The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-14

books and spread out their ,rufs. and settle
their shoulders. and tuck themselves up geh-
ar ss.,ly yc and co Otherwise pr S,t tb ss sst ,S5
full that an Epgiishnan should do this The
IT., and do It precisely in tho same way,
ks own IN, NM tx sSSefy:day t9 anS sysrs al Ts sait IN iSe
ssmelansnsGe. There, is a sommep .nomsn.
S ls,s ,9r syeTytaias differing with the cub
The travelling. Enaiishman inpresses Que
ns a brisk. talkatiye. critical. and deridei per;
son. without an original idea or an original
Tho peculiarly has TIA ADVANTAGES. Indeed.
It has tow disadvantages. A maj, may NOT 'alk;
MGG quotes the Tunes he knows he cannot
BTia6t Ard Colder, don't asrSe with that
gar mischief makers. democrats. Jewelers..
i. lie the t anisei4isnaSi EnSli'h II" an ",s Sn the p %Ga'' wsi}'
and IL thus always welcome. But his manners.
his Iress: and his %insulnr halits are %inyaria.
tht Morlnan. and the italian alike ali ienore
his literature and derid. bis science.
Il sovereign contsp,pt for tho .Frenchtnann. md
thatnotwithstandirs the modern all. ia,ing Of
sllclo in his mind 10 oteyinG the old. orders OF
fFee.ssSh6 s liea liz they ss be rspeG1ed; n 10 h hhasG tis
rlaccncy derived from a knowledge Of her re.
sources AMI the indomitanle character OF t,e
p ass She hha as ,nsrs ss soo MI hsrnqTs. and
nsaGs g Of iaI Inros Sea b ss5He 'os y what th nature ,ms
has thus bountiiully lavished Is supplemented
She ss the hs. Hi ons a. fsso .he world Fl s sn sSs snd s antii
her unhoundcd resources seem to warrant her
IL defyins it still, Ii is fashionable to decry
war come. and thu world may look to sec her
nayal powers illustrated by achievements that
The boys OF lston. and they nre the coming
mSn 2. EnTg'nnd cann2t be MATCHED out Of
ais!rs' or blr rhe{ blo nsIe a 1n9 c ef ! that ess eSsmst
Just as .istinctly 50 as the best blood horses
g00 blood animals. They are not eauaiied BY
any Other . boys at any one school In the
not npproushed. as speeimens, Of adoiescent
manhood; They are mostly the. children OF
the inability ITa,t y, and ssD,t Esn,ry; 1 Mnors arc r. shps
have prevailed tor centuries. They arc tho
kingdom. which, has been carried by them TO
the highest bitch OF glory and rsnown in lit
2 set OF boys noble and beautiful to tho eye
teach q lesson to the world OF what breeding
ali other animals. Manners. address. athletic
form. c%lear-cut features, the well-brsd air. tho
~ Euit.. u ipitS TOMS uhb 10 lOuuu u iHul-
viduals., but they mark no class that Is not
thoroughbred
1t may be trying to our vanity to acknowl-
edge. but the confession is good for the soul.
that we have no such class in this country and
hardly a nucleus for It. Our first step toward
1t has not yet been taken. That step with us
must consist Of schools for manners.
Our ommon schools and high schools have
Ing emulation in intellectual accomplish
nents. but thus far they have lacked the inn
portant adjunct OF instruction In good man
narA If Ia nnpnSda ~ tca havin hv aNnplvinD
this lack. In time. perhaps. the rest will follow.
But American manners are proverbial over
the world for lack Of grace. OF consideration,
OF almost everything which goes to tho COM
position a. OF "A sentlemanly behavior.