130 POLITENESS.

I may embrace what I have to say in the five
following suggestions :

1. Dress according to your condition.

9. Avoid singularity in dress.

§. Neatness and cleanliness are indispensa-
ble. Even the finest and most costly things,
as Brussels lace, soiled and tumbled, would
fail to please, and may be compared to ill
flavoured custards or other delicacies.

4. That dress is best which is least re-
marked; which makes the person appear
well, without provoking the observation—
“he or she is finely dressed.” When the
dress is remarked for beauty, and the person
for ugliness, the toilette is ill performed.

5. What is fashionable, is not always right.

The Sparrow and Robin.

A robin was one summer evening sitting
upon a tree and singing its cheerful song
right merrily. A critical sparrow was near
by, and when the robin had done, he ex-
claimed, “ What a miserable song! Why,
it really seemed as if it would split my ears.
How can you, robin, pretend to sing, when

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