GOO D MA N N E RS AND

RIGH T CON DUCT

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B O ST O N NEW Y O R K C H I CA GO
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C PYRI GH T, 1 91 8 1 91 9,
BY D . C . H E A TH 8: CO .
 TO TH E TE A CH E R

TH E se ntim ent in fa v ti t aining in o r of a more s y s e ma t c r

mo al in ou sch l h a b e n g w ing f
r s r oo s m e tim W s e ro o r so e . e

t each s can no longe dis ga d t h i fact A n intelligent

er r re r s .

r esp n e mu t b e made t th e d emand wh ich t h i s sentiment

o s s o

h a s p esent d r Th e p l an f r d efi nit e continuou t aining

e . o ,
s r

a l ng thi s lin e is a ma tt e
o f th e h igh s t i mp t an ce inas r o e or ,

much as th e e sult s to b e s ecu d a e v ital in th e d evelopment

r re r

of oci e ty a w e ll a
s f th e individua l
s s o .

I n pl a nning su ch a sy s t em th e f ll w ing e sentia l s sh ould o o s

b e b n e in m ind
or :

Th t ea ch e mus t b in th e h ig h es t p si b l e d g
e r ew ha t os e re e

h w i s h e h i p up il t b ec m e
e s s I f y ou w i h t t a ch y ur
s o o . s o e o

cl a t b h lp ful a pi it of g
ss o e e vice mus t ch ara t e i
,
s r ea er s er c r ze

u
o r o w n a c ti on I f u a k H ow s h a ll I t e a ch my cl a s
s o s
y y .
, s

h onesty ? th e ans w e must a l w ays b egin w it h F i s t b e

”
r r ,

h on t your self t h u sh ow ing th em by your lif e wh at

es ,
”
s

h one s ty i s .

Th e aim s h ould b e t e t abli sh in y ou p up il s th e h abit o f s r s o

t h ug h t and f c nduct t h a t w ill m ake t h em h elp ful memb er

o o o s

of soci e ty To d o t h i s t h ey h uld b
. ma d t p a cti ce s o e e o r

h lp fulness in th e h l t h v a en e of e p n i b ility
e sc oo ,
o a e s s r s o s

for th e g en e l g od ; t f l a s en e f p e
ra o nal inj u y wh en
o ee s o r so r

so m w ng int
e ro up t th e m t h w k ing f th e h l
err s s oo or o sc oo ,

a n d of p id e in th r su cce ful ca y ing ut f th e va ious

e ss rr o o r

s ch ool acti v iti e s wh e t h e r by th e c h ool as a wh ol e by in s ,

div id ual s b y g oup,

or r s .
iv TO TH E TE A CH E R

Th e ch il d en s h ould b e s tudied car efully w ith a view to

r

fi nding o ut a l ong wh a t lin e y ou n ee d to e x e r t your gr ea t es t

e ff or t s to b ing a b o ut th e d e s i re d r e s ult s
r F or e x amp l e if a .
,

sp i r it of s e l fi s h n e s s s eems to r ul e th e cl a ss t h e n until that ,

is in a m e asu e b roke n up p lan y our l es son s w it h a vi ew

r ,

tow a d inculca ting h abits of g e ne rosity and h elpfulne ss by

r

th e p r a cti ce of w orking in group s th e mem b e r s o f e a ch gr oup

,

h aving a d efinite r esult of t h eir coop er ative lab or to look

forwar d to — a n end w hi ch r equir e s not on e or tw o but
e v er y on e of th e memb e r s to a cc omp l is h This p l a c e s a .

ce rtain shar e of th e r e sp onsibil ity for th e r es ul t on e ac h on e .

I f on e n egl e ct s h is duty it may b e p oint ed out not only

,

t h at th e r esult s uff ers but al so that th e work of th e faithful

on e s h as b een in vain .

Tr aining s h ould b e b egun e arly and sh ould b e continu e d ,

throug h all th e gra de s S tr ive to e ncour age rig h t eous im

.

pul s es and discourage unrig h t eous ones .

Te aching s h ould b e c h i efly by th e indir e ct m e th od Th e .

form al didactic me thod shoul d for th e most p ar t b e avoided

, .

Th e vi r tu e s w it h t h e i r con se qu ent r ewar ds th e vic es with

llow t h em may b e in
,

th e p uni shm e nt s wh ich natu r ally f o ,

troduced to th e child r e n in a n int er es ting w ay t h r oug h

fa iry tal e m yth fabl e l ege nd s tori e s of h eroes biog ap h y
, , , , ,
r ,

a n d hi s tory b y n o m e an s n e gl ecting in cid e nt s in th e dail y

,

l ife of th e h ome sch ool a nd comm unity B r ing th e ch ild

, , .

into ge nuin e symp a t h y w ith th e incident or s tory H e w il l .

t h e n app recia te its imp or tance a s a moral for ce a nd th e

l e sson w ill s ink into h is mind .

Th e p rin cip l e t h at a b s tr act n oti ons suc h a s t ruth c ourage

, , ,

and o t h e r s can b e l e a r n e d onl y by p r a ctic e s h ould b e k ep t

,

cons tantly in mind F or e x ampl e a c h ild may b e given an

.
,

instance illustrating truth h e may b e talked to ab out th e

,
 TO TH E TEA CH ER
n tion
o ven b e abl to talk about it in a p e f ectly
,
h e may e e r

p op e w ay ; h w ve
r r until h i actually b ug h t t th e
o e r, e s ro o

p o int wh h mu s t c h er e
e b e t w e
ee n th t u a n d th e f al oos e r e se ,

a nd v lunt a il y c h
o e th t ue h e h a s a b solut ely no w k
r oos s e r ,
or

ing kn w l edg e f th n ti n t ut h
o oWh en th pp tunity e o o ,
r . e o or

of c h i ce p e s e nt s it elf
o tha t ndition a e such t h a t
r s ,
see co s r

th e c h oi ce of th ig h t is ma de ea y a nd t h a t of th w ng
e r s e ro ,

diffi cult I f t h i i don th p ob a b iliti e a t h a t th e ch ild

. s s e, e r s re

w ill ch se t ut h and s m k a s ta t in th e ig h t di ecti n

oo r o a e r r r o .

A fte th ch ild h a ga ine d

r e me s t engt h f h abit in ma k ing
s so r o

th e ig h t c h i ce
r g adually l ess a o in a anging conditi on
s, r c re rr s

nee d b e tak n e .

A s ega d th e tim to b e g v e n t M ann e

r r s a n d R ig h t
e i o rs

C nduct a n d its pl ace in th e p g a m f ch l s tudi s it i

o ,
ro r o s oo e ,
s

r ecommended
( ) Th at th b k b e p l ac d in th e h and f th e p up il
I e oo e s o s

a s sup p l em e nt a y a ding m a t e i a l ; t h at
r ne a ding p e i d
re r o re r o

a w ee k b e all ow d f ta l k n nduct t y ma t e ial ae or s o co -

s or r s

signed I n the e conv sa tions question a nd an w e h ould

. s er ,
s r s

p l ay a large p a t r .

( 2 ) Th a t th e p i ctu tudies b e taken in c nn ction w it h re s o e

g amma and c mp o iti n a s a b a si s f

r r o al wo k s o or or r .

Th e sho t dialogu es illus t ti v r f m nne m ay a l be ra e o a rs so

taken a s a l w o k in c nn tion w it h g amma a nd comp i

or r o ec r r os

tion .

( 3 ) That cou t esy b e a m att e f eve yday conc e n

r r o r r ,

inst ucti n b eing g iven a s lap s e occu

r o s r .

A ny gen e a l d efl e cti n o m a ke d ud en e ss t ending t

r o r r r o

b ing criticism up n th e s ch l may b take n up by th

r o oo e e

teacher during th e time se t a side f op ening e x e cise or r s .

( 4 ) Th at th e l onger dialogues b e r ese rv ed for sp ecial

p rog am s r .
vi TO TH E TE A CH ER
Th is s eri e s of b o ks is placed in th h ands
o e of teach er s
th e
in th arne t h p e t h a t th e ma t ia l may
e e s o er b e h elp ful in
p l a nning f r ur sc hoool s aon f
f e c tiv e s yst em e of t aining in r

Good M ann e s a nd R ight Conduct r .

H ELPFUL B OOKS F OR TH E T A CH E ER
Ch ara cter B uil ding in S ch ool J ane wnl e B ro e

E thics for Ch il dren E ll L y m n C b t

a a a o

Cond uct a s a F ine A r t N P Gil m n n d E P J ack n

. . a a . . so

E th ics for Young Peopl e C C Ev. tt ( Ginn)

. e re

Th e M a king of Ch aracter J hn M Cunn

o ac

M or al E duca tion E d w d H w d G ig g ( H u b ch )
ar o ar r s e s

Pr imer f Righ t and Wr ong

o J N L n d ( M mill n)
. . ar e ac a

S ys tema tic M oral E duca tion J h n King Cl k

o ar

Pr ose E very Chil d S h ould Kn ow M y E B u t ( D ub l ed y)

ar . r o a

H ow to Tell S tor ies to Chil dr en S ara C n B y nt ( H oug h ton)o e r a

S tories to Tel l to Ch il dren S a C ne B y nt (H oug h ton)

ar o r a

A CKNOWL E D GM E NTS

Thanks are follow ing fo p ermis sion to use

d ue to th e r

cop y ig h t e d mat e ial Cha l s S c ibn e s S on for p oems

’
r r : r e r r s,

b y H e n y van D yk ; th e Youth s C mp ni n and Cl ara

r e
’
o a o

I ng a m Jud on fo I Wi s h I We e D C H e ath
“
r s r Co r . . .

Th e Wond s f th e Jungl e by P ince Sa ath Ghos h

“ ”
fo r er o ,
r r
°

th e e s tat e of M ari on D oug l a s for Catching th e C lt o

L a i d and L ee for Th e Calabrian B oy and Th e Chimn ey

“ “
r

S w e ep f om E dmond de A micis s Th e H ea t f a B oy ; and

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r o r o

th e B obb s— M er ill Company for Our Kind of a M an “

r ,

by Jame Whitc omb R il ey

s .
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CLE ANLI NE S S OF PE R S ON, C L OTHI NG, H A B I T, A ND SURR OUND

I NGs

PE R S ONA L B E L ONGI NGS

TOMAS
U NWRI TTE N L E TTE RS OF R E COMME NDA TI ON
THE I NF LUE NCE OF A CLE AN F A CE Th oma s D ewitt Talmage
TOM , TH E CHI MNE Y S WE E P Ch arl es Kingsl ey
“
Pictur e S tudy THE S ONG OF THE L AR K

OBE D I E NCE

OB E DI E NCE : I TS I M P ORTANCE
TH E TALE OF PE TE R RAB B I T B eatr ix Potter
ORDE R S
OB E DI E NCE Ph oeb e Cary
CLI M BI NG A L ONE M a rgar et Gatty
TH E W OND E R S OF TH E J U NGLE Pr ince S arath Gh osh
LE S SONS F R OM TH E LAW OF THE J UN GLE

H E L PF UL NE SS

HE L PF ULNE S S : A T SCH OOL ; A T H OME

WHI CH L OVE D M OTHE R B E ST ? J oy A ll is on
AN O PP O RTUNI TY L OST
A H OME S ONG H enry van Dyke
Pictur e S tudy THE FI R ST STE P
Vl l
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TRUTH F ULNE SS

TRU THF U LNE S S : A H ABI T

A L I TTL E M ORO GI R L ’
S VI CTOR Y
PE A SA NT TR U TH Joh n G S a x e
.

WA SHI NGTON A ND TH E S ORRE L

C OLT H orace E S cudder .

H ONE ST Y
H ONE S TY
TH E L OS T PU R SE A Dia l ogue
F RA NK NE S S
TI ME
’
F RA NK LI N S L E S S ON ON TH E VA L U E OF

B E TR U E H ora tio B on a r
TH E PI E D PI P ER A D ial ogue
CA TCHI NG TH E COLT M arion Dougl as
ST M I CH A E L
“
Picture S tudy . A ND TH E D RA GON

KI ND NE SS A ND SYM PATH Y

WH A T Is TH E R E A L GOOD ? J oh n B oyl e O Reill y

’

TH E NE w PUPI L .

KI ND NE S S A ND S YM PA T HY

TH E CALA B RI A N B OY E dmond o de A micis

A M ORTI F YI NG M I STA KE A nna M . Pra tt
TH E CH E E RI NG E F F E CT OF SYM PA T
HY

B E L GIA N TOTS THA NK WI L S ON Na tion al H umane Review

I F Y OU H AVE A F R I E ND W OR TH L OVI NG
TH E CHI MNE Y SW E E P E dmondo de A micis
OU R KI ND OF A MA N J a mes Whitcomb Ril ey
PA S S I T ON H enry B ur ton
Pictur e S tudy SI NGI NG B oy s
KIND NE SS To A NI MA L S S P C A
. . . .

OUR D E B T To A NI MA L S
F L ORE NCE NI GH TI NGA LE M ary H ancock
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THE H OR S E S P C A
. . . .

H OT WE A TH E R R U LE S
-

TH E PRA YE R OF A H OR S E
CE SA R I s D E AD
WHY D O Y OU L OVE YOU R D OG ?
F AI R PLA Y —A Dial ogue
Picture S tudy
“
SH OE I NG TH E BA Y M A RE

R E SPE CT A ND R E VE R E N CE
RE S P E CT

S OM E B OD Y
’
S M OTH E R
TH E COCONU T SH E L L — A D ial ogu e
Pictur e S tudy
“
MAD ONNA OF TH E A R B OR

COU RA GE A ND SE L F CONTR OL

WI NNI NG
TH E D OA SY OU LI KE S Ch arl es Kings l ey
A LI TTLE D U TCH H E R O
“
WH E N TH E CA T S A WA Y
’
TH E

M I CE WI LL PLA Y A Dia
l ogue E P Jacks on
. .

SA ND Y A ND PI PPA
B ONNY B OY H H B oyesen
. .

Pictur e S tudy H OL Y NI GH T

WOR K

W OR K : TH E I M PO RTA NCE B E I NG A B L E To WORK

A DVI CE To GI R L S J oh n Rus kin
TH E B U RI E D TRE A SU RE
TRU E B LU E A Dial ogue
I WI SH I WE RE Cl ar a I ngram Juds on
TH E QUAI LS Ja ta ka L egend
Jacob A bb ott
’
TH E JA CK O LA NTE RN
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PLA Y
PLA Y : H ow To PLA Y WE L L
VA LUE OF PLA Y Ch arl es E H ugh es
.

”
Pictur e S tudy PLA NTI N G POTA TOE S

Y
L O AL T Y TO D U T Y
L OYA L TY TO D U TY GE OR GE E .

WA RI NG A l b ert S h aw
WA RI NG A ND HIS WH I TE WI NGS AT W ORK
PL E D GE S
NE I GH B OR MI NE
A ME RI CA S F S mith
. .

MANNE R S

M A NNE R S : TH E I R VA LU E A ND M E A NI NG
TH E GE NTLE F OL K S OF C OR N Ka th erine B Ow en.

