of thoughtfulness are worse than
wasted. People who, if one steps
aside to give them preference, or
rises to offer a seat, or speaks apolo
getically for some unintentional er
ror, -at once assume an attitude of
Insolent superiority and construe
that which was an unstudied and In
voluntary act of courtesy to be mere
ly awe, Ignorance and servility. If
such persons only realized that the
distrust, suspicion and misinterpre
tation with which they receive such
acts is invariably an open index of
their own characters, their own pleb
lanism if one may use the word
vulgarity and lack of association
wlih cultured people in their every
dayjtfe, they would make some ef
fort to acquire at least a veneer of
gentility.
Once upon a time I spoke very
politely to a woman shopper, the
skirt of whose black dress was un
fastened balf-way down the back.
She was a portly woman and wore a
white petticoat. I fancied she would
be grateful to me for telling her of
that which it was evident she was
totally unaware. I would have hook
ed the skirt for her, had she so de
sired. To my amazement she turned
and glowered upon me as if I had
accused her of shop-lifting. Then,
without a word, she tossed her head
with what I have no doubt she con
sidered the QUintescence of good
breeding, and hopped onward, con
veying more the effect of a gigantic
cotton-tail rabbit than the regal su
perciliousness at which she had aim
ed. It Is decidedly not well-bred to
keep a long line of people waiting
while ono asks questions and search
es for change in front of a ticket
window, when boarding a street car
or at any other time and place where
numerous other people are inconven
ienced. In some district It seems to be 4i
popular habll of many people to
tvilk three and four abreast. Young
girls, some of whom have written to
me recently, are particularly fond of
monopolizing the sidewalk in this
manner. It is distinctly not good
form and no person who wishes to
be considered well-bred will ever be
guilty of such public rudeness. -
A younger person should always
give precedence to an older one. This
Is one of those little things, which
as I said before, is very apt to be mis
Interpreted but one cannot afford to
neglect ono's own courtesy Just be
cause some other person chances to
be boorish or Ignorant,
To be seen eating candy and pea
nuts upon the street is not an indl
cation of good breeding, and every
young girl who has ever read any
book on etiquette knows that it Is
never good form for a woman to be
seen talking on the street corner;
and no man who has the Instincts of
a gentleman will ever cause a woman
to remain standing while they con
verse. If he does not happen to be
going In her- direction, be should
turn and accompany, her a short dls
tlnce until their conversation Is fin
ished. In crowded cars courtesy Is be
coming more and more at a prem
ium, largely for the reasons I have
already mentioned. In far too many
Instances It Is not only with rude
ness on the part of those whose un
couthness and Ignorance la on a par
with that of any Jack-rabbit lady.
Many men declare that the reason
why they stopped offering their
seats In the car to women who were
standing is because the courtesy was
so little appreciated.
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FOR SISTER'S 8
By RALPH HAMILTON.
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"Uns Walter mmle h's choice, moth-
erf
It was John Mnwhrey, father of the
young man nnino'l, who nsketi me
question, and pome Interest and sus
pense showed In voice and fnee.
"Sit down. John." said Mrs. Mow-
brey In her quiet, sensible way. "This
Is o subject that means our son's hap
piness or misery, and we must act
with prudence and wisdom. Ever
since the-AVelby's and their two beau
tiful daughters, Ktitn and Wanda,
moved Into the town Walter has been
more than attracted by them."
"Yes, I have observed that," nodded
John Mowbrey thoughtfully.
"When you rnid lilm that you would
present htm with n modern house and
lot he felt that It was time to look
around for a wife. While he seems
to think the world of the Welby girls,
I have noticed that he has been un
decided and worried, as though he
could not make up his mind. Today
I had n quiet talk with him. Ills
choice Is Wnndit. Pear, gentle, loving
creature, she would be mine, too, If
the decision were left to me."
"Then why doesn't lie settle down
to that, and net nccordlntly?" quer
ied practical,"" hnrd-hended John.
