St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-04
The Fifth Commandment"

! suppose il very refined. attcr their
notion, tor the ~ Noung misses al ChuIch
Hill. a> they like To hc called. to talk
tu THEN mothers rs they would To Il
chamhrImaid. only the chamhtrmaid
wouldn't endure such language. II the
Young misses il i a> we'll Ia call them
80. the name fits them. iuI they arc
neither nice girls. noI Young ladies if
these misses have II" respect for the
fifth commandment. oI love toI their
muthrI>. | notice they have an rNag-
grratrd dread "t being ont of style.
STYLE. think. stands with some prn-
Pile instead of taste. kindness and con
science. a> it is the only thing t"r which
they have the slightest considerations
They would he aghast at tlIrir prrtne>s.
il they knew what very bad style in
deed it WAS, and that the children of he
wcaltllic>t and best families are trained
To Il >trictmc>> of respect for their pa
rents which it would he very hard for
the misses of Chmch Hill To learn
Respect for ones father and mother.
I> well aS To Older persons generally.
i the first point of high breeding all
over the world. All the most polished
nations hold ii 81. The French. VIII"
give lessons on manners to other ma
tinm<. will show an old woman more at
tcution than they will the prctticSt
N"umg one. The Chinese and Japanese.
who are among the most polite people
on the face of the globe. are devoted To
their fathers and mothers. and the
Turks everywhere pay the deepest re
Spccts to IN old man. One does not
hear the phrase. 1.-THE old man." used.
except as Il title of honor. II Nou were
Il Young princess or Il countess. as Nou
have often thought YOU would like to
bc. the first thing you would have To
learn would he respect for others. You
would not be allowed to keep the easy
chair when your mother the queen. or
your aunt the countess. came into the
room. No matter how tired you were.
or how interesting Il book Nou were
reading. You would have to rise, put
aside what you were doing. and wait
quietly till your august relative told
Nou to be seated. II she wanted any
thing Il yard away, and YOU let her rise
from her chair and wait on herself. Won
would probably he sent away in dis
grace. and kept until You learned bet
ter manners, more becoming Il princess.
If YOU. Harry. were His Roy al High
ness of SaNony, and were to marry a
queen when old enough. YOU would
have to learn to improve on your pres
ent manners to Il degree that would
make You sick of life for awhile. lou
would have to learn to pay attention to
other people before yourself, to he
pleasant when you didn't feel like it. to
wait on ladies, and he polite to old men
with great gray moustacheS and not
much to say, because they were high
generals in the army or councillors of
state. If You showed temper to His
Majesty your father, You would. i'll all
probability. he ordered under arrest. /
like common soldier. to teach you to
respect authority.
Every soldier, no matter what his /,
rank, must learn to obey and To show
respect. Every officer of government,
every man of position i'll the world. has |
to ii" the same. The only exceptions |
are people like the Shah, and the khe- |
dives of the East. who are of very little |
account in the world. They never care .
about manners, and never do anything .
they don't want to, if they can help it. j