The age-herald., 1900-10-14
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who is unwilling to uncover to the lowly.
 He who is ill-mannered towards servant
 will be ill-mannered towards his own su-
 periors; he can have in the broader sense
 no interiors.
 Better a beggar in rags than a rude and
 ill-mannered snob cad in costly raiment.
 "Therefore all things whatsoever ye
 would that men should do to you, do ye
 even so unto them for this is the law and
 the prophets"
 Men call these words the Golden Rule. It is a godly rule of good manners. for it teaches all the virtuesy it teaches un- selfshness. It forbids the giving of need less offence. It forbids coarseness and vul- gar,ty and social backeuardsm in the
 home, in the place of prayer, in the place
 of the dance, at the bridal. at the grave
 side; in the street, in public place and in
 private. It impels with the force of Gods
 law that courtesy, civility gentleness,
 which civilized man demands above all
 other attributes.
 The Golden Rule demands cleanliness of
 manner and speech, person and spirit; and
 no man shall deny it and be not accounted
 boorsh person to be avoided in all poss-
 ble ways
 To the very young, most cherished of all
 the beloved whose faith and kindly good
 will lend the Murmurer hope and
 higher purposes, would this plea for good
 manners be made, even with the sign of
 prayer. For them there is yet abundance of time to live as real gentle men and gentle women. They have the divine prvl-
 lege of remaining unspotted from the world. An, God keep them; they know not hardness of heart. or selfshness; they
 know neither spiritual nor personal un-
 tidinesS, and are ignorant of uncleanlneS5
 of manner. Their bright lives. their gar
 den of delight, their purity, have not vet
 been invaded by coarseness and vulgarity
 xxrhf oh cin oit,et nd and trap upon decency. They still manly enough and womanly enough in their youth to be civil, to be courteous, to be well-mannered: and whatsoever would teach them otherwise is a dangerous character and a deadly
 menace to. virtue They still too pure of heart, too honest, too morally upright to commit the little meannesses which go so far towards degrading men and women
 who fatter themselves by false piety. Every vice and every crime ever com mitted in the world had their beginning in little meannesseS the apparently trif- ling acts done by underhanded or behind the-back methods of slyness, cunning, cality Better, infinitely better, that the
 young should die young than to fall into the habit of little meanness. for that Is perhaps of more far-reaehing evil than strong drink itself.
 Good manners cost much less and go much further than bad manners. The boy | or man who noisily enters an office With 1 his hat on his head seeking employment | or information doesn't deserve to find tn 1t | which he wishes, and if the occupant of the I office know his business he will turn the | seeker away. Uncivil clerks cost business l men their weight in gold In the old con- 1 tinental lands beyond the sea. if man l enter a place of business with his hat on I or smoking tobacco in any form the em- ployes know at once the man is American | or English If he talk loudly and expecto- | rate on the floor they know instantly that l he is an ll-bred native American. His bad | (Continued From Fourth Page)