The Red Cloud chief., 1883-11-30
MANNERS.

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Eve or six kind. If bai manner. hc
dicnce were waiting. ha hiasslf woaLl
TIL them something he had heard his
grandmother say about HI,
grandmother said that when hey mother
was n little girl. children in the coun-
try who We're outdoors playing or
walking. u~d 10 make bows anil court
este, - pepn Mo we're riding past
The BOYS made Bows and the girls made
cogr,esics. and doing this Was called
making their Manners Supcrin-
tendeut Dick said that IL the girls pres
ent did not know aow to make n court
esy. hc would show them; and then be
bobbed down and up in 4 very funny
way.
He then asked the audience "a ris.
and make their upon which
thcy rose with much noise and quick.
nes.. and the boys made each ons his
own kind II a bow. and the girls each
one her own Kind If n courtesy. and
the whole effect VA ~ funny that Su-
p~erintendent Dick could not help
laughing. and neither could the BOYS
and girls themselves. In the midst of
the mcrrimcni Lecturer Spicer entered.
and the audience seated themselves a.
quietly A. they were able Ia. Lecturer
Spiccr then took his stand in front. and
after making has manners. which j. 10
say. his bow. he began a. follows
Ladies and gentlemen. manner means
way. and = i, a way. anil n
ner, mean ways. The ways YOU do
things are your The ways
you look. the WAYS YOU speak. the WAYS
You act, the WAYS YOU move. the ways
YOU eat. are your What YOU
do with your hat is a part Of your man
ners. do not mean hanging il up. i
mean taking il of or Keeping II ON.
Everybody has to have some
kind of manners. because every
body has 10 have some kind
Of ways To do things. There are two
kinds Of manners; | will mention them
Good ones and bad ones. Your face
looks better when YOU arr having good
manners than it looks when you are
having bad ones. have heard II six
kinds 81 bad manners, and one more. |
will mention them. Pig manners, one;
Bear manners. two; Donkey
three: Post four: tock-a-doo-
dle-,lOo manners. five; Cow-in-the-par-
Tor Manners, six.
First. Pig manners; and IL you want
to know what they are, 90 look in
the pigs pen WHEN their dinner j.
being put into their trough. Every
piggy hurries TO get the most. and get
the best. Every piggy looks out for IL
self. and does not care about the other
One-. Children that have pig manners
arr the kind that want to he helped first
mt meal times, and want the best things
for themselves. and the biggest pieces.
They look out for themselves and do
not care about other people getting any
thing good.
Second. Bear manners. Children
that have hear manners are the kind
that are gruff, and glum. and growly.
They have cross-looking faces and some
times stick their lips ont!A Ind sNarl. aSt
grOwl. and are most always a-crnmbling
and a-growling about something they
want { % do or they don't want to do.
They talk in this way: "Find my hat
~ want to 90 out.'' open the door,
al want something Ia cat.' and never
think Of a please or n thank you. and
they &c; cross very often. and look
ross
Third. Donkey manners. Children
that have donkey manner are the Kind
that want In do just what they want Ia
and nothing else, NJ matter how much
YOU NAV ask them and coax them. III
you ask them to move. they stay still
If -. Il st.,, - as.r statt fhaN maya
II YOU ask them To keep quiet. they
make n noise. II YOU ask them To make
a noise. they keep quiet. II you ask
them 10 20 Of an errand. they say:
'.Don't want to-" or. 81 amt a-going
to- and the worst kind say: IL will
and =. I won't.' When they are play
ing. they never will do what the others
want to. but only what they themselves
want to.
Fourth. Post manners. Children that
have post are the kind tina; do
not answer when they are spoken TO,
any more than . post would. IL n
visitor says: How do You do? or;
do You like to play tag or: "Do
Won like p~ictures?' or butterflies. or
anything. they stand still n n post and
do not speak; but may be il you should
ask them IL they liked candy. they would
speak one word and I guess il would
be- res.
Fifth. Cock-a-doodle-doo manners.
The children that have cock-a-doodle-
doc are the kind that feel big
and act so. When . rooster struts round
among hens he acts n il ne felt 50 big
he did no know wha; 10 do, aud some
times he seems To feel 80 big that he
has to get up on a fence and clap bis
wings. and crow. .'Cock-a-doodle-doo,'
sometimes thercn be . lot Il fellows
PLAYING. and \ cock-adoodle-doo fellow
will come there, and he'll act a. II he
thought he knew more than all the rest.
and thought he knew the right way to
do every thing better than everybody.
and he'll give item the rules. and he'll
strut round like . rooster. and IN his
house he does the same way % his
mother and the other grown up ones.
and ones Ina; are sot grown up That
kind Of a fellow onghf To Stand up On
the fence and clap his wings-no. i
mean. his elbows-snd crow. "Ccck-a-
d~oodle-Aoo, I know better than yous
Sixth. Cow-in-the-parior msAner-
Children that have Co~-in-she.pAriof
manners are the kind that are always
getting in somebody's way, or pushing
themselves in between people. or going
in front Of people. or stepping on some-
body's feet. or on bottoms OF lsdies
clothes. or leaning against people. OF
tipping their own chairs over. or knock
ing down ayase. or . woFk-baskel OF .
lumber Of water. They are as clumsy
as . cow in the parteE. snd Ap sos mind
what they are about any more than .
Gov in the parsor voslR what sAe b
about
Besides these kinds there Is another
lind I heard a. called the IpteYrupsers-
Intarwpsetzpre the En1sA ss beein To
tan III Seher -psplsRs speaking;
10 matssrw Who may 6e@speaking: NO
natter Il Ills their father. q their
noeber. a. compeay. TIE InsesTupeen
DO noe wait inrsay6ody 70 stop tikisg.
but break righs in 81 - vhss ~
want To-