The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-30

irte Poltte1GsS as ManiteStGd in tile Conduct
6tts NeEes.-We would not entera drawing-room
IIled with ladies' and gentlemen to study true po-
ieness, There certain conventional rules are ss-
ablIshed, to which every person conforms. Moth
ing IS likely to occur which Will ruiile the temper
or bring out the bad traits But it is in the street
IN tie sttge coach, in the steamboat whenever
menand women, strangers to each other of different
classes and associatinnsit is when they are thrown
IN clio contact that the true real poteness of each
is displayed. We publish two capital articles, each
OF which is worth columns of generalities.
Courtesy Betuesn Serss.-Mrs. Frances D.
Gage IN letter to the Ohio State journal, gives
her sex the following fair hits Two years ago |
made journey to New England, accompanied by
my husband, and also by my father-in-law. an old
man OF four score years | have often seen that
good old man offer his seat to some hale woman
half his age, and her accept it as if it were
right, without even notice OF his gray hairs or
the right of years that entitled him her kindness
and attention. Once, and only once lady of
queenly grace and beauty sPrang from her seat as
lie entered, and with voice that was musical in
its very toae, said, Father take this armchair
How my heart sprung to meet her in her angel
goodness. Such las ever been our idea OF a lady
which is synonymous with a true woman"
What is real poteaess, and what is false, are
questions continually asked. The answer how
ever, depends On the important fact, u heiher the
inquirer means conventional or natural politeness.
Conventional pOIitane-s varies in different places
and l. ihlGg ii custom entirely; it teaches how
70 bow, how to sIl an egg, how 10 take so. D. and
how 10 perform the other trIiles Of fashionable e
R-al pplteness, however, is a consideration for
tue I9eluga Of others constantly exhibited i'll our
department towards them. We can illustrate the
difference between false and real pUliteness by an
example The other day saw a poor woman
stop crowded omnibus; she was evidently weak
and suffering, and asked, with her eyes, though
not with her tongue, a we'll dressed young man,
who occupied the seat near the door, to make room
for her. He turned his head, and she was about to
descend the steps again, when an elderly gentle
man gave up his seat for her and stood outside
soon after dashng young lady stopped the omni-
bus. She was in high health and evidently capa-
hle of walking any distance but The Young dandy,
without moments hesitation, resigned his seat 10
hsr. Here was an instance Of false pnliteness
rs the other had been of real. The old gentleman's
kindness to the Door woman sprang from sympathy
With her suffering, but the iOp'S galiantry was
merely COnyeuii0lai.
1t Is not h. eat or the coat, nor the peculiar
style OF address thai makes the true gentleman.
IhcSe things only l-rmlne his conventional
breeding. Sgmo ,l lie most selfish and wicked
men that ever lived, would be, in this sense, the
most puiii"; while Others, with hearts alive to
every pain AID modification of their fellow men,
would be ths most bJOrish. s. it is also with the
Geniler sex. II Is not the fine lady, covered with
feathers aud Jewels, who sails into ballroom su-
PercIllousiy, and while there talks scandal against
hall the company who is really well-bred; it is the
lemale whatever her station of life, who with true
womaniy instinct, and respects the feelings of
others. George the Fourth, while regent, happen
ed to break a costly mirror at a partV nv leaning
against II he Immediately crossed the room, it is
said, and broke the fellow to it and this has been
called the height of good breeding. We do not see
how II seems to us nothing but an act of supreme
folly. But when Jenny Lind, on hearing moor
woman in Liverpool express a desire to hear her
sing, sat down and sang for her-here was an act
of real polileness. In word true politeness comes
from the heart and is the same in all conditions Of
life; false poleness is thing Of The surface en-.
tlrely, and good for nothing ont of its own conyen.
tional sphere. [PhiIa. Bulletin.
Bury Ne in the Garden "-Thera was sorrow
there, and tears We're in every eye, and there were
low, hsfsupDreSspd sOhhinTs haard rr,n, &C..