Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1922)

flr-MOTion PICTUR InfJI I MAGAZINE Tfie Only Sure Way to Avoid Embarrassment I Do you know the correct thing to say in this embarrassing situation ? Do you know the correct thing to wear to every social occasion? Do you know how to word invitations, acceptances, etc.? Do you know how to create conversation when left alone with a noted person? Do you know what to say when you arrive late at an entertainment? WE have all had our embarrassing moments. We all suffered moments of keen humiliation, when we wished that we had not done or said a certain thing. We have all longed, at some time or other, to know just what the right thing was to do, or say, or write. Every day, in our business and social life, puzzling little questions of good conduct arise. We know that people judge us by our actions, and we want to do and say only what is absolutely in good form. But, oh. the embarrassing blunders that are made every day by people who do not know! 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