C OND UCT AT SCH OOL

B ORR OWI NG
SCH OOL PR O P E R TY

M E E TI NG A Q UE S TI ON Y OU CA NNOT A NS W E R
D ial ogues
PA S S I N G IN F R ONT OF A PE R S ON — D ial ogues
M A NNE R OF R E F U S I NG OR A CCE PT NG
I A NYTH I NG
OF F E RE D
M A NNE R OF A S K I NG A F A V OR
R E TU R NI NG To TH E OW NE R AN A R TI CLE D R O PP ED

D ial ogu es
C OND U CT AT H OME
GRE E TI NGS D ia l ogues
R E CE I VI NG A VI SI TOR Dial ogues
M A R KE TI NG F OR TH E H OME — A Dia l ogue
MA NNE R S A T TH E TA B L E
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COND U CT TOWARD STRA NGE R S

GRE E TI N G A STRA N GE R — Dial ogues
R E S P E CT — F OR L AD I E S , E LDE R S , A ND SU P E RI OR S

M E E TI N G A L AD Y OR E LD E RL Y PE R S ON — D ial ogues
PRE S E NTI N G A ND R E CE I VI N G A GI FT — Dial ogues
C ONSID E RA TI ON F OR OTH E R S
A S P E CI AL L E SS ON F OR GI RL S
A SP E CI A L L E S S ON F OR B OY S
A GE NTLE MA N M argar et S a ngs ter
SCH OOL H A B I Ts —A CRE E D F OR WORK E R S
I NDE !
Fo ur t h ings a m a n mu s t l ea n to do
r

I f h e w uld mak h i
o e c
s re or d t ue r

To t h ink w it h out conf usion cl ea ly ; r

T l ove h i f ellow m en incer ely ;

o s s

To act f om h on e t motive p urely ;

r s s

To trust in God and H e av en ecu lys re .

H E NR Y VA N D YKE .
 L
C E A N L I N E S S

“ i h t b cl ean, cl ean they will be

.

They th a t w s o e
 GO O D M A N N E R S A N D
R I G H T C O ND UC T

CLE ANL I NE SS

IT is v e ry e asy to k e ep cl e an L e t us mak e up our

.

minds that w e will ke e p cl e an ,

cl e an in b ody cl e an
,

in dr e ss and cl e an in habit
,
.

H ow shall w e k e ep our bodi e s cl e an ? B y bathing

ofte n and using pl e nty of soap and wat er B athing .

onc e a w e e k is not oft e n e nough in h o t w e ath e r .Cl e an

boys and girls bath e th e W h ol e b ody at l e as t onc e a day .

Cold wat e r alon e will not do th e w ork . P l en ty of

s oap must b e us e d . Wat e r cannot cut gr e as e and
dirt e ve n s oap us e d with cold wate r will not always
do it H e nc e h ot wate r and s oap sh ould b e occa
.
,

s ion all y us e d
— a t l e ast onc e a w e e k to insur e cl e an
lin e s s
. C ar e should b e tak e n to f oll ow th e h ot bath
by a cold plung e or a sh owe r to pr e vent taking c old
, ,
.

A v e ry simpl e and in t e r e stin g e xp e rim e nt W ill sh ow

that wat e r us e d with out pl e nty of soap cannot make
you cl e an
We t a bit of absorb e nt c o tt on with alcoh ol and briskly
rub th e skin in on e spot ( th e ch in ab out th e nostrils
, ,

th e back of th e n e ck or e v e n a pr o t e ct e d porti on as
, ,
4 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

th e upp e r arm) for a mom ent Y ou will b e astonish ed

.

to see how much dirt you can ge t off a spot that you
had thought cl e an .

Th e fac e and n e ck should b e wash e d mor e fr e qu e ntly ;

th e hands many tim e s a day and always b e for e e ating
, ,
.

Th e fin g e r nails sh ould b e cut Oft e n ( do not bit e th e m )

and should b e k e pt cl e an .

Our n o strils thr ough which w e bre ath e coll e ct much

, ,

dust e ve ry day S O it is n e c e ssary wh e n w e bathe to

.

wash out th e nostrils in ord er thoroughly to cle ans e

th em of this dust and oth e r obstructi ons Carry in .

your pocke t a fr e sh handk e rchi e f and use it whe n

n e c e ssary .

Th e t e e th should b e car e fully brush e d with a t oo th

brush and wat e r e ve ry morning on rising Th e mouth .

should b e rins e d aft e r e ach m e al and any particl e s of

foo d that hav e l odge d b e tw ee n th e t ee th sh ould b e r e
move d with a silk thr e ad a quill or a wo od e n pick
, ,

n eve r a m e tal one D o n ot rins e th e mo uth or pick

.

th e t ee th at th e tabl e or anywh e r e e ls e within sight of

anybody .

Th e e ars too r e quir e sp e cial att e ntion

, ,
Th e y should .

b e k e pt cl e an b o th insid e and out Ca n you giv e tw o.

good r e asons for this ? D o not pick at th e e ars with a

stick or quill as you may injur e your h e aring U s e
,
.

only a soft cl o th with s o ap and wat e r rinsing we ll ,

.

Th e scalp should b e k e pt v e ry cl e an by fr e qu e nt
washing and th e hair fr ee of lic e by a littl e k e ros e n e
,

well rubb e d in onc e or twic e a we ek L e t th e oil r e .

main on th e scalp and in th e hair s om e h ours or ove r

6 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

w ithout e xplanation Go b eyond S ight and h e aring . .

Wh e n y ou can r e turn comfortably do so without mak ,

in g any r e marks about y our abs e nc e .

Th e f our n e v e r s Tak e th e m d ee ply to h e art

“ ”
.

.I Ne ve r spit out of th e w ind ow or upon th e st eps

or th e floor of any building Ne v e r spit on th e floor of .

any carriag e or car Promiscuous spitting is unsanitary

.

and disgusting I t is practic e d o n ly by th e car e l ess

.

and th e ignorant Y ou kn ow from your study of sani

.

ta tion many g ood r e asons for this n e ve r ; and by

” “

b e ing car e ful you can mak e your country a much b e tt e r

plac e to live in anoth e r way of h e lping to prote ct
,

y our n e ighb ors .

Ne ve r br e ath e in anoth e r p e rs on s fac e This is

’
2
. .

very impolit e as we ll as dange rous to h e alth Try not .

to e at oni ons and garlic or oth e r ill —sm e lling foods on

scho ol days or wh e n g oing into any company Your
,
.

fri e nds dislik e to s ee you coming wh en you have an

o ffe nsive br e ath .

3
. Ne v e r e xplain in cas e of p e rsonal n e c e ssity why
, ,

y o u wish t o l e av e t h e r o om or wh e r e y o u wish,
to g o .

S a y simply Pl e as e may I l e av e th e room ? or E x

“ ” “
,

cus e m e pl e as e and go without furth e r sp e e ch

,
”
,
.

4 .Ne v e r scratch th e h e ad or any part of th e body

wh e n in company This is a most o ffe nsiv e h abit
. .

E x e rcis e a littl e s e lf control D o not allow yours e lf to

-
.

scratch .

Your cloth e s may b e old and worn but tha t is no ,

r e ason for th e ir b e ing dirty R em e mb er that Cl e an .

“

”
l ine ss is n e xt to godlin e ss and Ol d cloth e s that ar e cl e an
 CL E A NLI NE SS 7

l ook much b e tte r than n ew cl oth e s that are dirty although ,

th e re is no di sgrac e in s oiling hands clothing or b ody

, ,

if th e natur e of on e s work r e quir e s it Th e r e is a difi er

’
.

e nc e b e tw ee n b e ing m e r e ly soil e d and b e ing fi lthy .

M any hon orabl e occupa tions s oil th e hands and cl oth

ing ; but th e r e is n o e xcus e for p e rmitting on e s p e rson
’

to go without att e nti on from day to day .

R is e e arly tak e your morning bath ( a handful of

,

coars e salt l e ft ove rnight in a basin of wat e r mak e s a fine

s olution for a brisk rub down to b e gin with if you ar e
-
,

afraid of taking cold) put on fr e sh cloth e s c omb your

, ,

hair cle an your nails and t ee th e at your br e akfast and

, , ,

away Ge t an e arly s tart so that you may arrive at th e

.

school grounds b e f or e b ell tim e .

Wh e n w e have l e arn e d to k eep our bodi e s cl e an and ,

to start out in th e morning in cl e an cl o th e s w e must ,

l e arn to k e ep things around us Cl e an and in ord er D o .

n ot throw pap e r or fruit s ee ds or orang e rinds on th e

floor or out of th e windows Put all such us e l e ss things

.

in to a wast e bask e t k ept for that purpos e .

Ke ep your books cl e an insid e and out Cov e r th em . .

D o not mark th em up D o not d og ear th em

.
-
.

Ne v e r scribbl e on walls d e sks or blackb oards with

, ,

p e ncil or chalk Neve r whi ttl e school pr op erty All

. .

the s e acts sp e ak of g en eral care l e ssn e ss and mak e e ve n

n ew buildings look run d own and n e gl e ct e d Wh e n th e.

V isitor s ee s th e s e marks h e knows that th e boys and

girls ar e car e l e ss Th ey have not y e t l e arn e d to tak e

.

prop e r prid e in th e app e aranc e of th eir surroundin gs .

Th e Governmen t has provid e d you with th e building

8 MA NNE RS AND COND U CT

in which you study Th e Gove rnm en t is supporte d by .

th e p e opl e your pare nts amon g th em Wh en you .

d estroy or disfigure Gove rnm e nt prop e rty your act is a ,

ve ry foo lish one for you are willfully injuring your own ,

prop erty .

TOPI CS F OR DI S CUS SI ON

I . Th e n e c e ssity for an all ove r bath -

.

( L d up t th i b y l king t th k in th ugh a m gnify

ea o s oo a e s ro a

ing gl d n ting th p
as s , a n T ll w h y t h y th ;
o e ore s . e e are e re

W h t h pp n if t h y
a a l e d T ll f th imp u iti
s e a re c ose . e o e r es

l ft
e th on u f wh n th p pi ti n v p t )
e s r ace e e e rs ra o e a or a es .

H W ft n d y u t k
O o e ll v b th ? N o ity o a e an a -
o er a e ce ss

of d ily b t h
a U f pa . se o soa .

2 . Th e n e c es sity for cl e an clothing .

Wh y i it n s y t h ng und e cess ar o c a e erg arme nt v s e e ry day ,

a nd th l thing f qu ntly ? (Tw
o er c o re e e goo d n r e as o s .
)

3 . Clothing and self r e sp e ct -

.

H w d y u f l wh n y u
o o l t hing i cl an ?
o ee e o r c o s e D o y ou
l ik t it n xt t
e o s d i ty b y gi l ?
e o a r o or r

Th f ll wi ng p
e og p h f m G d H l th b y
o ara ra s ro oo ea ,
F ra n ces

Gul i k J w tt
c h w th g n l f ling f th
e e , s o e e e ra ee o e cl e a nl y
p n t w d th e un l nly
e rs o o ar c ea .

I h ve
a te n y e ar—
in th f u th g d f g mm
a ol d -
ni e ce e o r ra e o a ra ar

h l
s c oo ,
f th b y in h l
a nd s h e ca ll s one th t m lly o e o s er c ass
“
a s e

b y o Y t d y h id I h t t t nd n th t m l ly
.
”
es e r a s e sa :
“
a e o s a e ar a s e

b y t th b l kb Wh t h id imply h w th d iff ”
o a d e ac oa r . a s e sa s s o s e er

en th i in hild n w ll in g wn p pl S m
ce e re s c re as e as ro eo e . o e ar e

l n
c ea d m un l
an n; m so w h d ll v
e a re id m c ea so e are as e a o er , a r so e

a rew h d in p t ; m l k if th y h d u d w h l th
as e s o s so e oo as e a se as c o

and t w l vi g u l y t h t v y p
o e so f th kin is l n ;
oro s a e er ore o e s c ea
 CLE A NL I NE SS 9

o th dingy
er s are so und th n k d th t it m ro if e ec an ears a see s as

th y h dl y kn w wh t p d w t will d
e ar o a s oa an a er o .

I nd d m p pl giv th i mp
ee ,
so i n f b ing cl n whil
e eo e e e r ess o o e ea , e

oth p pl in pit f fin l th
er eo e, b t y d b y th d
s e o e c o es , ar e e ra e e o or

whi h t ll u th y
c e sn t l n s e are o c ea .

I it t ng th n th t w h d p p l d n t lik t h v um
s s ra e e a as e eo e o o e o a e

w h d p pl
as e un d ?
eo Th f t i th y
e ar o th ughl y di lik e ac s e so oro s e

h ving th m n th t th y n t h lp h wing th i b j ti n
a e e ar a e ca
’
e s o e r o ec o

so m tim e Of u
es thi hu t th f l i g f th un w h d ;
. co rse s r s e ee n s o e as e

still if th y
,
b igh t n ugh th y will
e a re wh t th m tt i
r e o ,
e see a e a er s,

ad p t th h b it f b th ing
o e g ul l y
a nd j in th
o my f th a re ar , a o e ar o e

l n
c ea .

4 . Sp e cial care of fac e n e ck e ars and n ostrils , , ,

.

5 . Cl e an t ee th .

Wh n y u t e n nd fi h
o th f d wh t h pp n
ea cor a s or o er oo , a a e s

t th p t i l
o e th t l dg in th t th ? Wh t d y u u
ar c es a o e e ee a o o se

t l n y u t th ? H w ft n d y u u it ? Wh n ?
o c ea o r ee o o e o o se e

6 . Cl e an nails .

n il l n wh t g t und
I f y ou do not eep y our k a s c ea , a e s er

th em ? h it f m? If y u
W e re does com e th ,
ro o s cr a c a s ore

w ith b l k fin g n il bl d p i ning m y ul t A
ac er a s, oo o so a res . re

y u n il b l k ? A
o r a th y t l ng ? D y u b it th m ?
s ac re e oo o O o e e

7 . Car e of sor es .

Wh y h ul d o e s o s r s be kept cl ea n? Wh y b andaged ?
8 . Th e forming of habits .

Wh n w p t n
e t m ny tim
e re w fin ll y ea bl e a ac a es , e a are a

t d it
o il y w ith ut th inking d it b m
o e as h bi t o , an e co es a a .

C mb in g th h i
o w hing th f e l ning th t th
a r, as e a ce , c ea e ee

a d n il
n l y in th m ning
a s e ar g d h bi t C y u e or ,
a re oo a s . an o

n m om th g d h b it ? I it y t f m h bit ?
a e s e o er oo a s S e as o or a a
IO M ANNE R S AND COND UCT

Wh y ? it fi th ing t h v g od h b it ? I t i difii
Is a ne o a e o a s s

cult t b k up h b it H w n it b d n ? W d
o rea a a . o ca e o e e o

n t wi h t b
o k up g d h b it b ut m b y nd gi l
s o r ea oo a s, so e o s a r s,

as w ll g wn up h v b d h bit
e as ro w e mu t l nt
-
s, a e a a s , so s ear o

b k up b d h b it
rea a a s .

spitting h ab itf
Th e
Wh t kind f h b it i th i ? Giv tw g d e n f
a o a s s e o oo r aso s or

y u on w r D a y u
s l i k t
er w. l k t l k with ny b dy
o o e o a
“

or a a o

wh h th
o p itting h b it ? H v y u th
as e s pitting h b it ? a a e o e s a

H w o y u g ing t b
are k it up ?
o o o rea

H awking , coughing snufilin g , .

A th pl nt und ? D y u lik t h e th m ?
re e se easa so s o o e o ar e

D y u h v
o o ny f th h b it ? I b d l d g d
a e a o e se a s S a a co a oo

ex u f y u nn ying y u f i nd ? Wh t h ul d y u
c se or o r a o o r r e s a s o o

d ? Wh t
o y ? Wh ag ? Sh uld y u t lk ab out
sa ere o o o a

y u il m nt ?
o r a e

four n evers
Th e .

C n y u t ll wh t t h y
a o ? D y u l w y h d th
e a e are o o a a s ee ese

f u uti n ? Wh i h n d y u fin d m t diffi ul t
o r ca o s c o e o o os c to
h d ? D you lik t t l k w it h ny ne wh o h s b e n
ee o e o a a o a e e at

ing ni n ?
o o s

Cl e anlin e ss
of surroundings .

