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Show TALK ONETiQUETTE I Beau Says United States More! Polite Than France. World's Most Famous Cotillion Leader Calls on Youth of His Nation to Recover Lost Science of Politeness. Pnrla. Frnnee. M Fouqiileres, who la failed the world's moat Inmous leader of cotillions and Is nlao known a the "last true ilandy of the Mean 'nil .1 type." nnds that the I'iiIImI Hlatea and Kiigland are now more polite limn Kruliee. thus rolilradlet-Ing rolilradlet-Ing K. Ilopklnson Hiiilth. who has held up Frame as a iiiikI. 1 In matters of etiquette. The noted society lender has Issued a stirring appeal to Parisians Paris-ians In which he describes the decline of rourli ay, calls olllenes a most useful quality and urg. s his fellow clllrens to rexalii their reputation fur good manners aa they are recovering In aeronautics their reputation for heroism. "Politeness Is disappearing," declared de-clared M. Fouiiulcrea. "It must bo admitted ad-mitted that we are no longer the most courteous pcoplo In tho world. The politeness which was formerly a national na-tional virtue, and the furmnr gallantry which always characterised Frenchmen French-men are today neglected, ridiculed and almost despised. "Iiok at our young folk. They are formal, stiff. Indifferent and disdainful; disdain-ful; their movements are Identical and bombastic like a funeral ballet, and they affect a pbb K'natlr ennui which It Is caln to criticise, for It la the mode. "Foreiunrrs trusting to our reputation reputa-tion for courtesy are aatonlnbed to find themselves liisin-eled Indolently when tlu-y venture Into public places. Women do not escape sly, gay looks and vulgar murmurlngs and whoever mukea malic Ions Juki a at their expense ex-pense Is upplaudi d with the laugh of approbation. Iiek of tact Is considered consid-ered witty. Our savanls, aviators, au-tonmlilllMls au-tonmlilllMls and sailors perform heroic deeds dally and their glory Is undiminished. undi-minished. Only politeness la lost. "Yet there la no quality more use- f il In a democracy. It luetics and wins Imliitgeiiee. All ambitious persona oubt to be polite, but foolish persons ret'imt be, for poltleness Is a science rc'iuhlng an understanding of psychology. psy-chology. An opportune compliment ran create a precious ally. "During centuries we ridiculed F.ng-llsh F.ng-llsh mnnnera. Now we think we are following the pbb gmntlc Kngllsh fash-Ion, fash-Ion, but we are wrong, for In the meantime Knglnnd has cluing, d. The modern Kngllsbman. although he ha a true coinpiissliin for nil not born on Fngllsh soli, Is nlwaya perfectly courteous. cour-teous. Kven America Is Improving In this reaped and only Franco la deteriorating. de-teriorating. "Tlu re Is hope, however, that the growing interest In sport and athletics will renew the old time courtesr. For does not the f nclug room preserve the tradition of elegance? The new generation will remember, perhaps, that their ancestor rlski d life for a smile and that the learned Fonlenello I at the nge of HO picked up a fan for a young girl." |