Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-19
Written for WoMAN's CHRONICLE.
Six Letters to Girls. mo. q.

as the result of habit Each good habit is like
each separate jewel in the crown of noble woman
hood, which you all hope to wear, and each little
vice is one of the 'little foxes that ''spoil the
ylne" The oftener habit, good or bad, is re-
peated the more deeply rooted it becomes in your
nature, and the stronger becomes the chain of
which these habits are the links, which will bind
you to happy or miserable future. I will tell
you in this letter of a few habits which, if you
practice them, will make you and those around you
happy, and want to tell you also of few habits
which, if not actually disgraceful, show the mark
of coarse nature.
girl who is lady-like and has nice gentle man
ners, is girl every one likes to have about them.
Now do not get good manners and etiquette mixed.
Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite society,
which you will have time to learn after your school
days are over, but you can have kind, gentle man.
ners without etiquette. The real lady is not the
one who can make the most graceful bow and
glance the incest. The real lady is the one who
never wounds another's feelings Intentionally.
Good manners come as a result of habit. You
must not expect to be rude at home, and then 60
out and be lady. You cannot do it.
Then, girls, you must be neat. girl looks a
great deal nicer with only plain, cotton dress on,
and neat hair and shoes, than she would if she
were dressed in silk, with dirty ruching around her
neck and with unblacked shoes on. remember
of being at a house once when bride called She
had on an elegant dark green silk dress, fine bon
net embroidered scarf, gold watch kid gloves,
ETC., and at the first glance l thought she looked
charming but when she sat down her dress hung
SO that | could see her shoes, and her whole APP
pearance changed to me. She had on rusty old
shoes with about every other button off. To
be sure they were or had been fine shoes, but what
did it matter? They would have looked far better
if they had been not half so fine and in good order
For the want of little shoe polish and few min
utes time for sewing on buttons, her personal ap-
pearance was entirely spoiled
Then, girls, form early the habit of being cheer
full If you have not so many dresses and bonnets
and bangles as some of your companions, do not
fret about it. There is nothing that more adorns
a girl than cheerful, smiling face. Such faces
carry sunshine wherever they 60.
Now want to tell you few things girls do,
which always cause them to fall in the estimation
OF refined person. Some girls use slang Now
girls, what ever you clio let this be one of the things
you do not do it is detesable, and it is one of the
hardest of all habits to break. | know by expe-
rlence When | was girl used great deal of
slang, and although often told did not think how
very bad it sounded, until l heard some one else
saying the same words, and it did sound so silly
and vulgar, stopped but it was not an easy thing
to do
Another very bad habit some girls have is of
talking loud, especially in public places, and it
shows ill-breeding and very bad taste. was wait
ing in an office one day, where there were num-
Der of persons, when two young girls, dressed in
the height of fashion, entered and sat down near
me. No sooner were they seated than they gave
me critical examination from my head to my feet
Then the younger looking one took out her watch
and turned it round and round, so that every one
in the room might see she had one, while she wound
and set it. Then the companion took her card
case and asked where she. got it. She said her
Esfella' gave it to her and il cost five dollars