Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
4 Few Hints to Gentlemen rs to Their
/, Daily Walk and Conversation.

"A little volume with the above ex-
Pressive title hasrecently been published.
IN the interest of good department.; but
the book don't exhaust the subject by a
good deal, and the following "dont'ss,"
relative to street manners, jotted down
asthey come to mind, will prove in
terestingto gentlemen.
Don't keepto the right when walking
upon the sidewalk. Should you do SO,
ten chances to you will attract no
notice from those you meet. Keep to
the left If you would make O sensation.
Don't hide your umbrella under your
coat as though you were afraid people
would think you had stole it. Make a
Greek cross of yourself by carrying it
under your arm at right-angles with
your body. Besides, this is the safest
way to carry an umbrella. If any eyes
are punched out by it, you may be
certain they won't be yours.
Don't carry your cane as though it
were a third leg. Let it drag after YOU
in a manner which shall trip up nv
body who comes too near. How can
you know that the man behind youis
not a pickpocket, with designs on your
watch and wallet?
Don't sit in the horse-cars with YOUR
back square against the side of the car.
Dispose yourself at an oblique angle,
occupying the space of two or three
seats. What is the use of being q hog
unless you let folks know it?
Don'tforget to puff vigorously at your
cigar as you pass along the crowded
sidewalk. 1t is only a mean nan who
would wish to keep all the smoke to
himself. Calamity to the fair. sex should
make you especially generous in your
fund benefaction when women are near
you.
Don't apologize if you chance to step
upon a %gent1eman's foot. It might
make him feel awkward. But turn the
matter off jocularly by reminding him
that you must step somewhere, or adj
vising him to keep his feet in his pocket.
He cannot but admire your presence of
mind and your ready wit.
Don't take any especial pains to point
out the way to the stranger who asks to
be directed. Just as like as not he won't
remember Alright. Tell him to follow his
nose and he will find it, or push by with
outseeming to notice him.
Don't walk at one monotonous
pace all the time. If you are in COM
pany walk slowly, two or three abreast.
This will prove a trial of patience to
people behind you; but patience is q
virtue and should be exercised. When
you are alone go ut railroad speed, ell
'bowing your way vigorously through
the crowds. Everybody admires activj-
ty and energy.
Don't, when two or three of you get
together for q little chat, consider that
you are blocking the sidewalks. The
sidewalk was made for man, not man
for the sidewalk, and it is your province
to enjoy it to the full.
Don't forget to stare ut the women
folk. Your eyes were given YOU to stare
with, and if the women don't like it let
them remain indoors.
Don't pass by a lady without turning
around to peer into her face. If you
didn't do this, she might think you were
not a jackass, and it would be cruel to
create a false impression in her mind.
Don't talk in a low tone of voice as
you walk along, unless you have son1e-
thing really worth hearing. If your
conversation is of your achievements in
guzzling beer or MASKING the girls--as,
no doubt, it is-the more people who
hear you the greater the number of
those who will know you to be a supe-
rior being.
Don't miss the opportunity of exhibit
ing your fine clothes and refined man.
ners in front of the liquor saloons, thea
tres and other places where your prom
| inence will he ehfective.
Don't care for anybody but yourself.
Remember that Providence helps those
who help themselves .-Boston Tran
scrtpt.