The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27
COURTESY.
some striking IIuHtranonh From An.
Client and Modern History.


e.en, adage has 1t that self-pralse IS no
recommendation; but accepting Mer-
eu,lo at his own yaluation-what man
eouIG wish for more2Awe arrive, says
The London Standard, after brief con-
sdsrauon, at the conclusion that there
IS something after all in the idea
"au,res temps aulres moeurs." The
times change, and the modern Sir Wal
Ter Raleigh no longer throws his Inyer-
ness upon the slippery wood pavement
for his queen to step upon, and why not?
Simply because her majesty no longer
perambaIates the capital as good Queen
Bess did IN days gone by, Were the
opportunity given, We feel sure that
Garnet OF overcOats would be laid at
her feet sufficient for her majesty TO
walk dry-shod from buckingham pal
ace 10 st. Pauls-yea! and back again
via the Borough Road. The times
change, and the eXigencles OF nine
teeush century warfare are such that
the range OF modern ornaments pre-
cIuGes the interchange OF COur,esleS
sucn as took place In the low countries
mary a decade ago, when the French
and English officers, with exquisite po'
likeness, said TO one another, After
you." their respective regiments, match
locks in hand, only waiting for the
word TO fire from their officers, which
the latter were so loath to give. To-
day, with the aid OF ile!d-glasses, bows
might be interchanged, but compu-
merits and courteous words are quite
out Of the question unless a mutual code
OF signals was arranged, The famous
yarulsh recipe which has made the
name Of stradivarlus lIlustrlous in the
history OF violius, and which gave his
instruments their glorious tone, Is lost
lost, too, in the veneer that gave 10 the
eighteenth century beaux their delight
fully polished manners that approached
extravaganza perllously near; siill vio-
Inns OF exquisite tone are built to-day,
although the varnish recipe OF Suadi-
vanus is stlll wanting, and courtesy Is
none the less rampant, although 1t Is
more to the point and less decorated
than Il was q century ago.
4 few months back, when our minis
Ter OF agriculture was removed 10 MS
home with an injured limb, ten guests
OF the house at which he had been stay
ing telegruphed their condolences ana
made inquiries concerning his health;
the ordinary sufferer perhaps, would
have considered a single reply would
have met the case, as the inquifers
were all under one roof, but not so
Mr.. Chaplin. hence the ten individual
kilograms OF acknowledgment that
were delivered at Chatsworth IN reply.
Here we have, at the end OF the nine-
tenth century, an example OF cour-
tesy that may rank with any OF the
historical instances We quote below.
"Where the prince OF courtesy lay
wrote a fellow countryman Of MI.
Chaplln's In one OF the poems that add
cd Iustre TO the name OF Tennyson-
surely the late poet-laureate had MI.
Chaplin I'm his mind. No more effective
background for the exhibition OF true
courtesy than the battlefield can be I'M
Rgined. on the one side we have all the
horrors Of war, while In the foreground
all that Is best In refined human nature
one example we have already quoted;
another has been handed down among
legendary lore from the time OF Lion
Hearted Richard. When Occur de Lion
and his Crusaders defeated the sara
Gems, the sultan became sufficiently Gu
rlous about him to ask who II was VINO
made such an example OF his troops.
Some well-informed individual replied
that II was only King Richard and MS
men, who were all on foot. God iorolu
that such a noble fellow as King Rlcn-
ard should march on foot, ana prompt
Is ordered a splendid barb TO be seN 10
his enemy's camp with Il suitable mes
sare such Was the courtesy which one
monarch showed to another In the brave
DAYS OF old, although they were In every
sense al dlggers drawn. There IS un-
Fortunately. a sequel TO this story OF
Rlchard--thc Englishman did not re-
Celye the Gift in the spirit he was III
tended TO do; In very sooth he thought
the matter somewhat flshy. ana IN place
OF trylnE the s,eed's PAGES himseE ne
,nounted his faithful squire thereon, ana
the steed proving n frey but tamea
beast. and the squire being unaD'e 70
hold him In, the faithful one was poIh'
on the wings OF the wind TO the IN
speakable ones pavilion. on discover
inr he was rot TO entertain Richard or
be entertained by him, the annoyance
OF the sultan was said to be terrible
A somewhat similar interchange OF
International courtcsie5 was mentioned
ly C,p,ain Colgnet in his memoirs
,yren the uutposts OF the French and
kustrlan armies exchanged connnudit-
los such as tobacco and bread; finally
a Qlk ulflNfh NANii IA fAANN .f'
them bread Tor tobacco, as arranged,
The soldiers of the emperor found them
Helves the prisoners OF the republic.
Colgnet who was on the right side as
far az prison was concerned, speaks
about II rs being very strategic stroke
some people might describe 1t rs the
height OF meanness. There's something
I'm choice OF epithets after all Bad
workmanship may be hidden by sever
al coats 81 yaFnIsh. but the work VIII
be none the less bad. Although In the
eighteenth century enc cannot ma
fault with the veneer. Il Is obvious from
this anccdote that the foundation upon
which IN Correction OF courtesg was built
was NOT In all cases very secure. y
fashionable young man once had the
impertlnence 70 point out to General sir
WiIiiam johnson. who did some good
work out IN America IN 1855 that II was
not al an the thing to return the salute
" negro as the latter had just done
Onoih sir william, whose courtesy was
above ali possible Clvil. Perhaps 80;
hut ! would not be outdonc In good
manners by ncgrO" 4 very similar
iet0rt was made by Pope Clement NV"
he who suppressed the JcsultH. VINO as
ccndcG the pa1al throne IN 1863 on
the day OF his inauguration the embas-
Falors Of several countries waited on
him 10 tender their congratulations,
When they were Introduced md bowed
the genial Gcugauolli politely bowed In
return, whc.eupon the rnlstc" OF cere-
monlcs Informed him that thc salute9
ought not TO he returned. Pardon, W
raid the rrclltc. ~ have not been popr
long enough 20 forget good manners.
The retort probably afforded 10 the IN
dc.lIng ono Of the most unplens1nl mo-
menta U, bis ne.