Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-14
Manners in Travel.

Travel often brings out the faults and
foibles of character and the defects in
training better than anything else. 1t
puts people in new and unexpected cir
cumstances. 1t takes away the old
props ON which they are accustomed to
lean it lifts them out Of the old and ca
sy going grooves of routine f; shakes them
into new attitudes it brings them face
to face with disagreeable persons, vul-
gar habits, discomfort, uncleanliness,
and great deal else not easily put up
with. At home one is master of the sit
uation he can do as he likes; if things
do not go right in one room he can es-
cape to another or 60 out OF doors.
But on the cars or on the boat he is no
longer master Of the situation, but sub
iect to and at the mercy of circumstan-
ces. And all the politeness, the for
bearance, the generosity of human nature
are requisite sometimes to put up with
the boorish ways, the selishness, The vul-
garity to which one is exposed in jour
neying.
If there is place in the world where
good manners are needed and worth
their weight in gold, it is in travel; but
if there is any place where bad manners
prevail, and the bad breeding, boorish-
ness, selfshness and vulgarity Of people
display themselves most frequently and
picuously, it is in the car, the coach,
and the steamboat. Travellers seem to
pack their politeness in their trunk, or
leave it at home, and push the crowd
their way, greedy of privileges, and re-
gardIess of rights, and utterly forgetful
of all the graces and fair humanities of
life.
We have been frequently panied the
present season at the coarse and tyranni.
cal bearing of some men while travelling.
They scramble for the best seat. They
insist on controlling the windows, the
doors, the ventilaters and furniture, pre-
cisely as though the whole car or boat
were their private property. They COW
er the floors with the filthiest tobacco
juice. They fill the air with breath
poisoned by drink and smoke. They
talk vulgarity. They look obscene. II
child cries, they fret and almost froth
at the mouth. And if poor tired wom-
an wants seat, they turn their eyes the
other way. They make travelling IN
comfortable, if not positively dangerous
and nettle everybody they come in con-
tact with.
Sometimes the bad manners of wom-
en- on the road are positively discEedita-
BILE to the sex. They sometimes monop,
olize seats that do not belong to them
by spreading out their dresses or piling
up their baggage, making others stand
or sit in discomfort. They sometimes
enter car and stare at tired man, un
til he feels compelled to rise and offer 8
seat that he needs more than the one
who takes it. They sometimes display
an amount of selfshness, levity and i'm
pertinence, impatience and fretfulness
which amazes quite as much as it PAIN
those who witness the exhibition. Their,
are exceptions to the general rule, bu
the exceptions are unfortunately numer
GUS.
The matter is of much more impor
tance than most people seem to imagine
Good manners are nowhere so mucl
needed and so conducive to the genera
comfort as in travel. Boorishness cal
be borne with at home irritability anC
petty selfshness can be escaped from il
the house or on the street. But to b
pinioned into seat with a human por
cupine or box turtle is tax on tn
nerves that is hard to be endured. On
thing that makes travel SO hard an,
wearing, is the bad manners of traveller;
and the irritation incident TO it. Who
ever travels should make it positiv
duty to conduct themselves in the nc
blest possible manner, meeting all emel
gencies in the sweetest mood. The NOR
politeness the more joy. Theodore Pal
ker used to carry candy and sugar plum
: and give them to crying children in th
cars. Every woman especially ought t
set an example of good manners on tn
road Golden Age.
] MADE CLEAR BY ILLUsTRATIoN.-
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bell-boys at the Fifth Avenue Hote
i recently: Pat asks Mike, What is th
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