I u s ol m fl l n?
r c a s sroo A th ny p p r oor c e a re e re a a e rs o

p n il h v ing l y ing b ut ? A
e c s a th s n w ll w p t ? a o re e cor ers e s e

A th b l
re kb d k pt l n ? A th d k in d ?
e ac oa r s e c ea re e es s or er

A reumb ll d h t p p l y h ung up ? A e y u
re as an a s ro er r o

p ud f y u
ro o h l ? H w d y u h lp t k p it l k
o r s c oo o o o e o ee oo

ing ni ? D y u v ce th w p p o ut f thowind w ?e er ro a ers o o e o

D y u th w
o o ng p l b ut th y d ? Wh at do you
ro or a e ee a o e ar

d o With uch u l s thing ? se e ss s

 CLE A NL I NE SS II

PE R SONAL B EL ON GI N GS

TH E RE are c e rtain us e ful toil e t articl e s that e ve ry girl

and b oy sh ould ow n .

I
. A comb H av e a p e rsonal comb
. Tak e th e sam e
.

car e to k e ep this comb cl e an that you do to k eep y our

h ead cl e an Neve r allow any on e e ls e to use your c omb
.
,

and n eve r yours e lf touch or u se anoth er s comb Con ’

.

ta gious scalp dis e as e s a r e pass e d from on e to anoth e r

by th e use of a family c omb .

2
. A tooth b rus h H av e your ow n
. toothbru sh .

Cl e ans e it fr e q u e ntly with alc oh ol or list e rin e and k eep

it in a light airy plac e S O that it may n ot b e com e musty
,
.

D o not pe rmit anyon e e ls e to touch it Y ou tak e e v e n

.

gr e ate r risk in using anoth er s toothbrush than in us ing ’

his comb .

3
. Towel s H av e an individual tow e l
. Tow e ls us e d .

comm only by a num b e r of p ers ons h elp in spr e ading skin

dis e as e s and dr e adful f orms of e y e troubl e som e of which ,

l e ad to blindne ss Ne ve r use anoth er s tow e l

.
’
.

4
. S oap . H av e your ow n cak e of soap for th e sam e
r e asons that y ou have and guard your ow n towel Ne ve r .

u s e an o th e r s soap
’
.

Th e s e articl e s ar e e ss e ntial to cl e anlin e ss ; and if you

wish to keep cl ean and w ell th e y must b e obj e cts of in
,

dividual own e rship Guard your rights in th e s e p er

.

sonal things j e al ously ; and in th e sam e m e asur e that

you would have your own p ersonal b e longings r esp e cted ,
1 2 MANNE R S A ND COND U CT

you must r e sp e ct th e p ersonal b e l ongings of oth e rs .

”
L e t H ands off b e your motto in r e sp e ct to ano th e r s
“ ’

toil e t articl e s .

TOM AS

TOMAS was v e ry untidy H e did n ot lik e to k e ep him

.

s e lf cl e an H is m o th e r tri e d to t e ach him not to put

.

his fin ge rs in th e jam Sh e want e d him to comb his

.

hair and to k eep his hands and fac e and shirt cl e an .

B ut Tom as did not car e .

H is t e ach e r talk e d to him B ut h e spill e d th e ink

.
,

dropp e d his books on th e fl oor and had mud on his f ee t ,

just th e sam e as b efor e H e did not car e . .

On e day h e was mor e car e l e ss than e v e r H is m o th e r .

was discourag e d so on that day sh e did n o t try to have

,

him do b e tt e r H is t e ach e r was discourag ed and sh e

.
,

did not s eem to s e e how untidy h e was H e did jus t .

as h e want e d to do all day and no one talk e d to h im ,

about it .

Wh e n Tom ets w e nt to b e d h e wond e r e d if th e y would

’

stop trying to hav e him k e ep cl e an and b e tidy H e .

h op e d so .

H e w e nt to sl ee p B e f or e long h e thought h e was

.

playing in a muddy plac e and was g e tting his hands and

fac e and sho e s as dirty as h e pl e as e d H e was having a .

good tim e .

Th e n h e h e ard som e on e ta l king Th e sound cam e .

n e ar e r . H e l ook e d up and saw thr e e strang e me n He .

I 4 M ANNERS A ND COND U CT

all s eem e d so r e al that Tom as w a s a fraid that th e y

It ’

W ould A n d th e only way to pr ev e nt it was for him to

.

do th e s e things for hims e lf A nd h e did . .

—S l
e ected.

UNWRI TTE N LE TTE R S OF R E COMM E N

D A TI ON

A adve rtis e d for a b oy to assist him in his

GE N TLE MA N

offi c e and n e arly fifty applicants pr e s e nt e d th e ms e lv e s to

,

him Ou t of th e wh ol e numb e r h e quickly s e l e ct e d on e

.

and dismiss ed th e r e st .

I sh ould lik e to know said a fri e nd on what

, ,

ground y ou s e l e ct e d that boy w h o had not a singl e ,

r ecomm endati on .
3

Y ou a r e mistak en said th e g e ntl eman ; h e had

“
,

a gr e at many H e wip e d his f e e t wh e n h e c am e in and

.
,

cl os e d th e d oor aft e r him sh owing that h e was car eful

,
.

H e gav e up his s e at instantly to that lam e old man ,

sh owing h e was kind and th oughtful H e took off his .

cap wh e n h e cam e in and answ er e d my qu e sti ons

,

promptly and r e sp e ctfully sh owing h e was p olit e and

,

g entl emanly .

“
H e pick e d up th e bo ok which I had purp os e ly
laid on th e fl oor and r eplac e d it on th e tabl e whil e
, ,

all th e r e st st e pp ed ove r it or sh ov ed it asid e ; and h e

,

wait e d qui e tly for his turn inst e ad of pushing and ,

crowding sh owing that h e was h on e st and ord erly

, .

Wh en I talk e d with him I notic e d that his cloth e s w ere

 CLE A NLI NE SS 1 5

c are full y brush ed h is hair in go od ord e r and his t e e th

, ,

as whit e as milk ; and wh en h e wrot e his nam e I no ,

tic e d that his fing e r nails w e r e cl e an inst e ad of b e ing ,

tipp e d with j e t lik e that hands om e l ittl e f ellow s in th e

,
’

blu e j acke t .

D on t y ou call thos e things l e tt e rs of re comm en d a

“ ’

ti on ? I d o ; and I would give m or e for what I can

'

t e ll ab out a b oy by using my e y e s ten minute s than for

all th e fi n e l e tt ers h e can bring m e ”
.

[D ramatize th i s tt
li l e s ce n m king up th qu ti n
e, a e es o s of th e
bu i m n
s n ess d th a an e b ’
oy s a nw
s d p utting in ll th
e rs , a n a e ac ti n
o

m nti n d in th t
e o e e s ory .
]

TH E I NF L U E N CE OF A CL E A N F A CE

A c oming fr om a filthy hom e was taught at

CH I LD , ,

school to wash his fac e H e w ent hom e so swee t and .

cl e an that his moth e r wash e d h er fac e Wh en th e fath er .

cam e fr om his work and saw th e improve m e nt h e wash e d ,

his fac e Th e n e ighbors w h o call e d in saw th e chang e

.

and wash e d th eir fac e s until all th e p e opl e in that str ee t

,

ha d cl e an fac e s ; and th e n e xt str ee t copi e d th eir ex

ampl e and th e whol e city b e cam e cl e an b e caus e one
,

schoolboy wash e d his fac e .

—T M D W T M G HO AS E I TT AL A E .
1 6 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

TOM , TH E CH I M NE Y SWE E P

ONCEupon a tim e th e r e was a littl e chimn e y s w e e p and

his nam e was Tom H e liv e d in a gr e at t own in a c old
.

country wh e re th e r e w e r e pl e nty of chimn e ys to swe e p .

H e could not r e ad or writ e and did riot car e to d o e ith e r

, ,

and h e n ev er wash e d hims elf for th e r e was n o wat e r up ,

th e lan e wh e r e h e l iv e d .

Tom and his mast e r M r Grim e s s e t ou t on e m orn

,
.
,

ing for H ar th ov er Plac e wh e r e th e y w e r e to sw e ep th e

,

chimn eys M r Grim e s r od e th e d onk e y in fr ont and

. .
,

Tom walk e d b ehind with th e brush e s .

S oon th e y cam e up with a po or I rish woman tr udg ,

ing along wi th a bundl e on h er back Sh e had a gray .

shawl ov er h er h e ad and wor e a crims on skirt Sh e

,
.

had n e ith e r S h oe s n or stockings and limp e d along as if ,

sh e w e r e tir e d and f oo tsor e but sh e was a v e ry tall ,

hands om e woman with gray e y e s and h e avy black hair

, ,

hanging about h er ch e e ks Sh e walke d b e sid e Tom and

.
,

ask ed him wh e r e h e live d and all ab out hims e lf till Tom

, ,

th ought h e had n ev e r m e t such a pl e asant sp ok e n w oman -

.

A t last th e y cam e to a spring so cl e ar that y ou c ould ,

n ot t e ll wh e r e th e wat e r e nd e d and th e air b e gan Th e r e .

Grim e s st opp e d got off his d onk e y climb e d ov e r th e

, ,

low r oad wall and kn e lt down and b egan dipping his

-
,

ugly h e ad into th e spring ; and very dirty h e mad e it .

Tom was picking th e fl ow e rs as fast as h e c ould Th e .

I rish woman h e lp e d him B ut wh e n h e saw Grim e s

.

actually wash h e stopp ed quit e astonish ed and said

, , ,
 CLE A NL I NE S S 1 7

M y ! M ast e r v er saw y ou d o that b e fore

,
I ne .

Nor will you again m ost lik e ly I t wasn t for cl e an

,
.
’

line s s I did it but for co oln e s s I d b e asham e d to want

’
,
.

washing ev e ry w e e k or so like any smithy colli e r lad ,

” -
.

I wish I might g o and dip my h e ad in said Tom [

“
,

Com e al ong said Grim e s

, What do you want .
“

with washing yours e lf ? ”

Grim e s was v e ry sulky and h e b e gan b e ating Tom

,
.

A r e n t y ou asham e d of yours e lf Thomas Grim e s ?

“ ’
,

cri e d th e I rish w oman .

Grim e s s e em e d q uit e cow e d and got on his donk ey ,

without an oth er w ord .

S t op said th e I rish woman I have on e mor e word

“ ”
.
, ,

Thos e that wish to b e cl e an cl e an th e y will b e ; and ,

.

th os e that wish to b e f oul f oul th ey will b e R e ,

.

m emb e r ”
.

Tom sw ept many chimn e ys at H ar th ov er Plac e ,

s o many that h e g o t v e ry tir e d and l o st his way in th e m ;

and h e came d own th e wr ong chimn e y and found him ,

s e lf standing on th e h e arth rug in a room th e like of -

which h e had n e ve r s e e n b e f ore .

Th e r oom was all dr e ss e d in whit e ; whit e window

curtains white b e d curtains white chairs and white
,
-
, ,

walls with just a few lin e s of pink h e r e and th er e

,
.

Th e n ext thing h e saw was a washstand with pitch e rs

and basins and soap and brush e s and tow e ls and a
, , ,

large bath full of cl e an wat er A nd th e n looking toward .

th e b e d h e h e ld his br e ath with astonishm e nt .

U nd e r th e sn ow whit e c ov e rl e t up on th e snow whit e

-
,
-

pill ow lay th e mo st b eau tiful little girl tha t Tom h ad

,
1 8 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

e v er s een H er ch e e ks w er e almost as white as th e pil

.

low and h er hair was lik e thr e ads of gold

,
.

Sh e n ev e r could hav e b ee n dirty thought Tom to

“ ”
,

hims e lf A n d th e n h e thought A r e all p e opl e lik e that

.
,

wh e n th ey ar e wash e d ? A nd h e look e d at his own

”

wr ist and tri ed to rub th e soot off Ce rtainly I should .

“
,

look much pr e tti er if I gr e w at all lik e h er

,
”
.

A nd looking around h e sudd e nly saw standing clos e , ,

to him a littl e ugly black ragg e d figur e w ith bl e ar e d

, , ,

e y e s and grinning whit e t ee th

,
H e turn e d on it an grily . .

What did such a dirty littl e f e llow want in that sw ee t

young lady s room ? A n d b ehold it was hims e lf r e
’
,

fle cte d in a gr e at mirror .

A nd Tom for th e first tim e in his lif e found out that

, ,

h e was dirty and burst int o t e ars with sham e and ang e r
,
.

U nd e r th e window spr e ad a tr e e with gr e at branch e s ,

and swe e t whit e flo we rs and Tom w e nt down th e tre e ,

lik e a cat and across th e gard e n toward th e woods

,
.

Th e gard e n e r mowing saw him and thr e w down his

, ,

scyth e and gav e chas e to poor Tom Th e dairymaid .

h e ard th e nois e and jump e d up and gave chas e to Tom .

Grim e s ran out and gav e chas e to Tom Th e plough .

man l e ft his hors e s and ran on to give chas e to Tom .

Tom ran on and on and wh e n h e stopp e d to look ,

around h e said Wh y what a big plac e th e w or l d is for

, ,
“
,

h e had l e ft th e gard e n e r th e dairymaid Grim e s and th e

, , ,

ploughman all b ehind and was far away from H ar th ov er

, .

Th r ough th e wo od h e could s ee a cl e ar str e am gl a n c

’

ing F ar far away th e river wid e n e d to th e shining

.
, ,

se a ; a nd this is th e song Tom h e ard th e riv e r sin g

 CLE ANL I NE SS 1 9

Cl ear and cool , cl ea r a nd coo l

B y l aug h ing h s all o w , a nd d r eam ing p l ; oo

n
U de r th e whe e th e u
crag r o ze l ing
s s,

A nd th e ivi d w ll wh th
e a e re e c hu h b ll ing
rc e r s,
’

Undefil e d , for th e un defil e d ;

Pl ay b y me , b tha e in me , mo th er and c hild .

Th e n h e
f e ll asl e ep and dr e am e d that th e littl e W hite
lady call e d to him Oh y ou ar e so dirty ; go and b e
, ,

wash e d and th e n h e h e ard th e I rish woman say ,

Th e y that wish to b e cl e an cl e an th e y will b e and

“ ”
, ,

all of a sudd en h e found hims elf half a sl eep and half

awak e in th e middl e of th e m e adow saying ove r and
, ,

ov er again I must b e cl e an I must b e cl e an

,
”
,
.

A d pt d f m Th W t B b i
a e ro by C KN L Y
e a er a es , H AR LE S I GS E .

TH E SONG OF TH E L A R K

JU LE s B R E TON —
( 1 8 2 7 1 9 0 6)
A l ev el fi eld li e s bright in th e glow of th e
L ONE LY ,

rising sun I t e xt e nds to th e horizon wh er e s om e low

.

tr ee s and th e roofs of a few dwe llings may b e s e e n .

I n th e for e ground is a singl e fi gur e a young p easant ,

girl Sh e stands e r e ct with h e ad rais ed lips apart all

.
, , ,

action arr e ste d e v ery muscl e al ert H er p ostur e te lls

,
.

us as plainly as words could that sh e is liste ning Sh e .

h e ars th e S kylark singing his morning song high in th e

air and sh e fee ls th e b e auty of th e s ong Sh e stops h er
Sh e stands v ery still so that sh e may
,
.

work to l is t en .
2O M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

h e ar e v e ry not e Th e skylark s song has h elp ed to .

