The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-24
HOW TO BE POLITE.
To Re Possessed Of the (ienuine Article
Cultivate Usefulness.

To he Possessed OF the Genuine Article
Cultivate Usefulness.
''IIe is the most polite child l ever
saw The lady was speaking Of a lit
tie boy who is her private pupil. II do
not believe he could be impolite with
ont positive effort s'Oh dear!' /
thought think Of the scores Of boys
who can not be polite without positive
effort, and without being urged to that
effort beside!"
He insists on placing the most COM
Portable chair for me-" continued the
teacher. ''He will not pass out Of a
room before me. II we get into car
together, he pays the fare, and looks
after my general comfort with the care
Of q man. II a woman gets into the car
and is compelled to stand, the child
is distressed until he has surrendered
his seat, always removing his cap. And
/ think he Is unconscious whether the
woman Is richly or poorly dressed. The
other day got tiny spot Of ink on my
finger: quick as a flash, he left the
room and came back holding basin Of
water in one hand, piece of soap in
the other. and towel over his arm. and,
with face full of sympathy, said: 4
saw You had spot on your finger TIE
boy is SO different from the pupil of
friend Of mine in the East. The boy is
taught in company with little girl ct
about his own age. The little girl is
very nnselfish. and dearly loves to do
k ndly things for others She will ar
range the boys chair, get out his books
and papers, and will put them away;
but if he is asked to do the least thing
for her, he scoMls and frowns and &C
tually growls."
Two boys. each with the same oppor-
tunity, but how differently they use it!
manners, after all. are largely
matter of heart" said sweet, lovable
woman the other night to me. At once
l thought of these two boys. 1t GER
tainly was true of them. One boy is
unselfish, TIE other is selfish, and this
difference is shown in their manners.
Some one might tell the selfish boy
every day how to be polite, but until he
learns to think Of other people, until he
learns to think Of their rights, until he
learns to think that there is pleasure
in making other neople happy, no
amount of talking will make him po-
lite.
Every boy and girl should cult, ate
the habit of acting politely, until it be.
comes so perfectly natural that to do an
impolite thing would shock them, would
rouse them to a sense of what they had
done. They should be affected mental
ly when they are impolite as they are
physically by stubbing their toes when
walking. The boy who has to be remind.
ed OF his table manners constantly GER
tainly can not enjoy his food as the boy
does who learns naturally how to eat in
tho manner that gives no offense to
any one. At a large hotel last
summer little boys table
manners were SO offensive that
those who sat at the table with him
used to 60 to tho dining-room door, and
If he was at the table wait on the piazza
until he was through. 1t would have
mortified the boy If he had known it,
but bad manners were his natural man.
neys. II talking would have made a
boy have good manners, his would have
been perfect. 1t is what boy or girl
does that gives them their position, not
| what they know only.
Learn what Is proper and right. then
do il; have too much sclf-respect TO be
| mpolite.-Christian Union.