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OU OUGHT to know about writing paper—what it is that makes it fine and good. You ought to be able to select for your own use the paper that becomes you most and that is consistent with your social position, just as you select materials for a gown.

You know a piece of good lace when you see it. You know the difference between delicate, cobwebby Venetian or Irish Point made by hand and the coarser lace done on a machine. Your taste has been trained by observation and comparison. By the same method you may learn to know good writing paper when you see it, and to care for it, for its own sake.

You can tell why one piece of silk is better than another. You pay more for a Sevres cup than you do for one of stoneware. In all these things you look for quality and adaptability. It is just the same with writing paper.