| Show GOOD MANNERS good manners do not consist in ear ease BO so much as in the art ot of putting others at ease cage they tend to give one a home feeling and a al rear shiria sense of ot freedom in in your presence presen cr they put you above the suspicion of being watched i ir r the fear of offending they do not consist in attitudes etiquette and grac gra ce tut fut forms good manners are the absence of manners moann roann erB in the besta beata sense ense of the word they allow to another his own manner manners they the y allow they invite freedom of thought thought t a and nd behavior manipulated manners are usually bad m manners especially wh uh n artificial and capricious and aind they render one sin ular uliar because difficult to imitate and reciprocate artificial bowing measured mechanical movements the he touching of the hat or forehead rubbing ot of the hands a feigned tei fei ned laugh fashioned poat poUt politeness eness superlative epithets fie in greeting gre eing or parting much more giving one the tip of the finger or left hand ia ill salutation all these thebe are bad manners good manner is disinterested it is belt sell tor for ketting getting it enters with interest into another it does not arrogate attention to ones own anaias attl atil airs and monopolize the int interest rest of the c many mp rny iny in ones own matters it is exceedingly cee bad manners to take it for granted that the tile company will be most interested by a recital of ones own adventures and snap besses and to feel no inte inee interest in the affairs ard aid ard successes of another hoy how often persona per aers seri suppose themselves the center of all interest and collapse when the conversation turns upon what another is or has don dome that is praiseworthy but kindle and glow when the tha conversation returns to themselves or their family or af fairal affairs good manner TB to not always al ways waya watching for improprieties it ia is nt not easily betrayed into the insult of admonishing others of supposed lil ill manners mannera when you yoi are in the presence of one whose bearing or manner constrains constrain sr you 1 and cripples 3 lou sou on and hinders binders ree utterance ance e and makes you feel awkward and uneasy easy eaby and seems to 0 o aa sav say vs iam 11 jam am the standard I 1 am am the mode model or beau ideal of manners you are in the presence ot at a w who 11 0 has yet to learn the first principles of good manners annin ro good manners are always coupled with modesty there is niety ty in them they give freedom to another i they are good feelings naturally expressed exar essed the reason why genuine simplicity is so rare in this world is that there are so few persons who can afford to be simple cr natural |
