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Show Would-be Clever Girl. j Many a girl thinks it clever to be cutting and ; sarcastic, and wonders why she is unpopular. Sh. had a gift of mimicry, and thinks it, oh, so smart to touch up the weaknesses of her friends. She is full of openly expressed views that h-.t elders are tottering on the verge of the grave, an calls the girl who has been out two seasons a "bae number." i She thinks knowledge was born with her. ami graspingiy refuses to credit others with a share. She believes she is attracting favorable notieo by loud talking in public places, and scorns the suggestion sug-gestion that she is making he re elf conspicuous. She gives advice on every known subject, and thinks those who do not take it wanting in common sense. She blazons abroad the little she knows, foolishly fool-ishly thinking it will pass muster as a fine education. educa-tion. She poses as artistic or musical or literary, and bores every one with her text-book opinions. She fancies that to be uncensorious is to be out of date, and makes herself a byword with he; backbiting gossip. She believes that eccentricity in address is a sign of great originality, and fortifies herself against criticism by the lordly idea that her critics are ignorant. She thinks it smart to defy conventions, pertly j calling those who would restrain her "old fogies." i |