The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-08-10
ALEXANDRIA,
Aug. 9, 1881. {

Dear Oemocrnf--
1t has at last rained, and it was
fun to see how every one enjoyed it,
and to see this family Of doubling
Thomas's with every conceivable
vessel catching the crystal drops.
Ills true body's faith had time TO
&c. dusty--as they had been out of
water for two weeks. How little
faith exists anyway. We all ina
CINE our own grabbing gets the dai
ly bread and water
l have been sitting in the window
watching the crowds of rosy faced
happy children attending the chill
hren's Mission conducted by the Re
demptorists. 1t will last three days,
one service at eight in the morning,
the other six in the evening.
Now, | never thought any one
would find out what a scold | was
until "Tobias" told it in the DEMO
GRAFT of last week. Yet it is classi
Cal to be called a scold--'tis the pet
name Socrates gave Xantippe; Sene-
ca, Paulina; and the good St. Louis,
Eivora--and so was the wise woman
in the Bible who rose SO early,
decked in purple, reused her maids
and had them working before it was
day; and Solomon, the wise, admon
ished US to be like her.
Anyway, my scoldiDg did no good
about the gallows. l wonder if the
Sheriff can read, or, if he is 81 at
tached TO that gallows, won't the
Town donate it to him; let him set
it in his garden, plant vines on it,
and he can sit under it at eve. Or,
if the City Council view it with so
much Pride, let it be white washed,
set on the lopee, and used as an OBJ
servatory. Anything to get it re-
moved.
Tobias" wants my opinion Of ct.
iquette! / suppose he has looked in
his dictionary apd read the defni
Lion. The word etiquette is prop
erly French word, aud means a lit
tic piece Of paper, or mark or title
affixed to bag or bundle. Etiqhette
IN the general acceptance of the tern
is, "the forms required by good
breeding or prescribed by authority
>~ta be observed in social or official
NE es-iho observance of the prop
erties OF rantS aud occasion or con-
ventional decorum.',-
In the halcyon days Of long, long
ago, ID that almost preadamic neriod
(scemihgly SO great are the changes
when | was child" there was such
a thing In vogue as "good breeding"
1t WAS one of the first lessons taugbt
children, but it is now obsolete, and
very little of it is really KNOWN
Children are not brought up nova
days, they stumble up" and since
saving machines have become the
lasn'"s there are too many ruffies
anu 'ucN~L 10 spare time to teach
children so5e>hreeding and etiquette
In my days at tasle. children wsre
sean' not heard, and they were
raised In great measure on broad
aud milk--nowadays a child Of five
years Will coolly inform You thai
they cannot Cat "beef without mus
tard, that oat-0eal disagrces with
them, and that They consider Mil,
rank poison'--a enid of tweIvo a
without a pet disease is aubeard OF
"A nineteenth century mother will !
ask her sick boy darling, how much
will you charge to take a dose of oil9
What did | pay You last time loye?v
and he will scream out "fan me- or
III get irritated, aud it will maks
me worse" while he iuwardly medi,
,ates his price. 4
My! my! in those old DAYS china a
switches applied would produce de. !
ire for the oil that could only be !
titled by a dose. " +. !,
Even tahte etiquette a. ,auobt q, J,
MODERN schools, Is short grace and 81
trading of of hot cakes for corn b.
read, or my piece of pie at dinner q,
Or two of your biscuits" Ofcourse ei
IL The n'cetles of personal behavior 10
, regard TO eating, drinking apa ,;
leanly habits are learned bv chill y,
ren from parents and ~aachers, who r.
iould remenbar that if manners bG
abe the man, they most decidedly of
axe the woman. an
Few s,fis ensure greater happi pl
'ss and affection to the possessor mi
ian good manners--for good man. on
'rs are really the otf.shoot of q
'od heart and indicate q kindly ha
and thought for Others no
Iieh is rarely found in this selfish ca
e. Still there are certain laws wa
ID down, which 1t is necessary 10 tro
oroughly understand. the
Etiquette and gold breeding are r r%
t identical, though they are twin thr
se,s, per example: A foreigner on
y be perfectly well bred, and vet me
ow an Ignorance Of come details NJ tro
quetie. There is one recognized VIII
lie in really good society, thoupI on
Intry places may have some Old "go
hioned modes. The Importance ed
these rules will be admitted by eep !,
sc whose higher avocations pre- s5 :
t their using them. was
have seen good people to cause He
gion itself to be evil spoken of brei
anse they eschewed the usage of ano
l breeding. A most eloquent tina,
lister was deferred from doing s 1,
| because in his most brilliant ,
ages he would polish his ,nso n, '''A