New-York tribune., 1905-02-14
REASONS FOR BAD MANNERS.

rrba rsasons for our bad public manners are:
FIRST lack Of pure patriotism; second senshhess'
third undeveloped manhood, and 1ourIh uhlloil-
ored womanhood , -.
.,-i5,,oT HOW can a nation be justly judged when
A. is made up Of every conceivable nauonallly
unon the face of the globe? Strains OF sap from
that ancestral tree has entered our VEINS 'io4i -
remotest twg on its branches -.
v17,a, o,,r immigrants leave their home country
many also leave their patriotism, their honor ana
their manhood if they ever had any uiIi4 '44e'
have found il again on this side, If theV ever 90
Jacob Riis in his remarkable book, The Max
ing of an American, says: "A missionary IN Oa9lIe
Garden was getting up a gang Of men for BraoE ;
Bend Iron Works, on the Allegheny RIVER anu anu
vent along We started a full score, with tickets
paid but only of US reached the bend Inc
rAs+ calmly deserted in Pittsburg and went thelr
ou,, 1,av Not one Of them, probably, would
have thought of doing it on the other slde. Iney
would have carried out their contract as d mater
of course Here they broke it, as a matter oil
course the minute il didn't suit them to 60.
K-a+ is the result upon the children of these so
called Americans? You see it every day IN our
men who are not worthy the name or man Ihere
' no real love for this country. Patriotism counts
for more than we can imagine in manhood-it is
necessary to its growth
America means opportunity to many thousands
In order to seize opportunity by the forelock one
must forget everything else but his selfish gains
If you rob Of his wealth. never mlnd-as
IL
Portable Gin a streetcar) mind long
you are comfortable. The father or the grand
father as the case may be, set the example years
ago when he reached country where no one
knew him and so il made difference what he
did, Then too. there are so many people to
obIige-such is the reasoning Of selfish nan-and
he becomes hardened to the sights of tired women
they are not unmndful of others in public In
a city of 100000 in the central part Of New-York
LED busy life there for year
making our fair name infamous Without doubt
the swine will live upon the earth just long
swinish
our very atmosphere tends TO breed a kind of
rudeness and swaggtshness in that kind of man
we are iIi-bred simply because certain class of
nondescrpts. who have not matured, are lmperu-
nent and rude. And this stigmatlzes whole ma
when f6eY reach Their normal Size 1t VIII take
time right these uncivH people In a country
quickly that a poor man may wake up in the
morning TO find himself rich We must take much
into consideration.
Did il never occur to you, you that we are young
coqraging accounts as to our progress toward the
IN time reaction viii set IN reaction for the
In the next generation or two your grocer's boy
VII nave grown TO De a man, ana ms son will not
fitting manner to the freedom Which il briTrs oe
For your own elevation please study verv thor
oughly the inner lives of other nations. Even If
some OF our men are not as gallant we would
wish you viii find the blot in our lives is so
much greater than in other countries.
Pardon II l point another side TO this
question People in glass houses should throw
stones" If the discuss
traits would be silenced Let conduct
selves worthy the honor Of men II women want
TO stand upon equal footing with In pub
lie Hfe-in politics and IN every other kind of
'tics'-she cannot demand that difference which
her grandmothers enjoyed. Then, too. there Is an
other class OF women, who are daily selling their
honor-their very soulsfor less than thirty pieces
Of silver. What a discount it puts upon our sex!
The good must suffer with the bad. Do not
misunderstood These facts Illustrate classes
only.
We are Americans. You cannot expect US to be
French or German. We stand for everything that
has life and an abundance OF activity. Can you
wonder that upon some shallow natures America
has lost its true meaning? Leave this new creation
he has seen the light for such short tme-and
in a few years the true man will come into salts
flying evidence.
The bad manners Of the men in the metropolis OF
our dear country is shameful and deplorable Let
Us be lust as thoughtful, well bred Americans as
we can and use influence TO that ERECT upon All
those with whom II Is our privilege TO come IN con-
tsct ~ MARY +. MARSH.