Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-14
VALUE OF COURTESY.
People Who Would Succeed Must Be
considerate.

considerate.
Chicago Record Herald.
Be ye kind, tender r-hearted.-Eph. 4.
1. Courtesy has its commercial value.
Some years ago two business men
from New York were breakfasting at
their hotel in Paris. One Of them was
commenting upon the millions of
money that Americans were pouring
into the Golfers Of Paris, the city of
beauty, art and pleasure. He insisted
that this golden river ought to be
turned upon the fields Of American in
dustry and commerce. He urged that
his own store offered advantages as
many and great as the shops of Paris.
do you want to know why our
Americans spend their money here in
Paris?" said his companion. aCome
with me for an hour and I viii show
you the reason"
Then the lawyer and the merchant
went into shop. The July morning
was hot. but the French merchant and
his wife understood the law Of kind
ness and courtesy. The lawyer said
he wished to look at some gloves, some
silk ties and some laces. "But first
of all, you must sit down and rest"
So madame brought an easy chair and
the shopkeeper insisted on bringing
fan and a cool drink. Very soon the
stout merchant forgot his heat and
long walking. After little he apol-
ogized to madame for the trouble he
was making her. "It Is > trouble; It
is pleasure" No courtesy could have
been more thoughtful.
In that hour kindness oiled all the
wheels of trade. Good manners made
buying and selling a pleasure. The
big. prosperous merchant quite forgot
himself and he bought with OPEN
handed generosity. Nor did he re-
member his discussion until he reach
ed the street, when he began to under
stand the laughter OF his companion.
"well," said the merchant, Paris
has taught me one thing-the law Of
courtesy. When get back to New
York am going to have the heads OF
departments organize my clerks into
classes, with lectures on kindness and
good manners"
The law Of courtesy mas CONNER
cial value. Courtesy will not make
an ignorant man wise nor a stupid,
lazy clerk successful, but the youth Of
good parts will find that kindness and
courtesy are large additional assets
and will do much to promote his sue
cess and good feeling among his fell
low workers.
+ Q. Courtesy and kindness betoken
the well-bred gentleman.
What culture Is to the scholar and
what perfume is to flower, that cour-
tesy Is to a gentleman. Kindness makes
the youth a happiness maker. Cour-
tesy is a delicate exhalation that
sweetens the atmosphere. Good Will
diffuses itself in a genial glow It
is said that gentleman is for his COM
panions minds what en- easy chair and
warm fire are for the body. 1t
makes the youth consider the rights
Of others; and once the law of kind
ness is fixed in the heart, 1t manifests
itself in good fellowship, wholesome
ness, cordiality and those refined at
tentions that go to make youth pop
ular among his companions.
One day friend asked freshman
in Harvard college why the boys al
ways cheered certain professor Now
the freshman had never considered
that point before and he jumped at an
answer and he gave the right one:
"Oh, he is so kind 1t always seems
good to have him around" Some peo-
pie call courtesy minor grace, but
how can that virtue be little that lifted
professor to throne and made him
loom large above his fellows? Re-
member that roughness is a sign Of
weakness. Some neil are 80 harsh
that their softest word Is q blow.
There are blunt, brutal men who ride
rough -shod over their fellows and
companions, and they say: "Oh, you
mustn't mind me! It is away have!"
Suppose a porcupine were to say:
Don't mind my quills; it's a way l
have" A hedgehog has its way, but
the way is very bad. Bad manners,
sarcasm and disregard Of the rights or
others are great faults. Remember
that one yellow stain ruins a marble,
one black spot in the ceiling ruins the
fresco and one great fault, like the abb
sence Of courtesy, can injure charac-
ter, threaten prosperity and halve ones
influence and success.
3. The law Of courtesy forbids harsh
criticism.
The word CRITICISM" Is like Satan,
who fell from heaven--it Is a fallen
word. It began as the artists word
and meant to select the beautiful ana
essential elements in a great painting
that should be lifted UP for admiration
and praise. This glorious word Is like
seraph that has been dragged down
until its pinions drag In the mud. We
all know the type of man whose ton
que is a fail. Here Is the teacher who
Is always praising the bright scholar
and when the slow one stumbles ex-
claims, You stupid fool!" And yet
the boy has worked twice as faithfully,
despite his failure, as the other one
and earned his masters admiration
did his teacher but know 1t.
Ours Is a world that Is harsh In It's
judgments and cruel I'm its criticism.
Young man, restrain your tongue. Be
kind. Practice courtesy. Keep. the
ideals of Sir Walter Raleigh's gentle
man ever before you. Don't pelt the
unsuccessful with words like stones
Consider that what the north wind
cannot do to produce a harvest the