Summary
Had George Washington joined me outside a Chili's restaurant at Chicago's O'Hare Airport recently, he would have shuddered at the sight. There, a nation of slobs paraded through the crossroads of America. Frayed denim hems swept the filthy floor. Cleavage poured out of T-shirts bearing vulgar messages. Big bellies flowed over the waists of jeans. Mature women waddled in stained sweat suits. Some passersby stuffed their mouths with pizza as they walked.
Washington was a stickler for good manners, and that included dignified dress. As a youth, he hand-copied a text called "Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation." They included: "Wear not your Cloths, foul ... or Dusty but See they be Brush'd once every day at least and take heed that you approach not to any Uncleaness."See the full content of this document
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Slobs Have Taken Over American Civilization
Some observers suspect that a collapse in grooming and attention to dress has contributed to the decline in civility on our streets and in our...
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