Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1881 — Plain Talk to a Girl. [ARTICLE]

Plain Talk to a Girl.

Your every-day toilet is a part of your character. A girl who looks like a “fury” or sloven in the morning is not to be trusted however finely she may look in the evening. No matter how humble your room may be, there are eight things it should contain: a mirror, soap, water, towel,comb, hair, nail and tooth brushes. They are just as essential as your breakfast before which you should make good and free use of them. Parents who fail to provide their children with such appliance not only make a great mistake but commit a sin of omission. Look tidy in the morning; and after tne dinner work is over improve your toilet. Make it a rule of your daily life to “dress up” in the afternoon. Your dress may be nothing better than calico, but with a ribbon or a flower or some bit of ornament, you can have on air of self-respect which invariably come with being well dressed. — American Rural Home.