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Manners For Boys

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
February
Year
1892
Copyright
Public Domain
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Pooc feil o we ! Ho-w they gel hectared and scolded and enubbed, and how cont.inual is the u-ubbing and polislung and Urilling, which every memher of tbe ïamily feete at Uberty to administor. No waiwier their oppoeition is aroused and thty begin to ït-el that every man'a hand Vs against Wiem, when after all U théy were ooly, in a quiet ■way, infüirmed of wliat as AxnentAil oí them, uul manliness appealed to, they woúld reailüy enough íull iuto line. o thought "Aunt M," as she pointvd out the following rules for a little tvelvf-ye;ir-üld mephew, who was the "lieüi n eye," ií not always tlie joy of heart, (or though a naiureü, amia Me boy in the inain, he ■w-ould offeiid agatnst bhe 'proprieties" freqnently. First come iiianners íor the street. llat llfted in saymg "good-by" oí"H-ow do yon do." Hal üfted whm oiferlng a seat in a caír ór ackoowledge ;i favor. Keep step vitli any one you walk with. Ahva.vs precede a ladjs up stairs, and a.sk lier i; yon may precede her In pasetng tliu-ougli a erowd or public place. IIat off the moment you enter a Street door and when you step iuto a prívate hall or oííice. Iet i lady posa íarst always, unii's.s slie asks you to precedo her. in tno parlor tand till every lady in tho i-oom is seated, also older people. Rise ifsi lady comee in after you re seated and stand tíü slie takes a seat. Look peopte wfrainlic in the iace wlien Bpeaklug or being spoken to. Iet Ia dies pass througü u door ïirst, wtanding aside for them. In the dining-room tafee your seat aítor ladies and elders. Never play yrith a kndfe, fork oíspoon. 0o not take your nupkin in a lmneii in liand. Eat as i'ast or as slow as others, and lUiiish th e course when they do. Eiise when the ladios leave the room and stand lintU they are out. If all feo out together, gentlemen Btanü [y tlie door till ludios pass. Special tulea for thé mouth are that all nodse ia eating and sniacking of the Ups hould be avoided. Cover tJie snoutli witli the Uand ar napkdn when obllged to remove nnything Sram it. Use your haodkerchdef unotrtruslvely a'lwaya. Do not look totvard a bedroom door when iassiog. AJways knock at the dkxw oí private rooms. These rules are imperative. There a.re many bther Lirtle points wincli add 'co -che Orace oí a gentleman, but to break any oí these is almosi unpardonable. - Selected. A grate accutnulation- Clinkers. Wkeri' íisli sleep- On the river bed. An eleva trd station- The lighthouse. .Sul) roea- The thorn. Easy to start- Kumors. li tliere - Romance and reality. In the line of duty- Custoiu fees. Subject to re-verses- Comic songs. Good in case of i'ire- Self-possession. Prohibitionists ïhink that the mastees eau only be unlifted bv livdi-nnlip power.-

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier