The age-herald., 1902-03-02

full Oregon girl, daughter of a congress- man said that on the day before some one offered to get her twenty -ive d6iiars for her ticket. Practically the only tick. cts issued. apart from few to the press, the diplomatic corps and high officials, were those to members and Senators, each of whom received one in his own name. Admissions to the capitol building only were by cards and the mum Der of thoss was limited. Tens of thousands of peopis stood outside in the wide plaza idly gazing at the outer walls of the great white pal4 ace of legislation.
 An extraordinary propaganda of decent manners has sprung from the recent dIs+ graceful display of rudeness and vulHarI ity in both houses of Congress, and thus some good may be brought out of evils that are abominable. Certain organiza- tions have taken up the issue, and a powerful anti-swearing league Is In pro- cess of formation.
 Travellers who are competent to judge are unanimous in the broad Statement that bad manners are worse and more general in the United States than in all | other countries combined. And 1t Is quite true that one may observe more rudeness and coarseness of personal conduct in one "frst-class' hotel in this country in ono
 day than he can see in all Paris or all
 Berlin, all Vienna or all London in the course of weeks. More bad manners arc | exhibited in the Capital of the United
 States in day than are displayed in the
 whole of France probably in a year;
 while in New York there are a thousand rude acts for every one such act in all
 Ireland. Indeed, wanton rudeness is vir- tually unknown in Ireland or in France; and the same may be said of continental Europe generally.
 Why, ir New York and the East com mon courtesy to strangers is sneered at, and well-bred Southerner subjects him- self to ridicule by the mere fact of being
 gentleman. A certain Southerner was sneered and snarled at in leading drug store of New York because he ventured
 to thank druggist for serving him, | though the druggist had willfully kept
 him waiting thirty minutes longer than
 was necessary. That same Southerner
 was subjected to gross rudeness because he politely requested man to permit him to leave an elevator.
 As for the manners of Southerners, 1t is true that the world Is ringing now
 with the unexampled public rudeness of
 certain men from the South; but-we are discussing well-bred Southerners. Some of our people are not of that class,
 as every public place in the South demon- strates. But we have never reached the point where courtesy is held to be sub ject of ridicule.
 Here's to all men and women who re- spect themselves-for those who properly respect themselves will show proper res spect for all others entitled to any kind of consideration
 | Here's to sweet civility-gentle court esy-at all times and in all circumstances | allowable!
 Here's to peace and love, light and re- | finemert
 | Here's to you
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER. . ..=-.- carp at the new constitution will be com pelled before long to acknowledge it's beneficent effect The time for winking | at corrupt electoral Iractices and talking about them as a joke has passed. Such moralising the manhood of the State.