Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-12
TO TEACH ETIQUETTE
Should be a part of the Teach
er's Duty.
Some Striking Illustrations of Its
ImpOrtance-An Educated Boor is
the WhOrst of Them all.

the Whorst of Them all.
RANDALL, July William Hall,
sister from Pa, is visiting Mr. Hall
Miss Clara Gordon OF Uniontown il
visiting at d. Wiedman's. This LADY
is niece Of Mr.. Wiedman and be-
ing part Wiedman has inherited The
musical talent that belongs to The
Wiedman family. On Friday evening
the Wiedman family visited Mr.. Hal
and furnished some music. Miss Cor
don played the guitar. Stella Wied.
man presided at the organ, and D.
Wiedman played on his old cremona,
after the music the company repaired
to the dining room and INDUCED iu
Ice cream and water melon.
As next week will be the teachers in
stitute, suggest that the eonduc.
tors give a few lectures on etiquette.
AS | think the rising generation need
to learn that as well as other things.
Several years ago heard Prof. Owens
then connected with the West Vir-
ginia University give a lecture at an
educational meeting IN Clinton dis
trict. Among other things he stated
THAT he had visited his sister for five
or six weeks at Stanton Va. His sis
ter had three children beteween the
age of ten and Fifteen. He discover
ed that these children did not attend
school two afternoons each week, and
he asked his sister why they were kept
at home. She replied that "they at
tended dancing school two afternoons
each week. He said TO his sister II
am astonished at you, you prefer ed
ucating your children's heels instead
of their brains.n She replied 1--WE do
not expect them to attend any public
dances, but we are sending them &c
dancing school to learn culture and
good manners for these are not taught
Ia any other schools. y Prof. Owens
said after some reflection be conclud-
ed that his sister was right. We
Americans BOAST of our great educa-
tional facilities, from the district
schools on up to our grand Universe
ties, and in all these schools the study
most needed by all is not taught, and
the only place TO learn it is at the
dancing school. How can we expect
the scholars in our common schools to
learn this when our teachers are very
deficient in it? And how are our
teachers to learn 1t when it is not
taught in our higher schools! If the
teachers in our country schools were
required to pass an examination in
etiquette at least one half would fail.
While Mr.. Owen stated facts, yet it
appears to me that our young people
at the present day are more deficient
in some respects in good manners than
those that were young 25 to so years
ago
II you go to literary entertain
ment Ia the country at the present
time at least in some sections you
cannot hear what the performers say
on account OF loud talking by the au-
dience. / attended a musicale some
time ago and when the musicians at
tempted to play they could net hear
each other on account of the talking
and laughing by the audience, there
fore the musicians were compelled to
retire, Our teachers / think are TO
blame for this How many of our
teachers attemp to instruct 10 good
manners? How many teach that it is
very reprehensible to talk or laugh
when any one is playing an instru-
ment or singing to entertain CON-
pany and last how many of our teach
ers teach the golden rule, for etiquette
and good manners have their foun-
dation in the golden rule.