The Washington herald., 1908-05-03
THE SOCIAL ARBITER
IdLeness a Crying EmI of Certain Wealthy
Glasses of Present Day.

pany fast asleep; these late hours are
very disagTeeable. OF course, they were
disagreeable, after so strenuous a day,
and l venture 10 say that no narcotic wss
necessary to bring sleep to taat tired
body.
The term company manners" suggests
a subject for a little lecture, for in this
land OF the free we are too prone TO culti-
vate company manners, too prone TO put
on and lay of our good behavior. too
prone 10 show one side to the world and
another at home. There are no such
things as company manners" there may
be affected manners, but real manners
are ingram and cannot be put on and of.
If every one would endeavor to show the
same consideration IN their own homes
that they do outside, q they would
evince as kindly and unselfish d spirit to
the members of their own households as
they do 10 the strangers they meet, there
would be fewer family squabbles and
much, very much more happiness. The
words of a quaint old song often run in
my head when I visit a family here
where every member, modestly and unos-
tentatiously, seems TO try 10 sea how
much he or she can do for the comfort
and pleasure of the others. There is
beauty all around when there's love at
home Two little girls were exchanging
| confidence in a street car the other day.
! The blonde said admiringly,
DO you know, think your sister
Louise is the most beautiful girl I ever
saw. And she has such lovely manners,
too
Hem! Louise is handsome enough. but
you ought TO see her at home. She for
gets all about her manners there" replied
the brunette
1t would have been much more 10
LOuise's credit If she had won the respect
and love of her little sister, rather than
the admiration OF an outsider. But Louise
had no inspiring example. as I happen TO
know, for what Louise is her mother was
before her-an grace. all smiles. all amia-
bility. But these charming qualities she
laid aside at her threshold, and, once in
side, became the pettish, indulBent moth
er, selfish wife, and an inconsiderate
mistress. Some men seem TO regard the
practice of good manners in ones own
household as foppish and affected. Some
women contend that polished manners are
insincere. Heaven pity them both. II
parents want their children to grow up
into strong and noble men and women.
with fine manners and lofty ideals. then
they must practice what they preach;
they must themselves be strong and noble
they must have fine manners and lofty
ideals.
The daughter OF certain very wealthy
family IN town never misses an oppor-
tunity to visit very poor family; not
poor, perhaps. for they have all the ne
cessities and few OF the luxuries Of
life, but a beautiful, If rigid. economy is
practiced and they are far removed from
the maddening whirl Of society, yet the
little child OF the rich will stay there con-
tentedly for days at a time. with no long
ing for the fieshpots she has deserted.
why do you like TO so 10 the Ks so
much. Janie7 asked one OF her friends
the other day. Don't you miss all the
grand things sou have at home2 Why,
they are as poor as Jobs turkey"
'Oh, I love il there" explained jamie.
because there is so much peace and
quietness-sO much love Why. Mr. \
treats Mrs. Y. as though she was an en-
press. and Mrs. Y treats all of US chill
dren as though we were little princesses,
and the children are just as nice 20 each
other as though they were perfect stran-
gers. It's heavenly. and I'm going to
marry the poorest man I can find and
have Just such home when I grow up"