’

mak e h er work s eem light e r b e caus e it has mad e ,

h e r h e art glad H as th e sight of a b e autiful tr ee or

.

th e wild not e of a bird e v e r spok e n to your soul in

this way ?
This pictur e hangs in th e Chicago A r t I nstitut e One .

morning a bright littl e girl we nt into th e I nstitut e !

,

walk e d up to one of th e car e tak e rs th e r e and said '

Sir I want to see th e v e ry pr e tti e st pictur e in th e

“
,

whol e building ”
Th e guard was too busy th e n to go
.

with h er and sh e wand er e d on alon e past pictur e aft er

,

pictur e F inally sh e st opp e d and wh e n th e guard w ent

.
,

upstairs h e found h e r standing in front of Th e Song of

,
“

th e L ark H e r h e ad was thr own back in imitati on of

”
.

th e girl in th e pictur e and sh e was singing at th e top of ,

h e r v oic e A s h e cam e up sh e stopp e d to say I hav e

“
.
, ,

found it mys e lf S ir th e v e ry pr e tti e st pictur e of all I

, ,
.

lik e it b e caus e it make s m e f ee l so happy that I want to

sing just as th e girl in th e pictur e is d oing .

Th e artist Jul e s B r e ton was a countryman of M ill e t

, , ,

and like M ill e t h e paint e d many pictur e s of F r e nch

p e asants .

Q UE S TI ONS
Wh t i th gi l d ing ?
1 . a s e r o

Wh
2 . i h ? ere s s e

3 Wh t h
. h i ha h nd ? as s e n
'

er a

4 Wh t tim f d y d y u th ink it i ? Wh y ?
. a e o a o o s

5 T wh t i th gi l l i t ning ?
. 0 a s e r s e

6 Wh . i th b i d ? H w
e re y u t
s l l ? e r o ca n o e

7 T ll th
'

. t y f th l i ttl g i l w h w nt d t
e e s or th v y o e e r o a e o se e e er

p tti t p i t u
re es i th wh l b ui l d ing
c re n e o e .
”
 OB E D I E NCE
Obedience is th e key to every door .

GE ORGE MACD ONALD .

 OB E D I E NCE

OB E DIE NCE is th e c orn e r ston e of gove rnm ent wh e th e r ,

o f th e family th e sch ool th e t own th e stat e or th e

, , , ,

nation Without it you can have no school Show by

. .

your prompt a nd busin e sslike way of d oing things that

y ou have l e arn e d h ow to ob e y Tak e up th e sugge sti ons .

and carry out th e plans of your t e ach e r promptly ch e e r ,

full y and e nthusiastically

, .

TOPI CS F OR D I S CU S S I ON

1 . I mportanc e of Ob e di e nc e .

Wh y is it imp t nt nd nor a a e ce ss ary ?

E v e rybody has to ob e y .

Wh y mu t w t t lk l ud in l
s ? Wh m mu t
e no a a o c ass o s

w b y in h l ? Wh y ? Wh t w ul d h pp n if v y
e o e sc oo a o a e e er

b dy did h pl d in l ?
o as e ease c ass

D id y u f th od m th r h v t b y th i p nt ?
a er an o er a e o o e e r ar e s

D id y u g ndf tho b y? D y u t h h v t
r ra a er o e oe s o r eac er a e o

ob y ? Supp
e h w nt t l p did
os e S t t h y u;
e e o s ee or no e ac o

w h t w ul d h pp n ?
a o a e

Pr ompt ,
ch e e rful ob e di e nc e .

D y u l ik t b
o o mm nd d t e o e co a e o do th ing s ?
d thing b f
o it i n
s y t b
e ore s e ce ssa r o e co mm nda ed .

tim d m th n i k d
es o ore a s as e .

25
26 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

THE TAL E OF PE TE R RA BB I T

ONCE upon a tim e th er e w er e f our littl e rabbits Th eir .

nam e s w e r e F l op sy M op s y Co tton tail and Pe t e r

, ,
-
,
.

Th e y liv e d with th e ir moth e r in a sand ba nk und e r ,

n e ath th e r oo t of a v e ry big fir tr e e .

Now my d e ars s aid ol d M rs R abbit on e morning

“ ”
, ,
.
,

you may go into th e fi e lds or down th e lan e but d on t ,

’

go into M r L una s gard e n Y our fath e r had an a c

.
’
.

cid e n t th e r e ; h e was put into a p ie by M r s L una . .

‘
R un al ong and d on t g e t into mischi e f I am g oin g
’
.
,

out .

Th e n old M r s R abbit t ook a bask e t and h er umbr e ll a

.
,

and w e nt through th e wo od to th e bak e r s Sh e boug h t ’

.

a loaf of br ow n br e ad and fi v e currant buns .

F l op s y M opsy a n d C otton tail w e r e g ood littl e bun

, ,
- !

nie s Th e y w e nt d own th e lan e to gath e r blackb erri es

. .

Pe t e r w h o was v e ry naughty ran straight to M r L una s

’
.
, ,

gard e n and squ e ez e d und e r th e gat e .

F irst h e a te s om e l e ttuc e and som e F r e nch b eans .

Th e n h e a te som e radi sh e s ; and th e n f e e ling rath e r sick , ,

h e w e nt to look for s om e parsl e y .

R ound th e e n d of a cucumb e r fram e whom should h e ,

m e e t but M r L una ! .

M r L una was on his hands and kn ee s n e ar th e

.
,

cabbag e s H e jump e d up and ran aft e r Pe t e r ,waving

.

a rak e and call ing out S t op thi e f l ”

,
“
,

Pe t e r was fright e n e d H e rush e d all ov e r th e gard e n

.
,

for h e had forgott e n th e way back to th e gat e .

 OB E D I E NCE 2 7

He ran as fast as h e could I think h e might hav e .

e scap e d if h e had not run into a goos e b e rry ne t and b e e n

caught .

Pe t e r gav e hims e lf up for l ost and S h e d big t e ars ,

.

M r L una c a m e up with a si e v e H e tri e d to put it

. .

on top of Pe t e r ; but Pe te r wriggl e d out rush e d into ,

th e t ool sh e d and jump e d int o a can

,
I t would hav e .

b e e n a go od can to hid e in if th er e had n ot b e e n so much

wat e r in it .

M r L una was q uit e sur e that Pe t e r was s om e wh e r e

.

in th e to ol s h e d p e rh a ps hidd e n und e rn e ath a fl ow e r

,

o t H e b e gan to turn th e m ov e r car e fully looking

p .
,

und e r e ach .

Pr e s e ntly Pe t e r sn e e e d
'

Ker tzs ch oo
z

M r L una was aft e r him in n o tim e and tri e d to put

.
,

his f oot up on him Pe t e r jump e d ou t of a W ind ow up

.
,

s e tting thr e e pl a nts Th e wind ow was too small for

.

M r L una and h e was tir e d of running afte r Pe t e r H e

.
,
.

w e nt back to his work .

Pe t e r sat d own to r e st ; h e was out of br e ath and :

tr embling with f ight H e was v e ry damp with sitting

r .

in that can and h e had n ot th e l e ast id e a which way

'

to g o .

A ft e r
a tim e h e b egan to wand er ab out going l ipp ity ,

l ipp ity n o t v e ry fa s t and looking all around

, .

H e f ound a d oor in a wall but it was l o ck e d , Th e r e .

was n o r oom for a fat littl e rabbit to squ e ez e und ern e ath .

H e w e nt back toward th e to ol sh e d S udd e nly quit e .

,

cl os e to him h e h e ard th e n ois e of a h oe — s cr r ritch

,
- -
,

s cr a tch , s cr a tc h , s cr itch .
28 MA NNE R S A ND COND U CT

Pe t e r crouch ed und e rn e ath th e bush e s A s nothing .

happ en e d h e cam e out climb e d upon a wh e elbarrow

, , ,

and p eep e d ove r Th e first thing h e saw was M r L una

. .
,

ho eing oni ons H is back was turn e d toward Pe t e r B e

. .

yond him was th e gat e .

Pe t e r go t down off th e wh e e lbarrow v e ry qui e tly He .

start ed running as fast as h e could al ong a straight walk

b ehind som e bush e s .

M r L una caught sight of him at th e c orn e r but Pe t e r

.
,

did n ot car e H e slipp e d und e rn e ath th e gat e and was

.
,

saf e at last in th e w ood outsid e th e gard e n .

Pe t e r n e v e r stopp e d running or look e d b e hind him

until h e got hom e to th e big fir tr e e .

H e was so tir e d that h e fl opp e d do w n up o n th e nic e

soft sand on th e fl oor of th e rabbit h ol e and shut his
-
,

e ye s .H is m oth e r was busy cooking .

I am sorry to say that Pe t er was not v e ry w e ll during

th e e v e ning .

His moth e r put him to b e d Sh e mad e som e bitt e r

.

te a and sh e gav e a dos e of it to Pe t e r

, .

On e tabl e sp o onful to b e tak e n at b e dtim e

“
.

B ut Fl op s y M opsy and C otton tail had br e ad and

, ,
-

milk a nd blackb e rri e s for supp er

—B
.

E A TRI x POTTE R ( A da pted ) .

3 0 M A NNER S A ND COND U CT

by h e aring an autom obil e rush through th e gat e and

up th e drive way to th e to ol h ous e H e ran out to fin d .

his fri e nd Charl e s w h o carri e d goods for th e pap e r

, ,

factory .

Your fath e r ask e d m e to c om e ar ound for your c orn

“

this m orning E ug e n e I Start e d a l ittl e e arly so that

,
.

I w ould hav e tim e to tak e it do w n to th e mark e t on my

way I t w on t cost you a c e nt but y ou must hurry or
.
’
,

I shall b e lat e to my work C om e on and l o ad Up

”
. .

E ug e n e rush e d into th e sh e d and b e gan tugging a

h e avy bask e t acr oss th e l e ngth of th e sh e d to th e t ool
hous e do or Charl e s l ook e d in . .

Y ou d on t m e an to say you hav e y ou r c orn way ov e r

“ ’

th e re ! I told your fath e r to t e ll you to have it right

h e r e by th e do or r e ady to load I can n e v e r wait for
. .

y o u to l o ad from th e r e G o o d b y e .
‘
-

Oh wait ! I l l hurry ; call e d E ug e n e but Charl e s

“ ’
, ,

was far away d own th e r o ad and did n ot h e ar h im ‘

E ug e n e sat down r e ady to cry H e r e his fath e r f ound .

him .

What s th e matt e r ? Charl e s said h e w ould tak e

“ ’

your corn to mark e t ”

Th e n l ooking about Wh e w I
.
, ,
“ ”

h e whistl e d I told you distinctly to put th e bask e ts

“
,

n e ar th e tool h ous e Wh y didn t you do as y ou w e r e .

’

told ? ”

I thought this would do just as w e ll E ug e n e

“

b egan .

”
You thought ! e xclaim e d his fath e r This was .

th e plac e for y ou to ob e y and l e t o th e r p e opl e d o th e

‘
thinkin g Th e r e is an Old saying What you have not
.
,
 OB E D I E NCE 3 I

in your h e ad y ou must have in your h ee ls so s e t your ,

’

h e e ls to w ork and ge t that c orn to mark e t Th e r e s th e .

’

whe e lbarr ow .
”

M r Tayl or w e nt off to h is w ork and l e ft E ug e n e to

.

wh eel his c orn to mark e t bask e t by bask e t

,
.

A ft e r h l S S i xth bask e t was saf e ly mark e t e d and h e was

marching h om e with his empty wh ee lbarr ow his tire d ,

h e e ls advis e d him to br e ak off his habit of sayin g Th is ,

“

will do just as w e ll and substitut e a habit of f ollowing

,
”

e xactly th e ord e rs of th os e w h o hav e a right to giv e

th em .

Wh e th e r h e follow e d this wis e advic e or not is anoth e r

story .

H e who has n e v e r l e arn e d to ob e y can n e ve r h op e

“

to comm and .

S el ected .

OB E D I E N CE

IF you t ld t d a t h ing
’
re o o o ,

A n d m a n t d ite lly o o r ea ,

Ne v l t it b by h al v s ;
er e e e

D o it fully f ly ! ,
re e

DO not make x cuse

a p oor e ,

Waiting w eak unste ady ;

, ,

A ll ob e di e nce w or t h th e na m e
M us t b e pr omp t a nd r eady .

PH CE BE CA RY .
3 2 M ANNE R S AND COND UCT

CL I M B I NG AL ONE

wind crie d an im pati e nt voic e com e and

H ERE , , ,

h elp a fri e nd in troubl e will y ou ? ”

,

Ce rtainly r eplie d th e good natur e d wind and on

“ ” -
, ,

a rriving at th e front of th e cottag e h e f ound a long branch

of a climbing r os e striving to ge t loos e from som e bands

which h e ld it fast .

Oh ! h e lp m e do it said h elp m e to pull out this

, , ,

provoking nail that I may ge t fr ee ”

.

“
Nons e ns e said th e wind that nail is th e re to trai n “
, ,

y o u prop e rly so that you

,
may .
grow up a b e autiful ros e ,

cov er e d with whit e blossoms ”

.

Just as if I didn t know my way up th e wall without

“ ’

any of th es e stupid nails and strips of cloth e xclaim e d

”
,

th e ros e angrily .

We ll but ev e n if y ou know your way

“
,
and I m not
’

s o sur e of that I doubt your having str e ngth to climb

with out any h elp .

I d on t car e I d on t ch oos e to b e ti e d cri e d th e

“ ’ ’
.
,

impati e nt branch again “

A nd if you don t h e lp m e .
’

g e t loos e I ll t e ar away th e nails mys e lf

’
.
,

H av e your own way th e n answe r e d th e W ind sor

”
!
, ,

r ow full y and with a littl e forc e b e b e nt th e branch for

,

ward until th e nail was drawn from th e wall and th e ros e

dropp ed to th e ground .

A h e avy show e r f e ll that night ; it b en t th e unti ed

branch down to th e ground .
 OB E D I E NCE 33

That d e licious showe r has don e us all good cri ed ,

e v e ry blad e of gr ass e v e ry fl ow e r e v e ry tr e e
, ,
.

I t has n ot d on e m e much go od mutt e r e d th e fool

“ ”
,

ish branch as it lay str e tch ed on th e soaking ground ,

splash e d all ove r with mud .

“
We ll r emarke d th e wind what d o y ou say now
,
”
,

to a few nails a n d a fe w shr e ds of cl o th to k eep you up

out of th e mud ? ”

I d on t ch oos e to b e ti e d th e r os e answ e r e d oh
’
,

I t is n ot at all g r e at or grand to b e ti e d up
“
s tin a te l y .

and nail e d up Th e sun isn t nail e d up

.
’

Wh y my fri e nd cri e d th e wind n othing that I

,
”
, ,
“

know of in th e wh ol e wid e world is mor e ob edi e nt than

th e sun .A tim e to ris e and a tim e to se t are give n to it
day by day ; day by day a path is mark ed out for it in
th e h e av e ns and n e v e r d oe s it stray from its app oint e d
,
’
cour s e f

F or an instant th e ros e branch fe lt fo ol ish Th e n it

said sulkily L e ave m e alon e if you pl e as e and th e
,
“
, ,

wind we nt away .

F ri e nd said th e branch anoth e r day to th e wind I

“ ”
, ,

can som e tim e s ge t a g l imps e of th e ros e tr ee high abov e

m e and wh e n you m ov e by m e I sm e ll its bl ossoms and ,

I have n t a blossom or a bud up on m e I want to b e

’
.

b e autiful and grow to th e top of th e wall .

Tak e my advic e th e n said th e wind and n ext

“ ”
, ,

time a kind hand fast ens y ou up d on t br e ak l oose again ,

’
.

