The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-06-10
MANNERS EOR RNNS-
Common Rules Of Society thnt Every Gentle
man Should Observe.

Common Rules of Society TINT Every Gentle
man Should Observe.
Poor fellows! How they get hcctorcd
and scoldcd and snubbed, and how con-
tlnual IS the rubbing and polishing and
drilling which every member of the
family feels at liberty to administer.
No wonder their opposition is aroused
and they begin to feel that every mans
hand is against them, when, after all, if
they were only, in a quiet way, informed
OF what was expected of them, and their
manliness appealed to, they would rcadi-
ly enough fall into line.
SO thought "Auntie NJ as she pointed
out the following for little twelve year
old nephew, who was the eight of her
eyes, II not always the joy of her heart,
for though good-naturcd, amiable boy
III the main, he would offend against the
''proprietics' frequently
First come manners for the street
Hat lifted i'll saying "good-byo" or
GLOW do you do?"
Hat lifted when Offering q scat in car
or III acknowledging favor.
Keep step with any one you walk with.
Always preccde a lady up stairs and
ask her if you may prcccdc her in pass
ing through crowd or public place.
Hat off the moment you enter street
door and when you step into Il private
hall or Office
Let lady pass frs always unless she
ask you to precede her.
In the parlor stand till every lady in
the room is seated, also older people.
Rise if lady comes in after you arc
seated and stand till she takes a seat.
Look people straight in the face when
speaking or being spoken to.
Let ladies pass through IL door first,
standing aside for them.
In the dining room take your scat
after ladies and elders.
Never play with knife fork or spoon.
DO not take your napkin in bunch in
your hand.
Eat as fast or as slow as others and
finish the course when they do.
Rise when ladies leave the room and
stand till they are out.
If all go out together, gentlemen stand
by the door till ladies pass.
Special rules for the mouth are that all
noise Ill eating and smaking of the lips
should be avoided.
Cover the mouth with hand or napkin
when obliged to remove anything from
it.
Use your handkerchief mobstrusivcly
always.
DO not look toward q bedroom door
when passing. Always knock at any
private room door. These rules are i'm
perativc. There arc many other little
points which add to the grace of gen
tleman, but to break any of these is
almost objectionable.
"Did you make up all these rules,
a1nt1e?. said Roy, as d copy neatly
printed by type writer was placed in
his hands.
"Makc them up? No. These arc inst
the common rules Of society that every
gentleman observes. You will not find
your father failing in one of them"
"Wcll, but he is man." said Row,
deprccatingly.
"And do you not wish to be manly
boy?"
Roy said nothing, but it was noticed
that the rules were placed worry carefully
i'll his drawer.
Some months have since passed and
auntie has had the pleasure of hearing
repeatedly the remark, "What a manly,
thoughtful little nephew you have" as
one and another observed his polite and
careful attention to Others
Perhaps there are some other boys
who will like to cut out these rules and
read them ovcr now and then, keeping,
or getting some good friend to keep a
record Of their success or shortcomings
in observance, always remembering that
the mothers, sisters and aunties arc the
"ladies" to whom these attentions should
be shown, and not merely to the guest
and stranger, Yonkers Gazette.
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