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Show - . I ii SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR II aJ. THE SCHOOL GIRL 9 j enemies than almost nny other trait. It may bo nn evidence of strength of character char-acter to have decided iews. but it is well to hoop these ideas pretty much to one's self until it can 1 positively proved that they are the only correct views possible. The little trick of determining never to use the 'I" in conversation may Is? a Iwick road tuvvard its goal, but it will lead there ust the same, for when it is impossible to speak of one's self the second person must be made use of, und in becoming nexus tonied to start off with "What do you want'" the "I want'' toon becomes for-golivu for-golivu altogether. THERE is a story loid of a girl who bad all her short life ..-,n Known u the most stilish child that ever lived, tine il.iy us she sat .ihnn. wondering what she could do Unit would give her most pleasure n fairy appeared before her and told her that unless 4I10 slopped thinking about herself and what would bring her happinc.., she would all h.-r life bo lonesome and miserable. In n sudden til of fear nnd reinoi-se combined the uirl asked what she could do to i,n,.r .rl scllishnois. For answer the fairy told her that from that day forth she- must .eliminate the letter "I" iu both wriliic jand conversation. Half iu mim incut, .half in curiosity, and also be:nise she 'was always bored and loused for some, thing now to interest her, she rewdsed to I make the experi turn l. 1 The story goon on to tell how the girl lived to be an old, old woman, and how at her death a u hoi., nation mourned, land how the myriads of wruuthx nl,, flowers placed upon her grave by those iwlio loved her all took rrot am) blx,;M,. ! forever nfti-r. w inter nnd sumuii-r. be. cause nothing whii h came iicur (,j woman' spirit could ever die. I Now, just been use faiiie-i, are not be-jliovid be-jliovid in in this practical twentieth century cen-tury this bit of advice? Would undoubtedly undoubted-ly be laughed to scorn the np to date girl. She would say, "What a back road to take toward um-clurhnoss!" .,i y(., it is desperately true that th Kr wuf. coniersation is interlarded njt;, ..j jtbiuk," "1 uwuidti't," "I did to and o." i a'ni.ist invariably selfish. scK-oentred and a most unattractive companion. In graphology, too, or character reading read-ing from penmanship, the handwriting export ex-port doi-s not by any means make all his deductions from the formation of the in-diiidual in-diiidual letters of Ihe alphabet. The graphologist tirst reads a note through ;'. rcfully, ami when ho finds the personal pronoun commencing each paragraph mid recurring with frequency through each page ho puts down as chief characteristic if ihe writer sellishucss and conceit and 1 love of Ihe ee.0. It is indeed ilillieult to eliminate ouc'h ; self entirely iu conversation. Naturally , there is no ou; so interesting s,, ;isc,rb- in (g. as one's ow u self, but the girl who I j makes for popularity w ill KiVe the im-l predion that it is the person to whom! I die is talking who is of hj(.f iijcr,.t. i j A sir I who thinks that a few blows to her pride would do hi r goes) CiJU try re-, ! luting some humdrum slory or cxperi-; cxperi-; ci ico to a niiinl'or of different persons in 'one day and instead of finishing the tale, having off Iwfore the ellniax. Let her' .count bow many notice th0 limc nri,j U8( what happened in the end. Poles she is' 'especially fortunate or an exceptionally brilliant talker thJ girl will resolve to pay I more attention herself when others talk tol iher. h-sl she too. thronli iuuttcntion, may . ' be uiin.s oasnrily rude. It I wlc. tes, to I cautious about, 'opinions of persons and things. The em-iphnlie em-iphnlie "1 think so-and-so." inipvillu ,,.' , could any ouc possibly differ, makca mure, |