The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-04-28

mission hall, in
which was to be Christmas tree.
The keen wind swept around the cor
ner. and the cold ground kept them all
shivering,
Ia One little girl, with ragged shoes.
seemed to suffer from the cold ground
more than the others and kept shift
ing from one foot to the other, vninly
trying to keep her feet warm. The
newsboy hid been watching her for
some time. forgctful OF his own dis.
comfort. and finally threw his tattereil
hat at her feet and with the same
chivalrous spirit and courtesy OF
Raleigh, said. "You can stand on
that
Courtesy implies recognition of the
other persons dignity. 1t Is treating
acothcr as though that other were
truly Lis ideal self.
Courtesy is perhaps more important
IL The family thnn anywhere else, be.
cause In this relation people are
thrown most closely together and need
the protection Of courtesy. which is
the. best means Of avoiding unpleasant
friction and unhappiness.
Rudeness and boorishness sometimes
slripg from ignorance. but are more
often the expression Of selfshncss
which forgets the feelings and tastes
of others
Good manners have their roots Ia
right feeling, and the passport to good
society is fine manners. The Alad.
din's lamp Of success In business Is
courtesy. 1t costs nothing and buys
everything.
Emerson says that manners are the
happy way of doing things. each at
once a stroke Of genius or OF love, now
repeated and hardened into usage.
They form ut last q rich varnish with
which the routine of life Is washed
and its details adorned. Give boy
address and accomplishments and you
give him the mastery Of palaces and
fortune. Your manners are always
under examination by committees lit
tie suspected and by police In citizens
clothes. who are awarding or denying
you high prizes when you least think
OF It. Manners impress. as they indi-
cate real power.
IN A boy cannot too early learn to take
or his hat when spoken to; In little
while 1t VIII become instructive, and
v f. IN.
he viii take Il of automatically upon
proper occ"cionS, Let him also remem
Der that the hail mark Of good breed
ing is not TO interrupt.
The word gentleman is homage
to certain indefnable and incommuni-
cable qualities which attract persons
OF every country. and It is at once fell,
as If the individual gave the Masonic
sign of nobility. Of character It Is q
sligo Of the spirit rather than Of the
talent Of men. "l'
Thomas Fuller relates that when
Queen Elizabeth upon one occasion
came to muddy spot In her path Sir
Walter Raleigh, one OF her attendant
courtiers, Immediately spread bis
splendid velvet cloak over the mire
that her majesty might cross without
soiling her feet. This act of princely
courtesy has become historic. But
when our friends, who are the royalty
In our lives, come upon the mudholes
Of our making the disagreeablenesses,
the annoyances, the irritations Of life
shall we be less chlvalric than Sir
Walter? Following the example OF
that loyal devotion should we not cast
our best mantle Of courtesy and cheer
full diversion over the mire that our
friends may walk over unstained and
even Unaware OF soil or discomfort?
Such opportunities occur every day
and are the test Of the loyalty OF our
courtesy.
Practice Let every one say that to
day he is an attendant upon n queen
and try to behave MS though he were
q courtier.
Literature.
Good manners include tact. cour
tesy and teiquette; but. both In time
and importance, tact comes first. cour-
tesy second and etiquette last and is
least OF all. -Lyman Abbott.
Life Is not so short but that there Is
always time enough for courtesy
Emerson.
The gentle mnde by gentle deeds is
knowne. m fl
For man by nothing Is SO well betrayed
As by his manners
Edmund Spenser
How sweet and gracious even in common
/ u speech ut
Is that fine selse which men call courtesy!
Wholesome "a air and genial as the light,
Welcome In every cline as breath OF TOW
ers.
II transmutes aliens into trusting friends
And gives its owner passports round the
globe
James r. Fields
Good breeding Is religion done In
terms Of everyday life. II IL an In
stinct wrapped up IN the very tissues
Of our being, C. n. Henderson.