The Fault Of Bad Taste Is Usually

Ideal Conversation Must Be An Exchange Of Thought, And Not, As Many Of Those Who Worry Most About Their Shortcomings Believe, An Eloquent Exhibition Of Wit Or Oratory.

Houses Without Personality Are A Series Of Walled Enclosures With Furniture Standing Around In Them. Other Houses Are Filled With Things Of Little Intrinsic Value, Even With Much That Is Shabby And Yet They Have That Inviting Atmosphere.

Nothing Appeals To Children More Than Justice, And They Should Be Taught In The Nursery To "play Fair" In Games, To Respect Each Other's Property And Rights, To Give Credit To Others, And Not To Take Too Much Credit To Themselves.

The Fact That Slang Is Apt And Forceful Makes Its Use Irresistibly Tempting. Coarse Or Profane Slang Is Beside The Mark, But "flivver," "taxi," The "movies," "deadly" (meaning Dull), "feeling Fit," "feeling Blue," "grafter," A "fake," "grouch," "hunch" And "right O!" Are Typical Of Words That It Would Make Our Spoken Language Stilted To Exclude.

In Popular Houses Where Visitors Like To Go Again And Again, There Is Always A Happy Combination Of Some Attention On The Part Of The Hostess And The Perfect Freedom Of The Guests To Occupy Their Time As They Choose.