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Tt has been said that to be one the socially el-ct one must Snax when to break rules, which, efter all were designed for the less inspired masses. Disregard of conventions is of course a serious offense which we would not seam to condone, and yet—and yet—Perhaps_ we could induce Mrs. Emily Post to add a chapter to her admirable "Etiquette," entitled '"Concessions for Far Easterners."
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