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Show LETTER WRITING. One thing every girl should know something of practically as well as theoretically is the art of writing a graceful, well expressed, dainty note or letter. - There are few things more pleasant to the. recipient than a really clever and witty letter, a fact which every girl should bear in mind. She should understand that one of the unpardonable sins is a gift unacknowledged, to which there has been no response. :i; When; she has" learned the rudiments, when she knows that the ordinary rules of grammar, punctuation punctu-ation and composition require, let her not by any means be satisfied. After this she must learn to express herself "individually, to give the graceful turn and say, the pleasant thing. Xothing is such death to good writing', 'whether the tiny note or the lengthy letter, as haste. Xon one can do justice to either without giving herself up to it entirely for the time being. There should be no. signs of telegraphic curtness, or, on the other hand,, of "padding," or trying to fill up a given amount of space with words only, so that the 'document may present to the eye the appearance ap-pearance of a letter. f! ' " A girl should understand what a value there is in the little note of reply, congratulation, condolence. condol-ence. In writing them she should avoid stock phrases and speak from her heart, naturally, sirn- rly. She should also recognize what a bond is a brightly written, informing letter between friends and, knowing you cannot get something for noth- ' ing, should bring to it every faculty. To compare "notes with an absent friend as to books read, pictures pic-tures seen and people met is an education no girl can afford to neglect. LITTLE MOTHERS IN JAPAN. The little girls of Japan are real littlo mothers. moth-ers. Many a small maiden in Japan goes out to her games of tag and bouncing ball with a wee sister or brother tied on her back with the big broad sash which she always wears. Sometimes she turns ihe baby around and plays she is a pilgrim carrying the Goddess of Mercy, on her back, while the other children pretend pre-tend to- worship the goddess. |