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Good Manners in the Home
One of the Happiest Investments You Can Make—Points About Personal Cleanliness, Neatness and Dress—Bright Smiles and Clean Teeth—What They Do for Grandmothers in Europe—Your Manners at Home and in Other People's Homes—About Candy Parties and the "Fidgets"—The Rights of Children and Their Elders.

When you come out of your room in the morning, you should be perfectly clean and fully dressed. After the bath, special attention should be given the face, hands, finger-nails, hair and teeth. A girl's shoes should be laced, her dress buttoned, her hair ribbons prettily tied, her belt and neck dressing adjusted so they cannot get out of order. A boy's shoes should be polished, there should be no high-water mark under his cuffs, and he should have on his collar, tie and coat. In very hot weather the coat may be left off, but his trousers should be snugly belted, not held up by suspenders. It is due your own self respect to be clean and neat. And to appear soiled and untidy is to show a lack of respect for other people. This is a social law that applies to every occasion, from a President's reception to breakfast with your own family.

HOW TO BE PROPERLY DRESSED
Your clothes of course should suit the occasion. For every day home, school and business wear, the best materials of their kind may be used, but the garments should be simple in style and serviceable. You should not be out of style, nor too far in style. Extremes are not in good taste. It is better to be a little under-dressed than over-dressed. You will not "look like everybody else," if you study the art of dress. Find what colors and styles suit you—there is always a wide choice—and bring out your own individuality. But don't make the mistake of buying cheap and tawdry things. And it is the worst possible taste for a child to be dressed elaborately or in more expensive materials