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Show m SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR M I H THE -SCHOOL GIRL ti i ' . I That 'anything ut all is good enough f ir home" is a queer idea indeed. Why should not the place where ODe spends niost time Im made the pb-asatitest, and why should one not strive hardst to please and to get on well with the people one sis most often? What Is put down as crossness and oeused at Lome is known by ihe harsher name of rude and diilgrccahle in the outside world, a Dd wl y should it he excusable to be disagreeable disagree-able among the people who love on most and who are most acutely uffectM by one's HI humor? Jphcro in the room. Vi t how many fam-l ily no-id, nre made w ret ht-d through the ou.irri-r.ing of two or more of the younger QiemU-rs of the frtiiiily, who have not suf-ticicM suf-ticicM consideration f.r otlnr to nirb-their nirb-their i'.l ft-i-lms-i, and so make oil about theiu mis'-rol'le. It would never uceiir to a girl when' jot a friend's luncheon table to cinplaiu of the f.o-l that Is put Ufore her, yet ho many happy family tiieals are made ' luretiheij te.au-e there l aloy uiie member who is aurc to lotnpUiu either of the good f'od that hv it mu or tb.' j way In hb h it i n-red 1 WHY should not the practice of com-pauy com-pauy manners begin at Lome? It would be a lreuirri iu surprise, of course, to the rest of n family Lould nil the little courtesies and attentions that It is taught must Lc shown toward strangers b suddenly exhibited toward one's parents, but what a delight it would I to them, too Just at hrst. psrhsps, any such dlsplsy of good manners m the home, where th Libit of all are looked ujsiu as being iiulte free and Independent, in. glit io no small wonder and even mirth, but It Is safe to predict that t( 'stern rx-rsevf ratn.0 i shown th gol manners will te bound to Love an effect Uk.d the entire household. ; A tirsl father might not even mention his quirt enjoyment when be LikU his great armchair d.-nwn op brfo.-e the trc, ,witb l.'k. paper ard spev-ta.-,.g eloe at hand, but l.e will appreciate the ati ntion Jut the same, and return it with an added depth of love. The influence of one sweet catured. tjn-s tjn-s lfish, and consequently ,.U munnen-d. girl in a household is extraordinary . The whole, family Is depeudert uon fcer, anJ In r dace cerr.s empty Indeed win-never '.e Is away. It la surely worth the try-iLg try-iLg tiuxs at Srt. when the small brothers I laugh and p rhaj s grow . sarcastic and The mother, knowing that all cum plaints jore repeated In the kitchen. Is rendered uiisor.i lc, for she knows the upheavul t'uut will eiiue iu th servants' quarters, jand on the load of the hoi-v Is wbls-1 'of her chcr bappuie.s is sure to forsake ithut r-'t. la. purled pareuts know not exactly bat attitude to take, lr, try to win sjch a place lo the Lome by the simple practice of gid manncri at all times. To ihiiA first of th others, never to complain, com-plain, r.ot even of the weather, for every l.ttle complaint ktsrts bU of discontent discon-tent lo rnoliun; never to b t go by an opj-ortuniry for a bit of courtesy to those older than oneelf, and then to -keep i-ht-n-'.t alwaye as nest and prettily g .wn-1 as though or. were visifiig and Lot Just at Lome, where ar.ytllng is go.-l eoo'itb Oils Is pra-.-Lisiti' guol ti. sneers at honi. lioo-1 tnar-Ler. like every oth.'r trait t f Larscter that is worth . g. fin t- aiU'.rl only by cot,tit.t rartlre' aoJ cl care against the lirt Irrlta-tc'Cs. Irrlta-tc'Cs. Orly by a nnisnt eiUtti..fi of gi.sl rr.at.ters -i every t at l.onie can ocie h'.pe tever to isks a siiii outside Vh u visitiug a gurt naturally trii-s j phase Ler bites la cwry way possible. pos-sible. She stnves Lover tu be late thxt tlirrs shall n-.t kept waitiog, she dir.- ' her Ut lo drv well and look pretty and attra- tiie at s!l UiLrs. aLd she even t.ikia the truhle to 1-? ;vi.iily p-dlte to all elder pvrson in the house, for 1 ties are the principles uo which she 1.1. I--3 bn.'Uiht up. Why, too, whj 'saenld Dot every or.e of utt,, t,t. , dm.-es cf fi bnliLi I- kipt up at buuie) Tie P.vrt will b repaid by ftDd apprrcijtj'.ri that Is giveU in' return for th.-m, t-iis tri Diaoom ls...n rorue ly e.'d nature ai.j there' w.i: 1- to eCTrt iu-cl,J ,t 4; I L.-n grai .T.sthT ! vL.tir n ,te t...use i !- '' Q pretty M;; !' stt.r tb I'v' if i ccr.-s there (., U t;.e stt- ni.ofcs aJ wurti.s.e, ur-;y hjaid uvi fa.I, - What tiother wi! not smile t-iore Lar-1 pily all through th day Ut.!i her family r.ver fors''t to py 0 ,,r jv,,1 lut marks of roiect atil rvverer.ee which srs her due? Tb dxmhter who always ststds by to allow hi r mother iv eLter a revtu I'f jr" tvr, w to pull, OLl th chair for her at tsbl bvf. re s-at,i g herself, who in fall tever fails to stow scy tittle apprtciatk a of ail that the c't voted mother lis given her through nr 'j rar this e rl will sh i frm p(Br )u a heart that is always h-gog f-r-il-' though sb Levrr psks of u.rrj. j t. t!c Uiark of a.Trleon fr. :it hrr cbildrvu. J It would never t-cjr to a g-rl wl,n at ja fneni s luu- leso table t) tter nt. i. t-Lt nruT-".'. s-i i. t.v,t ,yc rTimt srs bsard at-u lie e-, lre l-.,rvj at sac aoiu- iu c-M.i,.,ul ata- |