Show FOR YOUNG MEN there I 1 is need of a le leture ture on courtesy this th is does not refer to such acta az as taking off ones hat to every woman or girl one knows nor any of the ordinary acts of politeness as such are understood in these days it does refer however to slight matters that mark the man or boy who knows what grod good manners are and who invariably bears himself well in the presence of others says harpers round table uch such S a boy never speaks to a girl or woman I 1 it if she is stam standing ding without rising himself at a large restaurant a short time ago a man approached three women and three men who were eating supper no one of the three men knew the fourth personally but as he approached and spoke poke s to a friend among the women all three arose and reana remained ined standing until the newcomer was gone it was n not ot a mark of courtesy to the fourth man it was a signification to the three ladles ladies that tor for the time being the new arrival was allowed the privilege of speaking to any of them if they chose to invite it that Is merely an example of a small point which perhaps was not necessary but the action not only pleased the women but certainly stamped the men man as gentlemen many a boy fails to arise from his chair when his mother enters the room while he would get up at once if a stranger entered and one would suppose that his mother who is more to him than the rest of o f wo womankind mankin should to say the least have from i turn him the same saine ma marks k of courtesy as strangers in fact act you can tell a boys character pretty accurately by the he way in which he treats his mother for as a mother has probably done and will do more for or her son than any other woman with perhaps one exception eption will ever do so go he ought in return to treat tea ber as aa his most valuable p possession his courtesy his chivalrous and knightly bearing toward her are never thrown away |