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Show POLITENESS. Iu this world of rush, push, hurry and worry. t;iat n pie;iure it Is now and again to come across n polite person, and the pleasure i all the more if the person happens to be young, for experience tclh us that many of the young of both sexes nowadays are sadly lacking in one of the principal external graces of character politeness. Emerson tells u 1 that a beautiful behavior n better than a beautiful beauti-ful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues and pictures; it is the finest of all the fine art.1. Politeness is nothing more or less than a beautiful . behavior, A polite man or woman is courteous V sincere, kind and truthful to every, one, especially ' to those placed in a lower rank than themselves. There is nothing of the swagger or the brag about t s j then, and they have the happy faculty of alway? placing self in the background. Rudeness and vul- garity in any shape or form are things altogether foreign to their nature, and to say or act uncivily is not in their composition. A knowdedge of the 1 languages, the arts and sciences, makes up the edu- cation of a boy. A knowledge of the languages, especially es-pecially her own. with a knowledge, too, of house duties, make up for the most part the education of a girl; but if the boy's or girl's education includes in-cludes jiot that which tends most to make their success suc-cess in life a certain quantity, of that which leavens social intercourse politeness then, though they may know all subjects which appertain to their .special walk in life, still their name ever will be rudeness. Take the polite boy, no matter what walk of life he belongs to. Just watch him walk down one of our thoroughfares. He does not elbow and ,tush and trample on everyone that has the misfortune mis-fortune to come in the way of my Lord -Superbu?. He has a great respect for the aged and those of the I gentler sex. He does not gape and grin or give t vent to the loud laugh "which speaks the vacant mind." He does not stand at the street corners or on the pavement with his hands thrust deep in his trousers pockets, and a cigarette in his mouth, looking- rudely into the face of every passer-by. He does not affect the swagger wiiich a new suit of clothes and patent leather boots and the latest fashion in ties gives to so many of our modern dudes. Xo. he does none of these things; he walks , and about his every footstep there Is a sound which speaks the man ; about his conversation there is a tone which speaks the gentleman. Ay?, his every act and gesture speak robustnessand manli- f ness of character. j "Manners are not idle, but the fruit Of no'ble nature, of loyal mind."' A The bfst school of politeness is the home, and f the best teacher is the mother. The gentle, pa- lj tient, loving mother, the mother who Is an example in every way to her children, especially In her con-: con-: sideration for the feeling of others and in the happy, hap-py, ujee way she peiorms all her duties, that mother moth-er we have no hesitation in Saying will bring up polite po-lite children. But the vain, silly, gossiping, snob- y j bish mother, who peers through the glasses of dis- dain at the poor and lowly, at the weak and help- less wjtli a toss of her empty head and a shrug of her shoulders, that mother will bring up her children chil-dren dudes, totally bereft of that politeness which St. Francis de Sales say resembles water "best when clearest, most simple and . without taste." Yes. music, painting and the fine arts are indeed sources of pleasure; they will, no doubt, improve the taste and incite admiration; but one single polite po-lite action, done in the sight of men, will exert a more salutary influence, will stimulate the character charac-ter more to imitation, than all the painting of the Louvre. "We must be gentle, now we are gentlemen." When a fellow starts out in the world to seek happiness, he is wasting his time. Happiness never a has to be sought. ! The wise man is the one who, knows himself and , doesn't let anybody else find him out. I The corner in wheat also adds to the high co.t i ) of living and helps to' keep people from spending 1 i their money foolishly. - If wishes were horses they certainlv would run away with us at the approach of an automobile. j After all, baseball is a mere pastime only to those who haven't, a club picked out to win the pen- nant. Sti11- the guarantee of bank" Jeposits doesn't ( amount to a great deal to the fellow who has to juggle alone with the high cost of Hying from day to day. ,1 """ i , |