Every young girl can become such a lady. Men strive to please and honor such women. Through them must come those refinements of manner and speech so necessary in society. A woman may be gifted with great beauty, and may still be very unprepossessing, if she does not cultivate that knowledge of the laws of etiquette which will enable her to conduct herself so that she will not attract attention by her awkwardness and ignorance of forms. This fact is emphasized by the experience of every observer.
Fine manners are the outward manifestations of an inward beauty that the world is quick to discern.
Society is held together, so to speak, by certain unchangeable laws, which bind its different members in one harmonious whole. When these laws are not observed through ignorance or indifference, how mortifying are the experiences of those who have committed a sin against good breeding. To be mannerly and respectful, to know how to accept the amenities of social life and to return them in kind, is to compel respect and command an entrance into good society, And this can be attained by any one, rich or poor, in this broad land of ours, where the narrow distinctions of caste have not as yet secured a foothold, and where every man is as good as a king. Thus good manners become a practical lever with which to raise one in his daily life. Wealth needs their aid to give character and tone to their surroundings.