The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-21
rrFrcTs or coon BREEDING.
Children Never Forget m INampic-Ba
Manners Found I'm High Society.

II the young have good examples at
home they will be courteous TO others
II Incomes a daily habit. second nature.
Where parents are rude. cross. and snap
plsn # is idle 10 expect their children
TO he ladies' and gentlemen. Governesses
and tutors may vainly teach says House
hold News. Th-y have obiect-te3sons
more impressive. II is related Of the
Austrian Emperor that at late festival
he broke away from the body-guard sur
rounding him 10 carry a chair across the
lawn FOR the feeble governess Of his
Youngest grandchlld That was the pink
Of courtesy, an act the child VIII never
FORGET such things cement households
together For those who are kind, ser
vice Is delightful. The attentive hus-
band, the solicitOus wife mutually con-
foiring graceful attentions on each other
are the most important clements OF a
happy home.
Il has been truly said that good breed
ing is the current coin of society. Con-
ventonal rules fCundedsupOn 10 are some
times diverted from their foundation
That they should be observed, when not
absurd, goes without saying. \ kind
hearted person. ignorant In regard TO
them, may be awkward. or through eager
ness and preoccupaticn, forgetful Of
amenities. Too strictly followed, they
hedge In and limit Spontaneous impulses
that belong 10 the divinity Of our hu-
man nature. Can aught De more dreary
than always TO talk, walk, sit stand and
converse by rule The springs OF life
arr too deep and strong 10 be totally
sealed Breaking all bounds If not allow
ed To How with weli-rogulatcd freedom,
they may food life TO its destruction.
lob ~ IFfHf
the innate possibilities Of each. gives mar
monious expression and expansion 10
God-given faculties.
But good breeding Is not always found
where IL should be. As an instance. on a
small steamer plying between New York
and a city on the coast. a lady had oc-
casion 90 arrange her dishevelcd hair in
the retiring room. Taking a handsome
brush from her beg. she finished smooth
ing her braids, and laid the brush on
the washstand. \ young girl. ignorant
and crude as girls who have seen little
Of the world often are took il up. re-
marked upon its beauty TO the owner.
who stood silent, and then lightly applied
it 10 her own trCsscs. As She put il
down tho incenscd woman caught up the
brush. and. going 10 the window, with
out a word. flung it far into the waters
Of the sound. The young offender. realiz-
ing her wrong, buried her head In the
cushion Of the settee and sohbed bitterly
for an hour, while the outraged woman
Of the world walked away with the air
OF a tragedy queen.
Now. what a graceful and Instructive
act would IL have been If she had sat
down by the untutOred child and ex-
planned TO her that personal refinement
required that no one should ever use the
toilet implements Of another. IL could
have been a lesson so amiably given that
the girl would date that incident as the
beginning OF the perception OF fine breed
ing. She would remember her instruct
ress as an ideal lady, not as an unfeelng
rebuker of ignorance. AS II was she
left the boat emblttered against the elder
person and all her class" as she call I
well-Drod ladies'. The inhu nee Of the
enlightened follower of social laws was
distinctly not that OF one who under
stood the ethics q fine feelings
Again, lady, entering q railway car
with her hag and wrap. takes possession
II an entire scat. The car fills with
travellers. With cultivated oblivion
OF the situation, curOusly common she
igaores persons standing In the aisics.
Should one have the tomerity to timidly
approach and ask II the seat Herc re-
served FOR another occupant. he or she is
met Vita 2 frgid and reluctant Yielding
of the extra seat. for which tho one al
ready IN possession has 10 more right
than any other gor.-Philedelphia
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