Th e r ose tr ee w ould n e v e r hav e b e e n anything but a

straggl e r in th e mud if it had not b ee n for th es e many
”
bo nds .
34 MANNE R S A ND CONDUCT

Th en lif t me up good fri e nd lift m e up against

, ,
th e
wall .
”

“
that I cannot do but I will do what I can
Na y , ,
.

Th e n th e wind w e nt off whistling loudly I t w e nt to th e .

drooping ash and knock e d its branch e s against th e win

dow pan e until th e man w h o l iv e d in th e cottag e cam e
-
,

out with a hamm e r and som e nails s aying Th e r e must , ,

“

b e a cr eep e r loos e som e wh e r e and h e look e d about till

”
,

h e saw th e poor ros e branch trai l ing pit e ously in th e

mud .

I t wants a nail t e rribly h e said S o h e lift e d

“
.
,

it up and fast e n e d it against th e wall and th e bough ,

clung humbly to th e supp orts .

Oh ! what would I n ot giv e to b e pur e and whit e and

“

sw e e t lik e th e ros e s abov e m e it cri e d as I might have

”
, ,
“

b ee n if I had not b ee n fals e ly proud ”

.

Th e n ext night a g entl e show e r cl e ans e d and fr e sh e n e d

its soil e d l e ave s .

Time w e nt on and 1 0 ! on e summ e r morning th e r e

hung upon th e branch a clust e r of blossoms pur e whit e ,

and v ery sw ee t .

‘
Would you not like m e to draw ou t all thos e pro
v okin g ask e d th e wind in mischi e f on e day .

B ut th e branch only load e d h er old fri e nd wi th fragranc e ,

answ ering playfully

What ! and l et m e down into th e mud again ? No
“
,

thank you .

M R s M A R GA RE T GATTY ( A b ridged)
. .
 OB E D I E N CE 35

TH E W OND E R S OF TH E J UNGLE
THE M I D NI GH T POOL

I S H AL L t e ll all about th e wond e rs of th e jungl e

y ou .

Th e j ungl e is th e plac e wh e re e l e phants b e ars lions , , ,

tig e rs l e opards and many o th e r a nim a ls l ive

, ,
.

I n fact j ungl e r e ally m e an s a wild plac e ; that is a

, ,

p lac e wh e r e tr e e s and bush e s gr ow quit e wild so that ,

me n n e ve r cut d own th e tr e es or cl e ar away th e bush e s .

That is th e natural h om e for all s orts of animals .

Now I am going to t e ll you about th e w ond e rful way

in which th e y live th e r e with th e ir famili e s as w e do in ,

our hom e s ; for th e Papas and M ammas among th e

animals are just as fond of th e ir childr e n as ours are .

So you must imagin e that you are g oing into th e jungl e

with m e so that I can S h ow you e v erything You see
,
.
,

it is just lik e a gam e of pr e t ending that w e ar e going ,

to play .

Th e r e is actually a plac e in th e jungl e in I ndia wh e r e

y o u can se e a gr e at many kinds o f animals at o nc e S o .

you must pr etend that y ou and I ar e sitting and watching

th e a n imals whil e I t e ll you all ab out th e m
,
.

F irst I must t e ll you that it is midnight and all th e

, ,

animals ar e coming to a s tr e am of wate r to drink This .

str e am is a riv e r about twic e as wid e as a larg e str ee t

in your hom e t own We ar e sitting on th e bank b ehind
.
,

th e bush e s on on e sid e of th e str e am and th e anim als

, ,

a r e c oming to drink on th e bank on th e o th e r sid e We .

can p eep qui e tly through th e l e av e s and Wa tch th e

36 MANNE R S AND COND UCT

animals A lm ost all wild animals dri nk at midnigh t

.
,

so w e shall see th em now .

Wh e r e will th e a nimals com e from ? Y ou se e th e

stre am b e for e us ; w e ll on th e oth e r sid e of it is th e
,

jungl e wh e r e th e animals live R ight in front of us

,
.

w e see a gap in th e jungl e cl os e to th e bank That gap .

was mad e by e l ephants by b e ating down th e bush e s with

th e ir f e e t Th ey mad e it long ago to com e to th e wat e r
.
,

and now th ey use it e ve ry night I n fact it is known .

,

among th e jungl e fo l ks as th e E l ephant Path for no ,

oth er animal would dar e to us e it b e for e th e e l ephants

‘

did .

Th e e l ephants b e ing th e bigg e st of all animals a r e

, ,

th e lords of th e jungl e so th e y hav e th e right to com e

,

first to drink Th e y ar e als o th e wis e st of all animals

. .

Th e e l e phant is th e only animal that can think out a

trick for its elf .

F irst l e t us watch th e e l e phants as th e y com e to th e

rive r through th e gap in th e jungl e .

Se e ! Th e y com e on e at a tim e on e b e hind anoth e r , ,

for th e gap is not big e n ough for mor e than one at a

tim e Th e e l e phant is so big that it can ge t through th e
.

jungl e only in this way .

F irst com e a numb e r of bull e l ephants Th e y ar e .

th e Papa e l ephants ; you canalways t e ll th e m by th e

hug e tusks th e y have Th e bulls com e first in cas e
.
,

th e r e ar e any e n emi e s waiting to hurt th eir childr e n ,

for th e n th e bulls can driv e off th e e n emi e s .

A s e ach bull e l ephant c om e s thr ough th e gap you s ee ,

him turn to our right which is down th e str e am

,
that
38 MANN E R S AND COND U CT

Th e l phants choos e th e ir Pr e sid e nt and mak e laws

e e ,

and k ee p ord e r in th e h e rd Th e y choos e som e strong

.

bulls among th e m to act as pol icemen in th e h e rd and ,

catch and punish any naughty e l ephant who b e com e s a

r ogue ; if two e l ephants start quarr e lling and fighting
like naughty boys th e polic e e l ephants have to catch and
,

pu nish both of th em Th e Pr e sid e nt has to l e ad th e

.

h e rd e ve ry day wh e n th e y go in s e arch of food so that ,

th e y will have pl e nty to e a t .

A nd in th e jungl e as th e r e ar e oth e r e l e phant h e rds

,

and som e tim e s tw o h e rds find th e sam e f e e ding ground ,

and th e n start quarr e lling and fighting as to w h o found

it first it is th e duty of th e Pr e sid e nt to k eep his own
,

h erd away from th e two that ar e fighting and not mix ,

in th e fight in any way .

Th e Pr e sid ent giv e s th e signal for th e m to b e gin drink

ing ; h e do e s this by dipping his trunk into th e wat e r .

Th e n th e s e cond on e s ee s him do it and d oe s th e sam e ;

,

in that way e ach e l ephant high e r up th e lin e s e e s that

th e n e xt on e b e low him h as start e d drinking so h e too ,

do es th e sam e S oon th e y ar e all drinking

. .

B u t why do e s th e Pr e si d e nt hav e to giv e th e signal to

b egin ? Wh y is it that any e l ephant anywh e r e along ,

th e lin e cannot start drinking just as h e or sh e pl e as e s ?

, ,

Think !
B e caus e if any on e along th e lin e start e d drinking too
s oon h e might muddy th e wat e r for th os e that st ood
,

b el ow him a l ong th e lin e b e caus e th e wat e r fl ows down

,

that w ay B ut if th e low e r on e s drank a littl e b efore

.
,

it would not matte r if th e y did muddy th e wat e r for th e ,

 OB E D I E NCE 39

high e r on e s w ould still have cl e ar wat e r to drink That .

is why th e l owe st on e drinks fi rst th en th e n ext and s o , ,

on up th e lin e I s n ot that ve ry wis e and ve ry fair to

.
,

all ?
TH E LA W OF TH E JU NGLE
H ush ! H ere
com e all th e animal s ! Th e bu ffalo e s ,

th e blu e d ee r th e r e d d e e r th e wild pigs th e hy e nas

, , , ,

th e w olv e s th e r e d d ogs and many oth e rs

, Watch
,
.

and se e h ow e ach kind of animal com e s ; it is n ot

always in th e s a m e way Th e m oon is n ow shining .

cl e ar ab ove th e tr ee s and w e can s e e a long way up

,

th e str e am .

S ee th e bu ffal oe s ! Th e y c om e a littl e abov e th e e l e

ph an ts B ut th e y d o n ot c om e on e b ehind anoth e r in
.

a lin e like th e e l ephants Th e y c om e thr e e or four to

,
.

g e th er Th e y als o hav e b e at e n d own th e bush e s th er e

.

ye ars a go to mak e a drinking plac e and it is wid e

, ,

e nough for thr ee or four of th em to drink at th e sam e

tim e sid e by sid e

, .

B ut why must th e y drink thr e e or f our at th e sam e

tim e ? B e caus e th e bu ffal oe s ar e lik e a body of s oldi e rs ,

on e r ow b e hind an o th e r S om e t im e s tw e nty or thirty

.

r ows mak e up a h e rd W e se e only th e first r ow drink

.

ing n ow but so on w e shall s ee th e o th ers b ehind

,
.

A nd why d o th e bu ffal oe s com e lik e a body of soldi e rs ?

B e caus e th e y a r e afraid of th e ir e n emy — th e tig e r !
Onc e up on a tim e th e bu ffal oe s liv e d scatt e r e d about ,

and many of th em got e at e n by th e tig er one at a tim e ,

.

Th e n thos e that e scap e d from th e tig e r b e cam e wis e ;

40 MA NNE RS AND COND UCT

t h e y j oin e d tog e th e r lik e a body of soldie rs so that th ey ,

could b e at off th e tig e r .

B ut n ow l e t us watch th e first row drink ing Th e y .

a re all bull bu ffal oe s ,

th e Papas of th e h e rd ; you can
t ell that by th e ir hug e h orns a yard long on e ach sid e
,

of th e h e ad Y ou se e how th e bu ffalo e s stand sid e by

.

sid e so that th e ir horns almost touch on e anoth e r That

,
.

is th e way th e bu ffalo e s hav e march e d to th e str e am

”
—
from th eir f ee ding plac e horn to horn Wh y ? B e .

caus e n o pr owling tig e r can g e t past thos e horns .

Watch th e first row as it finish e s drinking ; th e W h ol e

row wh ee ls around to th e sid e lik e soldi e rs Th e n th e .

bu ffalo e s that hav e had th e ir drink march to th e back

of th e h e rd and stand th e r e in a row facing th e jungl e
,
.

M e anwhil e th e s e cond row in th e front has st e pp e d

to th e wat er to dri n k . Th e s e also a r e bull bu ffalo e s .

Wh e n th e y finish dri nking th e y also wh e e l march to

, ,

th e back of th e h e rd and th e r e stand b e hind th e first

,

row I n this way f our or fi ve rows of bulls drink one

.
,

after th e oth e r and go to th e back of th e h erd

,
.

Ne xt com e about a doz e n rows of cow bu ffalo e s and

th eir calve s or childr e n You see again lik e th e e l e
,
.
,

ph an ts th e M ammas and childr e n among th e bu ffalo e s

,

ar e also in th e middl e saf e fr om all harm

,
.

Th e n at th e e n d th e r e are four or fi v e rows of bull

bu ffalo e s again to guard th e M am as and th e childr en
fr om enemi e s in th e back .

B ut wai t a m om e nt ! B e for e th e bu ffalo e s go away ,

a most wond erful thing happ e ns D o you se e that timid

.

l ittl e shadow cr e e p i ng I n by th e sid e of th e bu ffalo e s ?

 OB E D I E NCE 41

Sh e is a blu e d eer a ve ry timid lady ind ee d for S h e

, ,
»

knows th a t a tige r is waiting in th e high ground b ehind ,

to catch h er .

So sh e hid e s in th e bush e s and waits for th e buffalo e s

,

to com e to drink Th e n as th e bu ff alo e s com e to th e

.

water row afte r row horn to h orn sh e tri e s to cr eep in

, , ,

toward th em ; sh e e v e n tri e s to cr ee p in under th e h orns

of th e bu ffalo e s knowing that th e r e sh e will b e quit e
,

saf e from th e tig er I t tak e s h er a long tim e to r e ach

.

th e bu ffalo e s in that way with out b e ing c augh t by th e

,

tig e r
.

B ut do you s e e th e wond e rful thing ? Th e bu ffalo e s

wait a littl e for h er ! Th e y tak e a littl e longe r to drink ,

to giv e h e r a chanc e to r e ach th e wat e r by th e ir sid e .

L ike th e brav e knights th e y f ee l pr oud of h e lping a

,

lady .

Now see ! Th e blu e d ee r also has finish e d drinking .

Sh e go e s away with th e bu ffalo e s und e r th e ir horn s ,

.

Th e y all r e ach th e jungl e again Sh e l ooks car e fully.

th e tig e r is watching h e r but h e dar e s n ot c om e too n e ar

,
.

Sh e s ee s wh e r e h e is th en sudd e nly sh e giv e s a l e ap

an o th e r l e ap and an o th er q uickly ! Th e tig e r
le aps aft er h e r
— but sh e l e ap e d first ! Sh e is g on e !
Sh e is saf e !
Th e tig e r is furi ous H e stands a m om e nt b e for e th e
.

bu ffal oe s growling with rag e B ut th e bulls in front of

,
.

th e h e rd paw th e gr ound and rattl e th e ir horns with on e

an o th e r Th e y ar e g oing to charg e !
.

B ut that tig e r do e s n ot wait for th e charg e of th e bull

b u ffalo e s H e do e s not w ant to b e trampl e d in to a m e s s
.
4 2 MANNE R S A ND COND U CT

und e r th eir h oofs or cut up int o pi e c e s with th eir hor ns

,
.

I nst e ad h e sn e aks away growling

,
H e sn e aks back to
,
.

th e str e am to wait for som e oth e r w e ak animal

,
.

S o you see th e jungl e f olks ar e in many ways just

, ,

lik e us for a brav e man always h e lps a lady or anybody

,

who n eeds his h elp .

B ut now l e t us watch th e str e am high e r up .

H e r e c om e th e wild pigs .

Th e wild pigs drink in any fashi o n and go off in any ,

fashi on just as th ey lik e Th e y trust to luck or to .

th e sharp tusks of som e of th e b oars to guard th em from

dang er B ut th e y hav e not l e arn e d e n ough y e t to do
.

things in prop er ord e r .

M e anwhil e oth e r animals hav e also com e Th e moon .

is now quit e high in th e sky A band of shadows in th e .

moonlight s eems to fall up on th e wat er I t is a pack of .

red dogs ; th ey hav e com e boldly as th ey ar e afraid of ,

nothing F or if a hungry tig e r attacks th em th e whol e

.
,

pack will jump on th e tig e r and t e ar him down .

S O th e r e d dogs ar e not afraid as th e y com e flocking

to th e str e am .

Th e r e d dogs ar e th e last of th e animals that com e in

a bunch Now you se e o th er animals coming on e by
.

one .A sn e aking shadow th e r e ! I t must b e a h yena .

That is an an imal that e ats what r e mains from som e

oth er animal s supp e r ’
.

B ut hush ! H e r e is a r e d d e e r coming car e fully to th e

wat e r This animal is much bigg e r than th e blu e d ee r
.
,

and mor e abl e to tak e car e of h e rs e lf B ut still sh e .

