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Politeness in Children.
In the Report Of Rev. a. Smith. one

In the Report of Rev. a. Smith, one of a
/ Committee of Public Schools in. Ohio, hc
says, very Significantly -
THAT more regard should he manifested
by the young to the rules of etiquette aud
courtesy. must be admitted bv every obscr-
wing mind. There is 100 little reference fer
are aud authority ; too slight a respect to.
the law d! both man and God. The tr,nsi
ton from b"yhood TO imagined manhood is
altogether too rapid, as by it the son is OF.
zen paced above the paiem:. and the ,a.i"ht
H"r";,le w:sr:. Il" :htW o,nM cyti.4niion, than
t!:";: teachers. Boy, in their u:duc anxiety
to ncco'r" 'i!om, are neither men nor BOYS,
bH: form " n.~. r"cul;ar ,,r"."
In 'nrcv;pns Fart .! lh; t"ro,t, he says,
ot i'"',nrr ti,urs -
NV h''r "oing to Or returning from school,
the children met any PERSONS who were
thcir elders, they ranged themselves in Il
nj" upon one side of tho road, and made
"hciSai.rc. .trd when out in lie streets du-
ring their recess, however voctcrouslv in
i":cstcd in their pa,,mcs, no traveller made
ms appearance" whose approach d: not
cau>r i'n imn''!iatc hush OF voices, and sus-
pension OF exciting sports. The tribute Of
bow WAS rhccriully paid, and not I'll H..
:ia'i passed bryrH! their immediate neigh
h"rhop!, d.! .::ry resume their plays. When
,s:''E entered or left tie sctloo!-ruon, when
i!'"y ;ooi alil retired from the Place ol' ieci-
ta'!on, the bow and the courtesy were the
preliminary and .;i"tfe "f the performance.
Although Ibis practice, III Itself consider
ed, was OF little worth, yet as token Of ro-
spectiu!ncsS, as sign OF goodwill, it was Of
high value. 1t WAS an outward maNifcStr-
ton, Il SN .nhol, Of an inward STAKE or spirit,
which it would be well for all to possess,
and which should be a>si,iuo,sly cultured
Ill The minds Of the young.
but where, i'll all our land, docs this
COOL oil practice now prevail ? Where are
the evidences, in our chilren, OF the Posses
sioh "fiiat spirit Of kind respect and appro-
pirate regard for their supcriors in years and
wisdom! Who does no. know that bows
AMI courtcaicS, on I'll" part Of boys aud Girls,
are Obsolete, both IN idea and practice, and
are nu'nbcr':'l with the lost arts of the an
ci"mt~ : 1t has been remarked that "thcre
arc thousand, of boys in this great couutry,
not one OF whom has ever na.lc bow, un-
less when he ha! OCCASION to d0l:.c n small
SNOWFALL, or Il brick-bat, or BOULDER"
"Sone Gig ht ur ten winters since, cy.Go-
vernon Everett, Of Massachusetts, with the
lat: Amos Lawrence, WAS, in Il s!eigh riding
I" l'"ston. AS they approached school
house, Il score of Young boys rushed into the
street to enjoy their afternoon recess. Said
the Governor to his friend, Let us observe
whether these boys make obcisance to us AS
We were taught fifty years ago At the
same time lie expressed tho fear that habits
of fcIviI!iy We're less practIscl than formerly.
.A> they passed the school-house, all question
and doubt upon the subject received Il speedy
It no. y satisfactory settlement for each one
of these Juvenile New Fl. .laudcrs did his
hest AT Snow-baling the waytaring dignita-
rics."