The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-28

Much has been said and well said
about the advantage OF being a gentle
man: aud there is room 70 say more.
especially in the midst OF our financial
troubles. When men are IN trouble
cheerful, kindly greeting gives hope anu
courage. IL ole asks yolr aid,
Granted. let 10 be done in such a manner
ms 10 lit the weight OF the favor rather
than 20 make it felt as a great and last p
inc OBLIGATION The differences is like
lonning you 40 i've per cent year and
five per cent uoath. The one obliga-
tion vou are wiling 90 nurse and con-
tinus 90 feel, while the other Is bur
den YOU w.sh % cast oil as Son as pos
sible. When gentleman meets an
,couaintance on The street his saluta-
lion will usually be heart-prompted.
The man with big heart full OF the
milk of human kindness will greet you
with salutation showing human sym
pathv. while De who meets You with a
rrunt ~ recognition. may have his mil
lien. stiu IN y viii never do YOU any
good. ANA he who does not lift his
ewes or speak. has less thsn a dog and
NAV as we'll be a crab ia the shell Of a
dead mollusk
But after al nothing pays so well as
good manners. II one has a bad tenn
per nothing like good manners keeps 1t
IN check. IL one dislkes bis fellow men
nothing lko good manners checks It's
manifestation and finally eradicates IT
entirely. How much better the man
, feels when his dislkes are all wiped out.
About half tie world have good
street manners, and It is always a pleas
ure to meet any q this part Of our pop
ulation. We may not thiukevery Iolite
/ maa is a perfect citizen, but the longer
you know him the more you will like
\ him. Ar lesides the man who bids
you a hearty Good morning" is more
/ likely 20 help make the morning good
than he who meets you with word
scarcely audible or lie who passes with
out a look or sign OF recognition. II
you fall ON the street. he with the
hearty greeting will be the first to pick
you up; and he who salutes you with q
low grunt may stop and ask if you are
hurt much; and he who gives you nc
sign Of recognition will doubtless "pasi
by on { e other side" Kind greeting
and kidd words are cheap and what d
best Of a }, they have a good reflex in
nuence on "a M who utters them.
Nothing in the wide universe so driei
up the fountain Of kindly feelings il
our hearts. as the words we utter il
condemnation Of our fellows. One MAJ
cultivate the forms OF genteel inter
course; but, il these forms DO not wei
up from the depths Of kindly nature
and are put on for receptions and publi
display and give place to the vulgar ant
, bitter in private and social circles, thi
polish on dress parade only is OF littl
value. It shows no fountain yelling u
from the heart fun Of good will toward
men.
! Lord Chesterfield was man Of hear
7 as well as forms. lie says in letter I
his son: you bad better return
dropped glove genteeny than give
thousand pounds awkwardly; and 70
had better refuse favor GRACEFUL
s than grant it e.umsily"
S But it should DO remembered that II
D manners so well inculcated by Lol
@ Chesterfield can no more be grated {
to bitter churlish nature than a PIN
apple On 20 cactus. The winnii
I manners o. manhood must SOW the
q seeds 10 the loving hearts Of childho'
] and bo cultured in the generous II
IS pulses Of youth and early manhoC
4 Good manners are as useful on I
Il street. in the Office. behind the count
s. in the work shop and on the farm as
# the drawing room. They are more NJ
" ful at home than abroad, more Godll
n towards the lowly than towards
n titled, toward the unfortunate th
o towards the fortunate.