Well-dressed Men . —Among these habitual errors of conduct, which are common in both careful and careless persons, not one is more often met -with than disregard of the advantages derivable from being well dressed; yet whoever lives observantly in such a County as Patea, is soon convinced that this mistake is fruitful of mischievous results. All •of us instinctively judge from first impressions; ■we proceed from the exterior to the interior; a well-dressed man gratifies our fondness for beauty and our appreciation of neatness; and there is no one, however cynical or unobservant, , but is pleased when a well-dressed person, even if a stranger, passes by, and disposed to think favorably of him. This universal disposition cannot safely be offended. To be habitually a sloven is to constantly,
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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 372, 9 November 1878, Page 3
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128Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 372, 9 November 1878, Page 3
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