, ,

com e s v e ry qui e tly looking to right and l e ft to mak e

,
 OB E D I E NCE 43

sure that th e tige r is not just in that plac e Sh e r e ach e s .

th e wat e r and starts drinking B ut d o you see how h er

.

e ar is b e nt to th e sid e ? Th e r ed d e e r is list e ning most

car e fully e v e n whil e sh e is drinking !
,

B ut look l ook ! Th e bush b e hind th e d ee r parts v e ry

,

slowly and a hug e y e llow f orm cr ouch e s th er e ! I t is

,

th e tig e r !
H e is not n e ar e nough to jump on th e d e e r ; so h e
tak e s on e st e p f orward as s oftly as a cat ! ‘

B ut th e d e e r has h e ard th e f oo tfall F or s h e ca n h e a r

e v e n a l e af wh e n it falls to th e gr ound A n d in that one.

s e cond e ve n whil e sh e was dri nk ing th e r e d d eer has

, ,

turn e d and l e ap e d to th e sid e Th e tig er has also l e ap e d

.

at th e sam e tim e and h e aim e d at th e plac e wh er e th e

,

d e e r was B ut th e d e er has just l eft that plac e and th e

.
,

n ext s e cond sh e give s an o th e r l e ap like a flash and g e ts , ,

out of th e tig e r s r e ach

’
.

Th e tig e r stands wh e r e h e l e ap e d and growls with ,

/
rag e H e knows it w ould b e no use chasing th e d e e r as
.
,

th e d e e r can run much fast e r Th e n as h e did n ot g e t

.
,

any supp e r that night h e can at l e ast have a dri nk S o

,
.

h e drinks and g oe s away still gr owling ,

.

B u t b e for e w e l e av e th e plac e I want y ou to r em emb e r

,

s om e thing ,
that is Th e L a w of th e Jungl e which is
, ,

not writte n down in a book lik e th e laws of men ,

.

Th e L aw of th e Jungl e says that as th e e l ephants ar e

th e lords of th e jungl e th e y shall drink fi rs t;
,
but th ey
must b e care ful to drink down th e s trea m so that all th e ,

oth e r animals may have a plac e high er up wh er e th e y ,

can ge t cl ear water to drink .

44 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

A nd that law has n e v e r b ee n brok e n for many thou ,

sands Of y e ars among all th e di ffer e nt sorts of animals

,
.

B u t with m e n th e laws among th e diff e r e nt sorts of

p e opl e call e d nations a r e ofte n brok e n b e caus e som e
, ,

of the m want all th e b e st things and th e b e st plac e s a nd ,

d o not car e if th e y muddy th e wat e r that th e ir n e ighbors

have to drink .

S o my d e ar childr e n w e can l e arn many t hi ngs fro m

, ,

th e animals e v e n how to b e b e tt e r m e n and wom e n wh e n

,

w e grow up .

—Ab idg d d d pt d f m W d f
r e an a a e ro on er s o

th e J ungl e, b y PR I NCE SA RA TH GH OSH .

LE SSONS GL EA NE D FR OM TH E L AW
”
OF TH E JUNGLE
FR OM th e stori e s about th e jungl e folks w e l e arn that
e v e n th e wild b e asts of th e jungl e hav e to obs e rv e c e rtain

laws of conduct in th e ir d e alings with one anoth e r .

B oys and girls hav e much fin e r f e e lings high e r ,

thoughts and gr e ate r r e as oning pow e r than th e cr e atur e s

,

of th e jungl e S o w e exp e ct som e thing mor e of th em

.

that warmth of th e human h e art that mak e s us forge t

ours e lve s and l e ads us to think of and r e sp e ct th e rights ,

th e comfort and th e pl e asur e of oth e rs

,
.

H e r e a r e som e of th e l e ssons that w e may l e ar n from

Th e L aw of th e Jungl e
”
.
H E L PF U L N E S S
 H EL PF UL NE SS

A T S CH OOL

Y OU are all anxious of c ours e to se e your sch ool one

o f th e b e st sch ools in th e country H ow can y ou h e lp
.

to mak e it so ?
Y ou can h e lp by b eing punctua l in atte ndanc e This .

is an e asy matt e r Th er e can b e n o good excus e for

.

your arriving lat e at school D o n ot do it ex c ept in

.
,

unusual ca s e s wh e r e th e b e st of r e as ons can b e given .

I t is oft e n th e on e w h o liv e s n e ar e s t to th e sch oo l

that starts out at th e last minut e and s oon forms th e
habit of g e ttin g into th e r oom br e athl e ss just afte r th e,

o th e rs a r e s e at e d This w on t d o Cultivat e th e habit

’
. .

of b e ing on time wh e th e r you ar e goin g to scho ol or

,

to a picnic .

Y ou can h e lp by b e ing regul a r in att e ndanc e Ir .

r e gularity puts y ou b ehind in y our work and a ff e cts ,

th e r e c ord of th e sch ool .

You can h e lp by b e ing order ly Pass in t o out of .

, ,

and around th e room in a q ui e t ord e rly mann e r l ifting

, ,

th e feet walking e r e ct and without j ostling

,
Y ou are .

r e sponsibl e for th e app e aranc e of your d e sk th e floor ,

b e n e ath it and th e aisl e s on e ith e r sid e of it Put all

,
.

bits of pap e r and p e ncil shavings in to a waste baske t

k ept for that purpos e Pass to and from th e baske t
.

without disturbing th e class or if th e re is a monitor

,

49
so MANNE R S A ND CONDUCT

appoin te d to pass th e bask e t up and down th e aisl e s ,

b e pr ompt in putting y our trash into it D o n ot stack .

up bo oks on top of th e d e sk Ke ep th e d e sk cl e ar for

.

th e work in hand Pu t y our hat and umbr e lla out of

.

th e way of both t e ach e r and classmat e s Ne v e r l e ave .

a hat on or in th e d e sk or lay an umbr e lla across th e

,

top of th e d e sk or hang it from a d oor knob or a chalk

,

tray H ave a plac e for e verything and see that e v ery

.

thing is k ept in its plac e Obs e rv e ord er in coming

.

to and g oing from school U se th e walk or path in .

coming into or l e aving th e yard S e e that th e school .

yard has an ord e rly app e aranc e so that you may tak e
prid e in it U nsightly w e e ds and th e disord e r of scat
.

te r e d pap e rs a re a r e fl e cti on up on th e boys and girls .

Th e s e w ee ds and pap e rs s e e m to say to all pass e rs b y -

,

S e e how car e l e ss th e pupils of this school a r e !

“ ”

Y ou can h e lp by b e ing quiet Th er e must b e qui e t

‘
.

in th e schoolroom This d oe s n ot m e an sil e nc e and

.

inactivity I t m e ans opp ortunity for busy hands and

.

h e ads to go ab out th e ir work undisturb e d I t m e ans .

no studying aloud no r e stl e ss shu ffling of f ee t no talk

, ,

ing no disturbing your n e ighbor Ne ve r sp e ak with

,
.

out p e rmission I f you wish to sp e ak in di cat e it by

.
,

raising th e hand and wait qui e tly until your r e qu e st

,

is e ith e r grant e d or r e fus e d D o not rais e th e hand

.

and sp e ak out at th e sam e tim e and n e ve r int e rrupt ,

a r e citation by waving th e hand or snapping th e fing e rs

to attract att e ntion D o not b e constantly asking for
.

som e thing Go qui e tly to work in a busin e ss —

. lik e way .

Q ui e t Ord erlin e ss R egularity of A tt e ndance and

, ,
.
,
 H E L PF UL NE SS 51

Punctuality as w ell as Ob edienc e a r e ne e c ssary to th e

making of a good school .

A T H OME

You can h e lp at hom e by b e ing ob e di ent kind thought , ,

fu l court e ous ch ee rful and ord e rly

, , ,
.

You can h e lp by taking g ood car e of your cl o th e s and

y our books which
,
y o ur par e nts hav e tak e n gr e at pains
to s e cur e for you .

Y ou can h e lp by having a plac e for e ve rything and

putting e ve rything in its plac e H av e a plac e for your .

hat co at shoe s b ooks p e ncils pap e r and ink and

, , , , , , ,

always put th e m in that plac e This is one way of h e lp .

ing your mo th e r as we ll as a good way of saving tim e

,
.

M uch time may b e l os t in looking for a b ook or a p e ncil

which y ou have mislaid .

F OR DI S CUS S I ON
Th e S ch ool .

A re y ou h lping th h
e e s c ool by b ing p un tu
e c al a n d reg ul a r

in y our a tt nd n ?
e a ce

D O yo e u h l p b y b ing
e or d e r l y a n d a e tt ntiv e?

D o y ou p re p a re y our l e s s o s ca r e ull y ? n f
H OW ca n y ou e lp h
th e y a rd ? on th e in ti
s a rs ?

D o y ou tk a e g ood ca re of sc h ool p rop er ty ?

Th e H ome .

D o y ou a e good tk ca re of y our cl o th ing a nd b ooks ?

H ow is or d erl ess in a h el p ?
H ow is h fuln
c ee r ess a h el p ?

Th e Neighb or h ood .

H ow ca n y ou m a ke th e n ighb h
e or ood in whi h y c ou l iv e

a p l eas a nt one ?
52 MA NNE R S AND COND U CT

H ow ca n you h lp in th e
e ca re of t nd g
re e s a rass pl o t s ?
H ow c an yo u h lp t m ke o a e y our t t qu i t
s re e e a n d ord e rl y

an d att tiv ? rac e

D y u v
o th w p p
o e g b g int th
er t t?
ro a er s or ar a e o e s r ee

D y u pl y n i y g m
o o th a t t m nl igh t night ?
o s a es on e s r ee oo s

Wh t g m a y u p l y th t w ill
a t int f
e s ca n with th o a a no er e r e e

co mf t d th igh t f th ?
or an e r s o o e rs

D y u h v th
o op t f ll the p pl in y u n ig h
a e e res ec o a eo e o r e

b orh ood Wh y ?

Genera l .

Wh o can tell th e t
s ory of th e l in o a nd th e mouse ?
ti
Some mes
y u th m tim o a re e li no ,
so e es th e mouse .

Wh n i th i t u ?
e s s r e

H v y u v
a ne f t h i kind in th
o e e r see cases o s e sc h ool r oo m;
in m kind f w k t h m ? in p l y
so e s o or a o e a on th e sc h ool

g roun d ?
No one is too s mall or too w kt ea o be h lpful
e : I f we
w kt
or oge th er a
nd ea c h on e d w ll
oes e th e l ittl h e e is a bl e
to d o , w e ca n o v e rcome g re a t diffi ul ti c es .

WH I CH L OV E D M OTH E R B E ST ?

“
I L OV E id littl John ;
y ou , m ot h e r , sa e

Th en f o ge tting w k h i cap went on

r or ,
s ,

A n d h e w a s off t th e ga d en sw ing o r ,

L eaving h is m t h e th e wood to b ing o r r .

l ove you moth e r sa id sy Nell ;

I , ,
ro

I l ove y ou b e tt e th a n t ongu e ca n t e ll r

Th en sh e t e a se d and p out e d ful l ha lf th e day ,

Till h e m oth e ej ic e d wh en sh e we nt to play

r r r o .
54 M ANNE R S A ND COND U CT

L ooki ng about to see what caus ed it I found that th e ,

sky b ehind us had sudd e nly cloud e d ov e r and that on e

of th e sudd e n storms that fr e qu ently com e up on th e
coast was rapidly appr o aching Th e group of fish ers .

h e ed e d th e warning cry of on e of th e ir numb e r and ,

b egan a t onc e gath e ring tog e th e r th e ir cans of fish .

Th e ol d woman at a distanc e did not se e th e st orm

b ehind h er and r emain e d qui e tly watching h er fish
,
.

On e child of th e group tri e d to d e lay th e o th e rs saying ,

that sh e would run to warn th e old fi sh erw om an but

sh e was hurri e d away to sh e lt e r wi th th e words Sh e , ,
”
can tak e care of h ers e lf .

I call e d to h e r but sh e was d e af and did not h e ar m e .

B e for e I could r e ach h e r th e st orm struck h e r pros

trat e and sw ept h e r littl e can of fish int o th e se a Sh e .

was unabl e to ris e and it was with difficulty tha t sh e

fi nally was tak e n to saf e ty .

I f th e warning had b e e n giv e n h er wh e n th e storm

‘

was first s ee n all could hav e r e ach e d sh e lt e r No r e

'

.
,

sponsibility was fe lt for h er b e caus e sh e did n ot b e long

to th e group .
—A T St y r ue or .

I . We re th e me mb ers of t h is g roup good iti n

c ze s ?
2 . Giv e r e a so nf or y our a nw
s er .

3 . Was th e ac o of th e group a ne ighb orly one ?

ti n
4 . Wh at woul d good citizens h ave done un de r th ese i
c rcu m
tn
s a ces ?

5 . wi h t b l d m ng g d iti n ?
D o y ou s o e c asse a o oo c ze s

6 h n wh t mu t y u d wh n y ou
. T e a om n e in d ang
s o o e see s e o er

or ne d ing h el p ?
e

7 Will t hi b t u
. v n if th n n ding h lp is a strange
s e r e e e e o e ee e r?

8 Give a rul e th t i g d t fol l w a t all times

. a s oo o o
 H E LPF UL NE SS 55

A H OM E SONG

I TUR NE Dan ancient p e t b ook o

’
s ,

A nd f und up n th e p age
o o

S ton w a ll d not a p i son ma k e

e s o r ,

Nor iron b a s a ca ge r .
”

Y e t h at is t u a n d some t h ing mo e ;
s, r e, r

You ll fi n d whe e y u am
’
,
re
’
r o ro ,

Th a t m a b l floo a nd gild d w all

r e rs e s

Ca n n v e ma ke e h me r a o .

B u t e ve y h ou e wh e L ove abid es
r s er

A n d F i e nd h ip i a gue t
r s s s ,

I S u ely h om e a n d h ome s w ee t h ome

s r , , ,

F o t h e e th e he art ca n e s t
r r r
— H E N RY
.

VAN D YKE .

i
( Copy r g h t b y Ch arl es S cr b ner i ’
s Sons . Used b y pe rm i ssion .
)

TH E F I R ST STEP

J E A N F R A N OI S M I L LE T ( 1 81 —
4 1 8 7 5)
Q
H E RE is a familiar hom e sc e n e I t is so natural that .

w e f e e l just as if w e b e long e d to th e group of p e opl e

in it Th e sc e ne is full of l ov e and t e nd e rn e ss Th e tiny
. .

t oddl e r app e als to e v e ry warm h e art as h e str e tch e s

out his littl e hands and tak e s his fi rst st ep toward his
fath er s coaxing arms H e has no f e ar L ove calls
’
. .

him H e wants to go and h e has fai th in th e strong

.
,

guiding arms of his m o th e r .

S om e y e ars a go M i s s B was sh owing this pictur e

to a kind e rgart e n class of f or e ign childr e n in th e city
56 MANNE R S AND COND UCT

of Chicago Th e childr e n w e r e fr om th e ve ry poor e st

.

hom e s Th e y und e rstood only a littl e E nglish and

.
,

could sp e ak but a few words So M iss B said .

v ery littl e but h e ld th e pictur e so that all th e children

,

gath e re d about h er might s ee it w e ll and e njoy it Som e .

tim e pass e d A ll was qui e t . Th e l ittl e fac e s glow e d .

w ith pl e asur e as th e full m e anin g of th e pictur e cam e

to th em S udd e nly th e sil e nc e was br ok e n
. A n e arn e st .

l ittl e tot in th e front row burst out wi th

Papa says
‘ ‘
C om e M amma says Go B aby
“ ’ ’
, ,

l ove ( hugging h e rs e lf and rocking h er littl e body to and

fro) .

A ndso that littl e girl saw and f e lt and in h er simpl e

way e xpr e ss e d th e tru e spirit of th e pictur e This was .

a gr e at tribut e from th e h e art of a child to a gre at ar tis t .

