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One can almost invariably distinguish the well-bred
girl at the first glance, whether she is walking,
shopping, in an omnibus, descending from a carriage s
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or a cab, or sauntering up and down in the park.
Though the fashionable manner inclines to a rather
marked decisiveness, and the fashionable voice to
loudness, even harshness, there is a quiet self-
possession about the gentlewoman, whether young or w
old, that marks her out from women of a lower class.
whose manner is florid. This perhaps the best word to lo
describe the lively gestures, the notice-attracting
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glance and the self conscious air of the underbred
who continually appear to wish to impress their
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personality upon all they meet
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Self-effacement is as much the rule of good manners
in the street as it is in society. The well-bred woman
goes quietly along, intent on her own business and
regardless of the rest of the world, except in so far as
to keep from intruding upon
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underbred - people the writer considers don't have
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