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Show TRAINING IN GOOD MANNERS Bajln Whan Boy la Young, and Po tlteneaa )a Bound to tteoonva, r' Second Nature. Iong before f had any ao'na of my am I made up my mind that. If I ci-r had Ihe training of a boy. I akuuld begin, aa aoon aa ha could un-dtratind un-dtratind anylhlng, to teach hhn the nlnll thlnga thut constitute good man una Ko many boya I have known, and men, too, who at hrurt are good nd kind and really rellned. yet lack n large a part of Ihe III tic cnurtealea Halt It la hard to believe they have been well brought up. In moat caee It Ii Ihe fuull of Ihe mother Hhe fetla that It la much more Important lo form the rhiirncter of a little boy. tint bla mannvra can wall till he la oldrr. The reault la thai one en bun and men who rarely forget to be polite oulalde of their homra. and yet earn to think It unnecraanry to treat their own mother In Ihe aume way. My tIcw la that there la no hrcil to neglect the character becauae ynu pay attention to the mannere I think I have aucceeded. Aa aoon aa my llrat little boy wore trouaera I taught him Ilia he muat take off hla hat aa aoon aa he came Into Ihe houae or when a luily apoke to him In Ihe at reel. That he muat rlae from hla chair when I ciime at Ihe dining table, muat never walk out of the room before a lady, and all the olher Utile polite waya wa like to ace In men. II tiaa never been any trouble to keep him up to theae thlnga; he learned ao young that II inn became aecond nature. Harper's Itaiar. |