Q UE S TI ONS
I wh t
n unt y i t h i
a n l id ?
co r s s sce e a

Wh t p p l a p nt d h ?
eo e are re re s e e e re

D t h y l k l ik h d w k ing p pl ? Wh y ?
O e oo e ar -
or eo e

Wh t ign f w k d y u
a s ? s o or o o s ee

I th i
S ih h umb l h m ?
s a r c or a e o e

I its h ppy h m ?
a a o e

Wh t m k a h m h ppy ? a es a o e a

Wh t th p i tu b y M ill t d y u kn w ?
a o er c re s e o o o

H w i t h i p i tu
o d ifl
s t f m th th ?
s c re e r en ro e o e rs

T wh t country did Mill et b elong ?

o a
T R U TH F U L N E S S

Truth is migh ty a nd wil l pr evail .

62 M A NNER S A ND COND U CT

a doubl e r eward : a f eeling of happin e ss within your

s e lf ; th e r e sp e ct and admiration of your schoolmat e s ,

fri e nds and t e ach e rs

,
.

Wh en n th t uth y u v t l d
at o ce e r o
’
e o ,

A w y w ith ll y u
a dn a; o r sa ess

Th n f h ving d n wh t ight
e se se o a o e a
’
s r

M u t fill th h t w it h gl dn
s e e ar a ess .
”

A LI TTL E M OR O 1
GI RL S V I CTOR Y
’

I AM g oing to t e ll y ou a tru e st ory of a littl e girl who

l e arn e d to t ell th e truth and t old it e ve n wh e n sh e ,

th ought that th e truth w ould bring punishm e nt .

J os e fa was a littl e M or o girl who had n eith e r fath e r

nor moth e r H e r par e nts w e r e kill e d in a raid and
.
,

sh e was brought to M anila to liv e in a larg e h ous e

with many oth e r orphan girls A kind A m e rican .

t e ach er took car e of th e m Sh e worke d ve ry hard to .

make th em ob e die nt h on e st and truthful ; but sh e

, ,

was oft e n sad to find th e m disob e ying t e lling li e s and , ,

taking th in gs that did n ot b e l ong to th em I n thi s .

wrong doing Jos e fa was v e ry oft e n th e l e ad e r

-
.

A t last th e t e ach e r off e r e d a r e ward for g ood conduct ;

Onc e a w eek sh e pick e d ou t fi v e or s ix of th e b e st littl e

girls and took th em to th e mark e t with h e r : This was
g r e at fun for th e littl e orphans and e ach on e tri e d v e ry ,

hard to b e g ood s o that sh e migh t b e chos e n to h e lp in

1Th M e M h mm d
or os a r e ow h l iv i th
a th m t i l d
e a ns o e n e sou ern os s an s

o f th Phil i pp i
e A h ip l g
ne rc e a o .
 TR UTH F ULNE SS 63

th e mark e ting ; but many m onths pass ed and Jos efa

was n ot ch os e n for h er stubborn h e art found it v ery
,

difli cul t to ob e y .

On e S aturday morning as usual th e t e ach e r call e d , ,

a ll th e li ttl e girls int o h er ro om and b e gan to ch oo s e

h er h e lp e rs calling th em by nam e :
,
M aria y ou may ,

g o ; y o u may g o P ia ; and y ou Pa z
, ; and y ou and , ,

you naming o th ers ; and fi nally sh e nam e d th e l ittl e

,

M oro girl .

Jos e fa st epp e d out of lin e and w e nt up to th e t e ach e r .

Sh e stood e r e ct with h er hands b e hind h er back and

l ooking h e r s quar e ly in th e fac e said f e arl e ssly M iss , ,

F ranc e s you r em emb e r that tr e e y ou t old us not to

,

cl im b
— not to br e ak th e limbs ? We ll I c l imb e d it ,
.

I brok e a limb
”
.

Th e littl e M oro girl l ost h er rid e to th e mark e t that

d ay but s h e had t old th e truth and f e lt b e tt e r ; and
,

sh e had gain e d th e co nfi d e nc e of h e r t e ach e r .

Q UE S TI ONS
1 . Overwh m did J f g in vi t y ?
o os e a a a c or

2 . Giv in t n
e f wh n it i
s a t
ces o y t e s no e as o sp e a k th e truth .

3 . H w
o n th h b it f t uthful n b f
ca e a o r e ss e or me d ?
4 . Wh t i b t t d ft w ng d ing ?
a s es o o a er ro o

5 . H w d
o th t ll ing f f l h
oes d inj u
e e o a se oo s re th e one wh o t ell s

th e m?
6 . Wh at do w e think of a t uth ful h il d ?
r c

Tru th i b ut iful nd b v
s ea a ra e,

S t ng t b l
ro d t ng t
o v ; e ss an s ro o sa e

F l h d i
a se w d kn v
oo s a co ar a e,

F om h im tu n th y t p in y uth
”
r r s e s o .
64 MANNE R S A ND COND U CT

PE A SANT TRUTH

ONCE , in th e land of Si cily th er e liv e d a p e asant who

,

was so upright in all his d e alings that h e cam e to b e

call e d Pe asant Truth .

Now th e king of Sicily had som e fi n e sh ee p and goats

of which h e was v ery proud Wh e n h e h e ard of Pe asant
.

Truth h e said ,

A man who would n e v e r t e ll a lie is th e v ery man I

“

want for th e royal sh e ph e rd .

S o th e king s e nt for Pe asant Truth and said

I giv e you th e car e o f th e royal flocks Tak e sp e cial .

car e of on e goat one sh e ep and on e l ittl e lamb that I

, ,

will show you ”

.

Pe asant Truth as you may b e li e v e was v e ry pr oud

, ,

to car e for th e r oyal flocks E v e ry S aturday th e kin g

'

had him com e to th e palac e to re p ort up on th e c onditi on

of th e fl ocks A ll w e nt w e ll till on e of th e courti e rs
.

gr ew j e alous of Pe asant Truth and plott e d to do him

harm .

D o e s your M aj e sty think that h e who is call e d

“

Pe asant Truth would n e v e r t e ll a l ie ? ask e d th e courtie r

”

of th e king .

I woul d risk my kingdom on his hon e sty said th e ,

king .

Th e n will I wag e r my plac e at court that h e will l ie

“

to your M aj es tv n ext S aturday said th e c ourti e r

”
, .

A n d if h e li e s to m e n e xt S aturday th e n will I rais e

“
,

your rank at court said th e king

”
, .
 TRUTH F UL NE SS 65

Th e j e alous courti e r th en w ent hom e to talk things

over with his wif e .

L e av e it to m e said th e wif e I t will b e e asy

“
.
,

e nough to mak e that p e asant l ie

”
.

So n ext day sh e dr e ss e d h e rs e lf lik e a qu e e n in r ob e s ,

of silk and in h er hair sh e plac e d a gr e at diam ond star

,
.

Th e n sh e we nt to th e hills Sh e found Pe asant Truth

.

sitting und er a tr ee .

Y ou ar e th e sh eph e rd of thi s fl ock ? sh e ask e d

“ ”
.

Pe asant Truth jump e d to his f e e t and bow e d l ow

b e f or e h e r .

“
Wh at may your H ighn e ss want of m e ? h e said ”
.

I wish a littl e lamb s a id th e lady Pray giv e

” “
.
,

m e this y e arling by y our sid e

”
.

A las ! answe r e d th e sh eph e rd that I cann o t d o

“ ”
, .

Th e littl e lamb b e l ongs to th e king .

“
M y l onging for it is gr e at s aid th e lady I hav e
,
”

s e t my h e art on it I want it m or e than anything e ls e

.

in th e world .
”

B u t I cannot giv e y ou what b e l ongs to th e king ,

s aid th e sh e ph e rd .

A t thi s th e lady b e gan to w e e p ; and th e sh e ph e rd

f e lt so sorry for h e r that h e said
Tak e th e littl e lamb .

Th e n th e lady t ook th e littl e lamb ; and that night ,

at th e c ourt th e c ourti e r and h is wif e mad e m e rry

,

ove r a r oast of r oyal lamb .

On th e hills th e sh eph e rd w a s v e ry sad

,
.

“
Wh at shall I say to th e king on S aturday ? h e ”

thought I w ill t ell his Maj e sty th a t th e lamb is

“
.
66 M ANNE R S AND CONDU CT

w ell No that will not do I will say tha t a wolf

.
,
.

cam e and carri e d it away NO I cann ot say that .

, .

Oh how can I look th e king in th e fac e and t ell a l ie ?

”
,

On S aturday th e king as was his custom s en t for

, ,

Pe asant Truth .

H ow is my goat ? ask e d th e king

“ ”
.

Th e goat is v e ry w e ll y our M aj e sty ,

answe r e d ,

Pe asant Truth .

A n d h ow is my sh eep
“

Good Sir e th e S h e e p is w e ll
,
I t frisks and e ats
. .

A n d h ow is my littl e lamb ?
”

O Sir e said Pe asant Truth a fair lady with a

”
, ,

blazing star in h er hair b e gge d m e for th e littl e lamb .

A n d forg e tting my plain duty to my king I gav e it to

, ,

h er . I hav e 0 S ir e don e gri e vous wr ong

, ,

P e asant Truth l ook e d to see an angry king but th e ,

king only smil e d .

“
M y wag er s won ! h e said
” ’
I forgiv e my truth
.

ful p e asant
”
.

Th e n turning to th e j e alous courti e r th e king said

, ,

ste rnly :
“
You have lost your plac e at court I wish n e ar .
-

me only thos e who d e light in th e h on or of oth e rs .

—J OH N G SA!
. E ( A dapted) .

What d oe s a man gain by t e lling a l ie ?

He is not b e li e ve d wh e n he t e lls th e truth .
”

A RI STOTLE (B . C . 2 84
 TRUTH F UL NE SS 67

WA SH I NGTON AND TH E SORRE L COLT

GE OR GE WA SHI NGTON
fath er had tak e n a gr e at d e al
’
S

of prid e in h is fin e hors e s and his moth e r aft e rwards ,

t ook similar prid e in th e m Sh e had s everal young .

hors e s that had not y e t b e e n brok en and am ong th e s e ,

was a b e autiful s orr e l that was ve ry high spirite d -

.

N0 on e had b e e n abl e to d o anything with it E ve ry .

body said it was very vici ous as e ve ryb ody is apt to ,

say of a hors e that is full of lif e and vigor Ge org e .

Washington was d e t e rmin e d to rid e thi s colt and tam e

it for h e b el i e ve d that th e r e was no fin er anim al on
,

his m o th e r s plantati on
’
.

E arly on e m orning with som e oth e r boys as h e lp e rs

, ,

h e s e t out for th e pastur e wh e r e th e young h ors e s w e re

grazing I t was n o e asy matt e r to catch th e sorr e l
.

colt but this was fin ally d one and a bit was put into
, ,

its mouth Th e n as th e o th e r b oys stepp e d asid e

.
, ,

Washington sprang up on its back .

Th e fright e n ed madd e n e d anim al was away wi th a

,

bound I t tri ed to thr ow its rid er but Washington

.
,

k ept his s e at and pull e d on th e r e ins Th e anim al .

r e ar e d and plung e d it l e ap e d and ran ; but its rid er

,

n ever onc e l ost control of it or fail ed to bring it back

to th e plac e from which it had start ed .

A s if d e t e rmin e d not to b e mast e r e d th e c olt at las t ,

sprang high into th e air Th e n with a groan it f e ll to

.

th e gr ound dying ,
Th e viol enc e of its str uggl e s h ad
.

burs t a blood ve ss e l .
68 M A NNE R S A ND COND UCT

S oon aft erwards th e b oys h e ard th e call to br e ak

,

fast and all w e nt tog e th e r to th e h ous e wond e ring

, ,

W hat th e y sh ould say ab out th e c o lt .

“
We ll y oung g e ntl em e n
,
said M r s Washingt on
,
.
,

I see that you hav e b e e n out to th e pastur e H ow ar e .

all th e c olts l ooking ? Th e y t e ll m e that th e sorr e l has

grown fast and is a b e autiful animal .

The boys l ook e d at on e anoth e r and no one lik e d to ,

sp e ak Th e moth e r S aw that som e thing was n ot right

.
,

and sh e spoke again .

D id you s ee th e s orr e l colt Ge org e ?

”
,

Th e s orr e l col t is d e ad madam answ er e d Ge org e

”
.
, ,

I kill e d him
”
.

A nd th e n h e told th e wh ol e story .

A t first his moth e r flush e d with ang e r just as h e ,

h ims elf ofte n did ; and th e n lik e him sh e controll e d

, ,

h e rs e lf and list e n e d qui e tly to th e end

V e ry w e ll my son sh e said I s ee that it was
“ ”
, ,

not altog e th er y our fault Whil e I am sorry to los e

.

th e b e st colt on th e plantation I am pl e as e d that y ou ,

a r e brav e e nough to t e ll m e th e whol e truth about it

”
.

Washingt on s m o th e r taught him many l e ss ons and

’

gave him many rul e s I t was h er ow n characte r which

.

shap e d his and pr epar e d him for his gr e at car e e r Sh e .

taught him to b e truthful not so much by pr e c epts as

,

by h er own tr uthfulness .
’

H ORA CE E . SCUD DE R .
 H ONE STY

H ONE S TY is v e ry clos ely bound up with truthfulness .

Ge n e rally hon e sty has to do with acts ; truthfuln e ss

, ,

with sp ee ch or th e withholding of it wh e n sil e nc e give s a

fals e impre ssion.

Th e a ct of st e aling is disho ne st Th e d enial of th e

.

culprit is untru thful so too is his silenc e wh e n h e is

, ,

give n a chanc e to confe ss .

A pupil may b e dishon e s t in both play and work .

Your work should b e thorough NO matte r what work .

you are given to do you sh ould always do your b e st

,
.

S uppos e you a r e told to sw e e p th e scho o lr oom Are .

you doing hon e st work if you sweep only th e aisl e s and

not b e ne a th th e d e sks ? A r e you doin g hon e st w ork if
you l e ave th e corn e rs dirty or sw eep all th e dust and
,

trash b ehind th e door ?

You should sp eak th e plain truth You may show .

dishon e sty by b eing sil e nt wh en you should sp e ak .

Nev er l e t ano th e r b e blam e d for your fault I f y ou .

have don e wr ong say brave ly I did it and tak e

,
“ ”
, ,

your pu nishment lik e a man I t tak e s courag e to do

.

this B ut you f ee l so much b e tt e r afte r it is all ove r

.
,

that you ar e well r epaid B e sid e s your fri e nds school

.
, ,

mate s and te ach e rs admir e your c ourage and r e sp e c t

,

you more No ne of us lik e s a coward

. .

71
72 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

Ifyou mak e a trad e wi th a s ch oolrna te it is not ,

hon e st to tak e a c e nt s wor th mor e than you give

’
.

Ch e ating in school as in copying answ e rs fr om your

,

n eighbors or p eeping into th e book wh e n th e t e ach e r is

not lo oking is not hon e st N0 boy or girl with a s e ns e
,
.

of honor will do it R em e mb e r you ar e n ot g e tting

.
,

ah e ad of th e t e ach e r wh e n you d o this You ar e not

‘

harming him you ar e harming yours e lf H ow ? Y ou

,
.

los e th e confid e nc e of your t e ach er and soo n vour com ,

panions will b e afraid to trust you .

I t is just as bad to ch e at on th e playground I t is .

dishon e st to ch e at in ord e r to win Wh e n choosing .

who is to b e it by counting coun t fairly F or a

” “
,
.

gam e lik e H id e and Seek if it is to count to a

” ”
,

hundr e d by on e s h e should not c ount by fiv e s shouting

, ,

one hundr e d b e for e th os e who are hiding ar e r e ady

”
.

