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Show THE GIP.L WHO IS GENTLE Quiet Ways and. Movements Show Oni Possesses Refined and Lova- t ble Temperament. By tho gcntlo girl is not meant the girl who is gentle in heart and thought, though sho should strivo to be both, but tho girl who is gentle in her movements and in her speech. She does not knock against chairs as she enters the room, she docs not plant down each foot as if alio were trying to stamp tho pattern out of tho carpet. When she talks and becomes interested in-terested in her subject she doe3 not allow her voice to become a shrill tone that is car-piercing. Of courpc none of theso things are wicked, but they show a lack of consideration, and suggest that there is a strain in one that does not belong be-long to the refined and lovable temperament. tem-perament. The girl who is gcntlo learns to walk quietly, to keep her eyes open so that sho docs not trip over rugs, cushions, chairs, or tables. The girl who is gentle realizes that a sweet, low voice and a quiet manner arc more convincing of tho power of womanhood than all the loud talking and blustering imaginable. |