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Show Mannerisms Detract From One s Charm. Self-consciousness is often a barrier to to popularity, and it is a malady from which some girls suffer. Not every ev-ery one can be graceful and easy, but one can be self-confident without being self-assertive; serene and dignified without being dull. Morbid- fears as to ..what . others . are thinking, and over anxiety as to die's appearance, may be overcome. Little nervous mannerisms, a lack of' repose, consciousness of one's clothes, are all b&:l form and to be avoided. Xo one can make a good impression or talk agreeably if half-absorbed in putting on gloves, clasping a bangle or a pin, or arranging stray locks of hair. It is a mark of good breeding to be neatly dressed in every detail, and never nev-er to appear conscious of one's clothes. Sometimes one sees a girl in the street drawing on gloves or adjusting a veil. Even at the theatre one frequently fre-quently sees people buttoning gloves, rearranging chiffons, or touching the ornaments in the hair. These self-conscious manners in public are bad form. |