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Show BOYS NOT POLISHED King George's Comparison Stirs Educators and Parents. Engllih Youth Do Not Know Ho to Bow, Shako Hands. Convtria. Stand or Bit In Proaanc of Thalr tupsrlora. Iiniton. How la It that aonio Kdk Hull tiiilillr achuol boxo luck tbo .u. lalird luunuur ul coiilliioiilal au.l Ainerleuu boya? No leaa a ivraun than lha king blm ir baa otiaurvoil till unlurtimiita lin t, na the lllhop ot Wurc. atrr polnl t il out ut a ai.uvrb day celaurull.iu lu ..l.'enti.rnhlru. llin In hop Kve nil account ot a riinti'inuiton tin hail Willi lliu klim tit-n liuks ut York. "Why." In.iilrcd the kliix. "do you not nak that at put.Ma acbool diui-. diui-. nor ahould bo tuiiKht?" "Tba forclKiiora know wbco to boa 1 how to abuko handa, to ronvpraa, ti aland up or alt down In Ibo preaonci of thvlr aiipnrlora, whllo Ihp Knrltrk man la wanting tn tha mmarrm Vhn tacancloa bavo lo ba KIIhI Ihow aro tho pulnta wblrh vary ofun tall, and that la wboro tba Knillabnian doe hot ahlno." Train luana ot arhoul boy wrr pnurlnc Into txiiiit.iu tho otbar day from vnrluui parta ot KiiRland. mil aa olmervrr uindo aprclal not ot Itiplr demrannr bn lhay met rtlttlee and trl.-iuln. At Vlriurla elation (llrlKhton line) tba iilntforuia w.r rrowdi-d Iroin time to ttiiiu with hnmacomliig irboot-hoya. irboot-hoya. who aiipcarpil to bo vary em bnrranard wh.-n they met lovtni aunta and other reluttvua. Homo Initaucea were a fotlowa: One boy, hkiI about ftrtren, waa In trodiii'ej to hl rrlxnd'a pHiple llluabvd deeply niul Intnl. led wltb bla bL Appeared Ap-peared to be In doubt na to which i band he ahoul.l una to abnke banda. Had no convuraatlon wbntevar. Went away abruptly, without rntnlni hat. liny about fourteen, nivt an aunt. Hnl.l "Hullo" wltlio.it ralilnc bat Made no olTera In do anything wltb bla luiiiag". Wblatled and atudled bookatall while auut arraucvd to (ul lugaaae In a rnh. In the station restaurant two boy were having lun. h olth a lady friend I tot h were Intensely srlt conscious and fumbled with everything They rarely pasae.1 nnylhlng to Ihe lady and only talked In inoiioayllnhlca. (in tho other hand, Kronen and American boya nppeiir to be perfectly self possessed an.l know the rlKht thing to do so a station official at VI. 'oris mid. 'Tin. politeness of tho Krenrh youth Is souietltiiea I'mliHrrnsslng." he said, "lie Is Invariably courtooua and con-bl con-bl ..rate.. "American boya. even tf their man-ners man-ners mlKht be Improved, are very tirerorluua travelera, nnd never at any hiement do they lose their heads." A defense of tho tlrltlsh erhnnlhny wss obtained from tho eecretnry of (tie II V. liny Bcouta association. ' Kni(llh youths may have ohtnlned th'lr reputation for Indifferent man tiers and awkwardness simply becauKe J th.-y are naturally shy and retiring." tie said. "Aa soon a a boy begin to think lor himself and realties Hint 'manners maketh man,' hla roughnesa passes off and be becomea a sociable human be Ing There I no finer training tor tho i shy. awkward boy than to Join tba acouta.N |
