The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

the rich which she denies the poor,
and she is counterfeit who is less
generous to the humble than to the
great. 1t is a false elegance WHICH
bows and smiles To one who is only
rich, and which grows frigid and dis
tant and repellent before tile lowly
and the humble and the less fortunate.
There is a commercial value In HE
attaching TO courtesy, although TO
speak of it in connection with this fine
quality is somewhat like trying to esti-
mate the value to the world of beau
tiful work of art by telling the num-
Der of dollars it cost But a courteous
man professionally is never without
clients and courteous girl who must
earn her living is never without a
position. We always choose to trade
at shop where courteous treatment
is accorded us. Courtesy is one OF the
essential qualities in making lady.
The word lady is much abused, but
one of the finest things in all the
this name lady" properly belongs.
Sometimes you know there is ques-
ton which decides ones action under
certain conditions For example, the
example the Christian asks, rs it
right; the politician, is it expo
dient??' And in our social relations it
would be wei TO ask, is it kind?' If
our action were to be decided on this
basis of simple kindness, much of the
! friction of association with our friends
would be averted. We don't care
much for the literary merit of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, but she expressed a
truth in this:
so many gods, SO many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs
There never was greater sophistry
than that man should say: i shalt
do as please, and live as l please; /
am not responsible for anybody else
You and l are responsible, in meas
lure, for the welfare and happiness OF
everyone with whom we have come in
contact today, and of those whom we
shall meet tomorrow and the next day,
and the next, and so on. Bad things
are now, and ever have been, conta-
gious. 1t is equally true that good
things are contagious l remember
when l was very little girl woman
the village where We lived; a woman
of most gracious presence. Wherever
she went there was left behind her
like a trail OF glory, graces and man
nerisms and prettily turned speeches,
which we picked up and initiated to
the great advantage OF the girls whom
she met. And so one girl who is kind
and considerable and courteous brings
to the school sort of a coDtageon
which will have its effect upon all
4 Not all your associates are friends.
Some of them come much nearer be-
ing enemies to your welfare in that
they bring to you rude. ugly ways or
foster idleness or bring an influence
into your life which would not develop
/ the very best that is in you What is
1.-THE secret of your life?. asked Mrs
| Browning Of Charles Kingley, tell me
that | may make mine beautiful, too.
He replied: Il had a friend Would
that we all might have friend. or
perhaps, better still, be such friend
1 The gift of making friends is blessed
lone, it is the power of going out Of
zones self and seeing good and loving
qualities in another Oliver Wendell
Holmes uttered many helpful truths,
but none better worthy of being fol-
lowed than this: Don't hatter your
self that friendship authorizes you to
say disagreeable things to your init
mates. The nearer you come into re.
lation with a person tie more neees-
sary do tact and courtesy become. Elk.
lcept in cases of necessity, which are
rare, leave your friend to learn IN
pleasant things from his enemies;
they are ready enough to tell them
] Some one has said that mans re-
ward is not what he gets, but what he
becomes. But the fact is If you merit
friends you will have them. | should
like to speak, also, of some friends
we make in our school days, whose
love IS constant and whom we never
] outgrow | mean that great court of
men and women who are hidden be.
tween the covers of the books on your
library shelves. Here are people as
there are in the big world about you.