"Well, love Is capricious, you know,
nnd he doesn't think he knows
Wanda's mind. John made a sort of
confession to me today. lie says that
he became quite well acquainted with
Wanda, At the first, her bright.
sprightly ways captivated 'him com
pletely. You see, she came first on
the scene. At the end of the week
Ellta appeared. From the start, John
declared, her grand, regnl ways sort
of awed him, and then he naturally
felt flattered when Ellta began to
show a decided preference for his
company."
"H'ml Ellta Is a flne-looklng girl.
and no mistake," commented Mr. Mow
brey. "But the other sister did she
turn against him?"
"Not at all. Walter says she was
Just as pleasant and agreeable as be
fore, only she encourages him to pay
the most attention to her sister. When
be goes around Saturdays and sees
Wanda first, and Invites her to
drive, she manages to make some ex
cuse and then, as If It was a plan
made up between them. Ellta appears,
smiling and condescending, and some
how It Is she who goes motoring, while
Wanda stays at home. Walter Is be
wildered quite, for he feels It an honot
to have Ellta, who treats other young
men with Icy dignity, select him as
her escort "
"It's a puzzle, Isn't It?" voiced Mr,
Mowbrey In a perplexed tone. "What'i
going to come of It?"
Poor Walter I Adorable, but fur.
tlve Wanda I It became patent to th$
former there had come over the love
ly young girl a great change. She nq
longer encouraged his companionship,
which she at first seemed to so great
ly enjoy. At times, too, Walter fan
cied a shade of growing sadness in
her bonny eyes. She did not seem to
care for any other of the numerous
beaux In her train.
Four times In succession, while they
started for Morton to the west, fol
lowed by the observant and constnnt
gaze of Mrs, Welby, a little way out
of town Ellta had suggested that they
visit Ltscomb, to the east Each time
she said she had some shopping to do,
and each time she was lost to the
direct view of patient, waiting Wal
ter for over an hour. She was de
pressed or buoyant by turns, and al
ways when she returned to the ma
chine, and Invariably on each occasion
she said to Walter:
"You need not mention It at home
that we visited Liscomb, If you
please."
At which Walter marveled, but one
afternoon the Imperious, yet always
affable Miss Welby, requested him to
halt bis car at the edge of Ltscomb
and await her return. She was gone
for fully two hours. There was a new
brightness la her eyes as she reap
peared, flustered, and seeming to sup
press some great Joy.
. "Mr. Mowbrey," she spoke at once,
"I owe you the deepest gratitude, If
you only knew It I liope that In our
close companionship which I have en
couraged, you have never fancied that
I was In love with you."
, , The, amflzlB-S words overwhelmed
Walter, "UnwVonM I think that you.
with your regal beauty, could deign
to look upon me except as onf of the
many loyal suitors who think It an
honor to win from you the smallest
notice?"
"And you do love Wanda?"
"This Is pretty plain questioning."
submitted Walter.
"It needs to be," said the self-ns-J
sertlve young Indy. 'Thanks to yon.
I have lulled the watchfulness and sus
picions o my parents, and have Just
secretly married the man 1 love. He
has just won a high position, and I
do not think they will now reject him
as a son-lii-lsw."
"Then then," stammered Wslter."
"It was all a scheme your seeming
ptrtt In m"
"In which dear, self-sacrificing
Wanda aided. Tea, Mr. Mowbrey. but
ah I I see your love for her In your
eyes, and when she makes her confes
slnn, be gentle with her."
"Yon don't mean" blurted out
Walter breathlessly, "that she"
"lioves you? Yen. and has all along
and yon have won a double blessing
my lifelong gratitude and her pre
clous, unalterable devotion."
WISE JIMMY
"Jimmy," said the fond mother to
her smart eleven-year-old, 'what be
came of that little pie I made for
you as a treat yesterday? Did you
eat t?"
"Do, mama," answered Jimmy
with a grin; "I gave It to my teach
er at school Instead."
"That was very nice and generous
of you, Jimmy," complimented his
mother. "And did your teacher eat
It?" .
"Yes; I think so," answered Jim
my. "She wasn't at school today."
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