The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-29
Good Manners here Found.

Good Manners here Found.
1t has been the fashion to assume
strong Indifference toward stran-
gers, even if one does not feel it, and
not only toward strangers is this
manifested, but toward those who
are associated together in business,
and the ones whom one meets every
day. 1t is not necessary for two
people to fall upon each others neck
every time that they meet in order
to be civil, but in the short life that
we live here why not give and re-
Ceive all the good that we can.
Strangers upon settling in new
place feel this stony and hard ex
terror, and when the CHEEKY faced,
really Christian man or woman is
met with, what a blessing and how
one loves to remember the meeting
and the kindly look. 1t is like per-
feet June day, or the bursting out of
the sun after days of cloud and storm.
A woman who was assistant in
large school one Cay said to the prin.
cipal, who was man. that the man.
ners of the boys in the school We're
not such as they should be. The
man, who was very dark naturally,
turned good deal darker, and lost
his temper, then he burst out into a
TRADE against manners. He said
that he did not believe in any such
thing (all Of the time growing
blacker) and finally brought his foot
down on the platform with great
jar, saying: "SOme of the greatest
rOgues that ever lived had the most
polished manners" That seems TO
be poor reason, or no reason at all,
why we should not cultivate pleas
ing and kindly manners toward each
other. Not that the books on Ell.
quette should be swallowed whole;
for more than one of them has I'M
reasonable and silly ideas. but there
is manner that is respectful. kind
and right, and it is born of the kind,
true heart every time. Its name is
politeness.
A young girl was going from her
home in Connecticut to school in
Massachusetts, distance of 100 miles
aud was obliged to go alone. She
waited weary time in Boston and
finally took her train on the Old
Colony road. every face being
strange one. After a few miles
travel she noticed that an old gentle
man was regarding her, and his very
kindly look treasured her. After a
while he came to her and asked her
if she was travelling alone, and upon
being told that she was he sat in the
seat in front of her and talked very
kindly and PLEASANTLY, and before
she left the car he gave her his card
and attended her to the door of the
car and carried her satchel. Upon
looking at the card she found that
the old gentleman was Presiding FL
der Ella, and his "Peace be with
you," as he left her, was benedic-
ton that can never be forgotten.
1t. was II very exacting waitress
who, when sent to wait upon guest
at hotel, hesitated and said that she
did not like to wait upon him because
she had never been introduced. That
seems quite far-fetched, but it is as
consistent as the stony manners of
the would-be lofty minded. people
whom we meet. A young woman
went to reside in city where she
was total stranger, and in taking
morning walk always met a man
who bowed and said Good morn
ing" The first morning she con-
cuded that he had mistaken her for
some acquaintance, but as he contin-
ued to greet her each morning in the
same respectful manner, she knew
that it must be his practice to so
salute the people whom he met.
Upon attending one of the churches
there she discovered that it was the
minister of the church, highly edu-
ceted man, who had travelled much
abroad and was eminent in his pro-
fessiOn.