The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
HOME IS REFLECTED
 IN OUR DAILY ACTS
By MRS. J. E REID

1 words, In a little while, a gentleman | born.
 l It requires no effort 10 be lady or a gentleman, nor should any credit be given | for being one. If it's natural to do the right thing you will never forget 1t; if
 you are wrong through ignorance, culti- vate the qualities that you recognize as good fin others.
 The poor folks are not the only ones
 that fail in courtesy. How many inpolite folks there would be if they were? Peo- pie who arc comfortable often forget
 there are others living and self-absorbed they allow so many opportunities to pass that would show their genuine good. Besides politeness there Is a cordiality
 needed to help the world along: not famil- iarity, but just a sincere. glad to see
 you spirit 1t not only makes the giver happy, but untold good follows to others. We are all coples-few of us are entirely original. We all like Mrs. J's hat better | than our own, and Mrs. B's dress was the best of it's kind. We try the patterns; we
 cut our cloth according to the lines; we
 haste and At, and as long as our clothes
 look well, who sees our heart? If we are gruff and selfish who cares--we are well dressed This is too much of an assumed
 manner of our young folks today. Mother introduces a daughter, This is my friend Mrs. So and So" How'd do,''
 and may he never know her again. The old lady gives no parties, maybe but she gives some awful looks at these girls, too busy to greet their mothers friend and
 to meet them cordially time and time
 again. This awful proposition of riding the crowded car, and the young folks are so tired many of them are seated even little boys and little girls, The bald
 headed men and gray-haired women are
 standing The children have forgotten their politeness; certainly they were taught it at homei
 We do not mean to quarrel with the little folks: we have some of our own: but we do want them to grow to be great men and women, and they never will if they forget their politeness and disregard their home teaching.
 One critic remarked Do you note that little boys are even more polite than the girls?' Now these little stories the writer gives you are from nature. We drop fin for limeade or a saucer of cream. and
 somebody has something for good
 story" The story is not all the writer's. Folks know big takers and we are only telling you what they say" and one wishes you could hear some of the things yourself and then you would search self
 better and be able to explain. like Old
 Mother Goose as she looked into the mir TOT. Surely it is not Lit must be some
 
 women. but let me tell you they think whole heap. A few days ago while passing near a fashionable bargain day sale we heard two mesi say: 'I bet she can't step in that automobile" and we Ioitered. She got in. but her skirt was very tight and she had to drag in both feet at one time. This is fashion. certain Iy not comfort or good taste. Who won
 the bet we do not know. but we do know who won the laugh. We are rambling
 a long way from home, maybe; this was
 what we were first writing of; but do
 you not think home gets the credit for
 much of our mistakes: then we are not
 rambling-we are straightening accounts
 and bringing the charges up to date. The standard of our lives are traceable to the mothers care. If she lives let her enjoy the glory of standard-bearer for the only life worth living; If she has passed beyond let her snonument be in the characters she has mofded. and make
 that monument worthy; It need not tow