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=1.= In teaching manners to young children there is no better example to be followed than that of a careful mother, who takes advantage of incidents of every-day life to impress a truth upon the mind of her child. By such means the ideal standard is kept in close relation to t...
1. Never enter a private room without rapping. Never look over a person’s shoulder when he is reading or writing. Never read what is designed for another person only. Be courteo...
1. Chapter I.=1.= In teaching manners to young children there is no better example to be followed than that of a careful mother, who takes advantage of incidents of every-day life to impress...
13. Chapter XIII.Young people sometimes seem to think good manners are to be put on as fine clothes are, not for every-day wear, but for company only. Those who put this theory into practice wil...
5. Chapter V.One time a little girl whom I knew had a birth-day party, and I was invited. I went, and saw many little girls and boys wearing their best clothes, their brightest faces, and pl...
4. Chapter IV.It is not a little boy in our room of whom I am about to tell you. I hope there is not such a child in _our_ room. But there is a boy _somewhere_ who has to be called and called...
17. Chapter XVII.1. When a request is to be made, no matter how slight, it should be given in the form of a request and not of a command. Such expressions as “Please” and “Will you be so kind?”...
15. Chapter XV.No polite person will indulge in loud or boisterous conduct on the street. Loud talk or laughter is very ill-mannered. Only a quiet demeanor is allowable, and one who indulges i...
16. Chapter XVI.Perhaps the question of _how_ to eat is not of quite the importance as _what_ to eat, but in some particulars pertaining to the laws of health the two are of equal rank. _How_ t...
10. Chapter X.A little girl came to the table very hungry. There were a good many older people there, and as she had been taught to wait until the older ones were served, she sat very still a...
3. Chapter III.Suppose a boy seated in the easiest chair in the room, reading and enjoying himself, should rise on seeing his mother enter, and offer her the chair. What would you say of that...
2. Chapter II.As I was sitting on the piazza the other evening, watching the sunset and listening to the chirp of the birds, a boy passed along the sidewalk, and as he looked up and saw me, h...
14. Chapter XIV._Note._--These directions, although exceedingly important, are not, in many cases, agreeable topics of conversation. Therefore, in giving them, teachers must use their good tast...
11. Chapter XI.Suppose you should see at any table a young lady, very pretty and very nicely dressed, a perfect stranger to you, and she should say to the servant, in quite a loud tone of voic...
8. Chapter VIII.The other day, as I was walking on the sidewalk, two or three boys came running down the hill, and nearly pushed me over. They never stopped to ask me to excuse them, but ran on...
7. Chapter VII.I once knew a little girl whom most everybody praised for being polite. Whenever she met people away from home, or whenever there was company at her home, she was very polite to...
6. Chapter VI.I will tell you. There is a little key which you can all have, and if you will not forget to use it, it will always make you pleasant and polite in the morning. It is this: “Goo...
12. Chapter XII.Some one says “True politeness consists in making every one happy about you.” It is true that forgetfulness of self and thoughtfulness of the comfort and happiness of others mak...
9. Chapter IX.Very well. You may start now, and Mary and Kate and Jennie may take hold of hands, and as they go along the street they may talk and laugh at the top of their voices. If they me...