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Show CULTIVATE TACTFULNESS ffiffll MONG- the absolute requisites yAjj for success are unfailing cour-sJ cour-sJ tesy and tact It makes no difference whether you are a business or a society girl, they are equally necessary to both, and as a rule one of these traits presupposes the other. The courteous girl is usually usual-ly tactful, for real courtesy springs not only from a knowledge of conventions, conven-tions, but from a kind heart Tho tactful girl knows the value of a cheerful word and smile, the Importance Im-portance of a gracious act She is the girl who makes you feel that just the fact that you desiro to be with her Is a compliment which she appre- If you have not received training in tact and courtesy at school or at homo then teach yourselves by being observant, ob-servant, by giving attention to the little lit-tle amenities, as well as the more important im-portant things of life. In society the tactful girl Is always the one who Is in demand for weekend week-end parties, who is chosen as brldes-mad, brldes-mad, who has many Invitations to pick and choose from, while another girl perhaps belonging to the same sctr-is almost ignored, simply because of her tactless remarks and actions. Here is an instance of a girl .who' la extremely fussy about hor food and who has been numbered at home When she is invited out she refuses' this or that dish most ungTaciouslv with a remark like this: "No, thank you! I never eat that r can't bear it!" aL l It happens, unfortunately, that nearly near-ly all the things this girl professes to dislike are what most girls arc fond of, and which invariably they like to serve. She wonders why she isn't invited in-vited oftener, , pjpWP ' ' ' '" " "' W ) III I III, |