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�They did not attempt to improve their characters. We have said that the selfish and arrogant may be polite, however they may affect it. It is as true of the fairer portion of creation as it is of the stronger sex. Many and many a girl and woman, whose faces are perpetually wreathed with stereotypical smiles, will impress a novice with the idea that amiable qualities alone can dwell under so pleasing an exterior; But even the [?] soon perceives that, underlying this exterior, bitterness, envy and hatred have too often made their indelible and hideous marks. True it is that such qualities are not allowed to break out in social intercourse; But it would be far better for society that they should, for then even the novice would saved from the superficial fascinations.