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"Expect

not

at

another's

hand

what

you

can

do

hy

your

own."

AIRING

A

woman

who,

as

the

THE

BED

mother

of several

sons,

has

many

young

men

as

guests

at

her

large

country

house,

says

she

can

Invariably

judge

a

man

from

the

care

he

takes

of

his

rodm.

A

young

man

who

has

been

well

brought

up,

she

says,

never

falls

to

turn

back

his

bedclothes

upon

aris-

ing

In

the

morning.

If

the

clothes,

sheets

and

all,

are

turned

back

smoothly

over

the

footboard

and

the

pillows

placed

near

the

open

window

in

a

convenient

chair,

she

decides

that

the

young

man's

mother

instilled

into

him

that

good

breeding

which

makes

neatness

and

cleanliness

and

care

Imperative

to

his

comfort

and

that

of

his

hostess.

She

further

adds

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