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Show Good Breeding. That man who is scrupulously polite and respectful to all women in public but habitually saves coarse manners and vulgar language for his own wife and daughters, is no gentleman. He is only an imposter. The young man who oils his hair, puts sweet odors upon his pocket handkerchief handker-chief and bows with charming elegance to Miss Arabella Spriggins and her lady friends, and goes home to sneer at his mother, and treat her with a discourtesy, dis-courtesy, is a rmchbeck immiUttion only of a gentleman. Genuine good manners and gentle breeding should begin at home. As a rule the men in a community who are the most trusted are the best men at home. When a man opens his front gate only to meet his wife's face at the door radiant with pleasure, and hears the shout from the eager children, "Papa is coming!" it is safe as a rule to lend that man money. He. is honest and vy ill xepay .it if he can. ; Mechanic, |