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Show NOTES BY AN OBSERVER. Too often we think or courtesy as superficial polish which Indicates Insincerity, In-sincerity, but all true courtesy Is syui- palhy and unselfishness, which ix not ashamed to express llnelf In a hundred 1 little acta of thnuc.hifulness. There Is i something radically wrong with the I boy w ho stalks Into a room and throws I himself Into the most comfortable I chair regardless or the presence or his mother or ulsters; with the man who i leta a woman carry coal, water and I wood or do work too heavy lor tier ' without offering to relieve her; with the men and children alio trau.p Into t tho house with tine leaned boots and throw their" coats and hats about, care- lessly Increasing the burden of the little woman who does th household drudgery. It la far more manly to be gentltt than rough, and thoughtrul than t aolflsb. I a a a Two good ways to economize on doc- tors' bills: Use all the common iienso, f nonp and water, fresh air and home re ne lies .oil can for preventing tils- n ease and keeping tho family htalthy t and happy, but when aickness comes ( M-nd at once for tho best trained und most capable doctor to be had, tell him r nl! the facta and give blin a fair chance with the case. Tituo lost In Ignorutit ) expe' mentlng and rollowing the advice t of a doxen nelghborg orten meaiia a 1 life lost f a a a An old woman tho cdiserver once knew used to tell her daughtera when v they wore wondering whether they p could wear a collar, a ribbon or a dress once more before washing It: "If It's doubtrul. It's dirty." That has proved ,. a good and safe motto not only In the matter of dress but In questions of morals and manners In general, "ir Ifa ' doubtrul, Ifa dirty." '' n |
