11. The finger-nails should be kept cut, and the teeth should be cleaned every morning, and kept clear from tartar. A man who does not keep his teeth clean does not look like a gentleman when he shows them.


Dress.

We sacrifice to dress, till household joys

And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry,

And keeps our larder lean. Puts out our fires,

And introduces hunger, frost and woe,

Where peace and hospitality might reign.—Cowper.