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Show ARC WE LC8S POLITCf American Manners Summed Up by Writer In Hcuseketptr. Are wc leas .ill(e than our neighbors? neigh-bors? asks Hubert Webster Jones In '.he Housekeeper Outsardly, yea It must be admitted that moat of us hayo been too busy settling a new country mid aiming for bare elst ence to put the utmost degree of polish of which they nr capable upon our manners In KnrUnd the couduo-lor couduo-lor of the omnibus sa)a "Thank jou" as ho rccclcM the fare. In France tho gendarme on the street corner Is tho persorincatlon of courtesy as he answers tho stranger'a Inquiries No such examples of iiollteneaa are fur nlthed b) public servants In this country. coun-try. In the nathe courtesy that spring from tho heart we yield to none, but our manners sometime nf-ford nf-ford room for crlllrlnm Ilut wo nrs learning fast and. ittlly, "most Inv pollto In the world Is putting It a little loo strong!) draining that no are alread) first "In buslneaa and iitesmanshlp." may wo not hope some day to attiln equal precedence In courtes) and come to be knoan as tho "most poll'e nation In tho world!" |