The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25

| [As read BY Miss CallIe Fink,
little girl attending District School
No. four, Pleasant Township, and
containing some valuable hints 70 the
boys, and men, too. 1thought Il was
too good to be lost, 90 saved itierp1b.
lication; hoping others may profit By
it; as well as 9A ]. HB1 2
Why not be polite? How much
does il cost to say, l thank you2 Why
not practice it at home 10 your hus,
band, wife, sister, or brother2 Ha
stranger should step on your dress,
perhaps your very best one, and tear
II, how profuse you are with youIt
never mind, don't think Of It, But IL :
twas husband, he receives q look
something nextto frown with dag.
ger in It; or If a child it Is chastised.
Agentleman calls at q friends house
and finds everything tcpsy.turvy. Obi
no apology-don't think Of such o
thing. Takes up one of the dirty
little brats and jostles it on his knee.
Cold room, cold supper, bat hostess
quite agreeable. Goes homo, finds
wife rather gloomy-1dont knowtbat
she is faugued with hard days
washing, while he has been riding
about; wonders why his wife is not
agreeable like other mems wives, and
things not in order, his children squeal.
ing 80 that he cant read the news for
the noise; thinks of no apologies. l,sa
Why not be polite. at homc9 Why
not use freely that golden coin Of
courtesy to the loved ones at homer
How sweet from the lips that we love
to hear-"If you please 81 thank
you"i How it swells the heart with
kind emotion and the eyes sparkle
with the clear light Of affectionatc joyI
These are little things, say you, but
let me tell you, little as they are, they
tell nightly onathe heart. 4aaza~ss .
Now, you big boys and little men
always keep politehess in mind when
you arc puttiDg on your pompous an.
thority among your sisters, and your
dignity with somebody clse's sister, do
lninglc politeness and courtesy; and
instead Of niche for scrowling skel!I
eton, keep the goddess OF courtesy in
your household temple. And school
mates Of the stronger sex, / am speak.
ing to, when you 60 home don't SEQ
your sisters carrying wood and watef;1
you do il. And. when you are wait.
ing on somebody else sister, do it like
a man. Don't start to church from
her fathers gate, bat from the room,
and lead her from the pew in church,
not in the street. Don't leave her at
the gate bat in the parlor. And again
/ say, don't leave her without compa-
Ly half the time TO attend prayer
meetings and benevolent societies
alone, but go with her, or with your
own sister, and then you have some
excuse for not attending to ycar bust.
ness That is what you arc for, to
wait on the ladies. Did you never
know that? Well, now you know 1t.
And if you think that you was made
for them to look at you are nightly
mistaken. We were made for that,
and TO be waited on by you. ~ 81
Now, boys, let me tell you a little
secret that the big girls have, and We
little ones know it, too. 1t is this: We
will not recognize any young man as e
a true and gallant gentleman without
he is an admirer of the goddess of
courtesy, and always polite to his sis
ters. Now, if you want lady tore.
spect and admire you, be poli.e, and
give her all the attention in your
power, and I'll insure you success.