That is unfair play Win if you can hon e stly and play
.
, ,

by th e rule s of th e gam e That is th e fun Of it I f y ou

.
-
.

ch e at no one will want to play wi th you

,
.

W atch yours e lf B e hon e st with yours e lf and wi th

.

your playmat e s in e ve ry littl e act .

H e r e a r e a fe w vital points to b e r e m e mb e r e d
I . D o not tak e anything that b e longs to anoth e r .

2 . I f you find a k nif e a p e ncil a bit of j e w e lry som e

, , ,

mon e y or anything e ls e do not call it yours ; try to find

, ,

th e own e r .

3 . D o your own work D o not copy from th e pap e r

.

of a classmat e .

4 A lways do your b e s t work

. D o not S hirk . .
 HONE STY 73

Q UE S TI ONS
H w I h l b y d gi l p ti h n ty ?
. o ca n sc oo o s an r s ra c ce o es

Wh t i th ug hn ?
2 . a s oro ess

3 I it igh t t pt l g p y f
. s l i ttl w k ?
r o a cce ar e a or e or

4 I it h n t k tw l v
. s nt v f m ng wh n it is
o es co a s e e ce a os or a a o e

w th nly fi
or i ? o v e or s x

5 I i t h n t t h v tw
. sth p i f thing ?
o es o a e o or re e r ce s or a

6 H w h n ty b put int t n w ll
. o ca n hu o es e o s o e a s , or o ses , or

b i dg
r es

7 H w h n ty b p ut i t w hing w ping
. o ca n k o es e n o as , s ee ,
or coo

ing ?
8 . Wh en w e are t e mp t e d to do w ng wh t i th t m thing
ro ,
a s a so e

in id
s e of u s whi h c s p ea k s to u ? sC n i n Thio till m ll
sc e ce . s s ,
s a

v i o ce h as b n ll
ee ca ed th e v oi ce o f G d p k in g t u
o s ea o s .

9 . Wh y doe s co n in sc e ce s p k t u ? I it
ea o f i nd s n s a r e or a

e n e my ?
I O h n tb
. it p y
A re y ou o es b u y u f l b tt
e ca use a s or e ca se o ee e er

t b h n t n t b t p l i y i n t th b t n
“ ”
o e o es ? H o es y is th e es o c s o e es r e aso

f p
or ti ing h n ty
rac c o es .

D y u l ik t b w t h d ? D y u l ik e t h v y u
I I . O o e o e a c e O o o a e o r

te h pl y th p oli m n ?
ac er a e ce a

Y u w uld th b t u t d w ul dn t y u ? Wh t c n ’
1 2 . o o ra er e r s e o o a a

y u d t m k y u t
o o h t u t y u?
o a e o r e ac er r s o

3 C n y u
I l . b t u t d ? H w d y u b eh v if y u
a o r c ass e r s e o o o a e o r

t h l v th
ea c m?
er ea es e r oo

4 FI wh m .
y u g tting n e du ti n ? D o y u w nt
or o are o e a ca o o a

it ? Wh y ?
5 C n y u f th
I . b uy n du tion f y u
a o hr n b k
a er a e ca or o as e ca a oo

t ? I it h n t t w t y u tim nd h i m n y ?
or a coa s o es o as e o r e a s o e

6 H w d
1 b y
.
g i l h w th t h
o h e i h on t ?
o es a o or r s o a e or s s es

Wh t b out th e f e nd y s ?
a a ac a e e
74 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

TH E L OST PU R SE

S CE N E I A t t
s ree .

C HA RA C TE R S

Mr . Valdez M r S oto
.

[M r . ing d wn th t t pi k up pu ]
Val de z , com o e s ree ,
c s a rse

M r Va l dez S om e one has lost a purs e I will s ee

. . .

if h is nam e is insid e ( H e lo oks into th e purs e ) No . .

,

h e r e is a te n d ollar bill but n o writing

-
,
.

I t is a good purs e ( turning th e purs e ove r in his

hand ) good brown l e ath e r n e w and cle an A nd this ,
.

r e d lining has s e e n but littl e w e ar I will tak e th e purs e .

to th e Justic e of th e Pe ac e H e will fin d th e own er and .

r e turn it to him (H e g oe s to th e J ustic e of th e Pe ac e )

. .

[M S t
r . m l wl y d wn th
o o co t t l king t th g r und
es s o o e s re e ,
oo a e o

as if hing f m thing ]
s earc or s o
'

M r S oto ( m e ditativ e ly ) I had it a few minut e s ago

. . .

I must hav e dr opp e d it n e ar h e r e An d it had a ten .

d ollar bill in it (H e walks up and down looking along

.
,

th e str ee t ) I t sur e ly is n o t h e r e
. A n d ye t it is h e r e .
,

that I must have dropp e d it Som e on e has picke d it .

up I will go to th e Justic e of th e Pe ac e
. .

SC NE I I Th Effi f th J u ti f th P e o ce o e s ce o e e ace .

TM H lf I hu l t E : a an o r a er .

Mr . Valdez Jus tice o f th e Peace M r S oto.

[M r . V aldez a nd th e J ustice of th e Pe a ce a re t l king

a . Mr .

So t nt
o e ers ]

M r S oto ( asid e)
.
,
Ah , I s om e man has found my
se e ,

purs e . I will say to th e J ustic e of th e Pe ac e that my

 H ONE STY 75

purs e con tain e d two ten dollar bills Th e fe llow will b e

-

afraid and will give m

.

, e a te n dollar bill of his own -

.

(A lou d ) Your ho nor within th e hour I hav e l ost a ,

purs e .

Justice of th e Peace ( hi ding th e purs e und e r his hand ) .

This man has just br ought in a purs e What kind of .

purs e was yours ?

M r S oto A good brown l e ath e r on e Sir and lin e d
. .
, ,

with r e d I t had s ee n not ten days w e ar

.
’
.

J us tice of the P eace A n d it had mon e y in it ?

.

M r S oto Tw o ten d ollar bills

. . n o o th e r mon e y
-
.

J us tice of the P eace ( h oldin g out th e purs e ) W hat .

you say d e scrib e s this w el l I s this th e purs e ? .

M r S oto ( taking th e purs e ) Th a t is th e pur s e

. .
,

your H onor (H e op e ns it and l ooks insid e ) B u t

. .
,

your H onor in my purs e th e r e we r e tw o bills H e r e I

,
.

fin d but on e Th e oth e r has b ee n st ol e n fr om m e This

. .

man must have tak en it .

M r Val dez Your H on or I f ound th e purs e in th e

. .
,

str ee t I op en e d it to fin d th e owne r s nam e I f ound

.
’
.

only on e bill in it ; and your H on or I br ought th e purs e

, ,

straight to you .

Jus tice of th e P ea ce L e t me se e th e purs e

.
( H e tak e s .

th e purs e l ooks into it th e n turns to M r S o t o )

, , Do . .

you think that anyon e w h o wish ed to st e al w ould have

left one bill h ere ? A nd would h e have brought th e
purs e to me ?
You say your purs e contain e d tw o ten dollar bills -
.

This purs e contains but on e Th e r e f or e it d oe s not .

answ e r to th e d e scription of th e purs e you lost I will .

76 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

giv e it back to th e find e r till th e right man com e s to

,

claim it (H e give s th e purs e back to M r V ald ez )

. . .

M r S oto B ut your H on or
. .
,

J us tice of th e P eace S il e nc e . .

M r S oto
. . B ut
Jus tice f
o th e P eace . S il e nc e . Th e cas e is d e cid ed
jus tly .

F R A NKNE SS

GE NE R A L LE Ein a l e tte r to his son said

Y ou must study to b e frank with th e world ; frank
“

n e ss is th e child of hon e sty and c ourag e S ay just what .

you m e an to do on e v ery occasi on a nd I tak e it for ,

grant ed you m e an to do right I f a fri e nd asks a favor

.
,

you should grant i t if it is r e as onabl e ; if not t ell him ,

plainly why you ca nnot ; you will wrong him and wrong
y ours elf by e quivocation of any kind Ne ve r do a .

wrong thing to mak e a fri e nd or k e e p one ; th e man w h o

r e quir e s you to do so is d e arly purchas e d at a sacrific e .

D e al kindly but firmly with all your classmat e s ; you

w ill fi nd it th e policy which w e ars b e st A b ov e all .
,

do not app e ar to o th e rs what you ar e not I f you have .

any fault to find with anyon e t ell h im not oth ers of , , ,

w hat you complain ; th e r e is no mor e dang e rous e x p e ri

m ent than that of und ertaking to b e on e thing b e f or e
a man s fac e and anoth e r b ehind his back We should
’
.

liv e act and say nothing to th e injury of anyon e I t

, ,
.

is not only b e st as a matt e r of principl e but it is th e path ,

to p e ac e and honor ”
.
78 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

Mr . F ranklin
was in e arn e st said coaxingly Com e , ,

now M r F ranklin t e ll m e what is your low e s t pric e

,
.
,

for this b ook ”

.

On e dollar and a half was th e grave r eply

“
.
,

A d ollar and a half ! Wh y you jus t o ff e r e d it to ,

m e for a dollar and a quart e r

”
.

Y e s and I could b e tt e r hav e tak e n that pric e th en

“
,

than a d ollar and a half n ow

”
.

Without anoth e r word th e cr e stfall en purchas er

,

laid th e mon e y on th e count e r and l e ft th e stor e with

his book H e had l e arn e d not only that h e who
.

squand e rs his own tim e is f oolish but that h e w h o ,

waste s th e tim e of o th e rs is a thi e f .

B E TR UE

TH OU must b e true thyself

I f thou th e truth wouldst te ach
Th y s oul mu s t Ove rfl ow if thou ,

A nothe r s soul woulds t re ach ;

’

I t n e eds th e overflow of h e art

To give th e lip s full speech .

Think truly an d thy thoughts

,

Shall th e world s famin e f ee d ;

’

Sp e ak truly an d e ach w ord of thine

,

Shall b e a fruitful see d ;

Live truly and thy lif e shall b e
,

A great and n obl e cre e d .

—HO B ONAR ( 8 R ATI O 1 08

 H ONE ST Y 79

TH E PI E D PI PE R

SCE NE I Th e M ay or ’
s office .

Th e M ayor ( alon e
at his d e sk) H ow to ge t rid of .

th e s e rats that s th e qu e stion Th e p e opl e ar e losing

’
.

pati enc e Th e y a r e all c omplaining I f I d on t fin d a

. .
’

r em edy soon th e y ll s e nd m e packin g What to do I ’

.
,

don t know’

[H e pu t h i lb w n th d k d b u ie h i f in h i
s s e o s o e es an r s s ace s

h nd
a s, as if t ub l d nd in d p th ught A ft
ro e tim th
a ee o . er a e e

s il n
e ce is b k n b y h p p t th d ]
ro e a s ar ra a e oor .

Th e M ayor startle d ) What s

( straight e ning up ,
’

that ? A no th e r rat ? E very s ound make s my h e art go

pit a—-
pat (A noth er rap at th e door )
. .

Th e M ayor ( l ooking r e li e v e d ) Com e in . .

Th e P iper ( e nt e ring oddly dr e ss e d and carrying a , ,

flute under his arm ) Good morning Sir I h e ar that .

,
.

you a r e troubl e d wi th rats in this town .

Th e M ayor I sh ould say w e are

. We are just abou t .

e at e n ou t o f h ous e and h om e .

Th e P iper I can g e t rid of th e m for you

. .

Th e M ayor Y ou can ? H ow ? Wh o a re you any

.

way ?
The Piper M en call m e th e Pi e d Pip e r
. I can draw .

afte r me anything that walks or flie s or swims by th e , , ,

me lody of my pipe (H e fin g e rs his flute f ondly ) . .

Will you pay me a th ous and dollars if I rid your town

o f rats ?
80 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

Th e M ayor . A nything anything you want I d on t .

’

b e li e ve you can do it ; but if y ou can I l l giv e y ou a ,

’

thousand d ollars .

Th e P iper A ll ri ght it s a bargain

’
.
, .

[ E xit Pi p H i p ip i h
er . d b h ind th s e s e ar e e s e c nes ,
a n d a s ou nd
f ku y ing t ]
‘
as O s rr ra s

SCE NE I I Th e M ay or ’
s offi ce .

k Pip nt ]
[Th e M ay or at h is d e s . er e er s

Th e P iper I hav e fin ish e d my w ork S ir

. I hav e ,
.

rid th e town of rats for y ou .

Th e M a yor W e ll d on e W e will c e l e brat e in honor

. .

of th e e v e nt and you shall b e ou r gu e st

,
.

Thank y ou That s all v e ry ni c e but

’
Th e P iper . .
,

first if y ou pl e a s e I sh ould lik e my thousand dollars

, ,
.

Th e M a yor W hat d o you m e an ? .

Th e P iper Y ou sur e ly r e m emb e r y our pro mi s e

. .

Th e M a y or H m er ah e m Y ou m e an that
.
’
.

littl e jok e of min e ? That was a jok e of cours e ,

.

Th e P iper I do n o t joke . M y thousand doll ars if .

,

you pl e as e .

Th e M ayor Oh come now y ou kn ow Ve ry w e ll it

.
, ,

isn t worth a dim e to play a littl e tun e lik e that C all

’
.

it fifty and l e t it go at that .

Th e P iper A bargain is a bargain ; for th e last

.

tim e ,
will y ou give me my th ousand d ollars ? No
-

trifling I can t wait

.
’
.

Th e M a yor No f e llow Y ou a r e growin g impud e nt

.
,
. .

Th e n y ou ll b e sorry I can pip e in

’
Th e P iper . .

anoth e r fashion for folks who do not k eep th e ir word .

 H ONE ST Y r

Th e M ayor ( sw e lling with impor tanc e) B low y our .

pip e till you burst . Y ou can t fright e n m e D o your

’
.

worst .

[ E xit Pip er . T h ree wom n e r us h in wildl y ] .

Woman
F irs t . S t ophim stop him M ayor !, ,

S econd Woma n . H e is taking our childr e n !

Th ird Woman . Oh oh ! H e will dr own our childr e n
,

in th erive r !
M ayor ( running out) . I ll
’
pay him , I wil l . H er e ,
h e r e tak e your mon e y
,
.

SCE NE I I I

L ittl e L a me B oy how dull it is in our town sinc e

. Oh ,
my playmat e s l e ft m e B ut n o child could h e lp f ollow
.

ing th e Pip e r wh e n h e play e d lik e that Th e music .

t old of a wond e rful country wh er e th e b e e s had no stings

and hors e s had wings ; an d just as that b e autiful land
was on e ste p away th e m ountain clos e d on my play
,

mate s and I was l e ft alon e

,
.

Truth is mighty and Will pr evail .

My str ength is as th e s tr e ngth of te n

B e caus e my h e art is pur e
”
.
82 MANNE R S AND COND U CT

CATCH I NG TH E COLT

WI TH s tar in f orehe ad silver tail , ,

And thr eewhite fee t to match ,

Th e gay half broken playf ul colt

,
-
,

Not one of us c ould catch .

I can sa id Jack I m good for that

, ,
“ ’

Th e n h e shook h is empty hat .

She ll think it s full of corn said h e

’ ’
,

S tand back and sh e w ill c ome to me

, .

H er head th e shy proud cre ature ra ised ,

AS mid th e da i sy flowe s sh e graz e d ;

’
r

Then dow n th e hill ac os s th e b ook ,

r r ,

D elaying oft h er way sh e took

,
.

Th en t pping softly and wit h movement quick

s e , ,
‘
Sh e hu i e d on and then came b a ck
rr , .

H o ! h o ! I v e caught y ou ! th en said Jack

’ ”
,

And put th e h alt e r round h er ne ck .

By and by came a nother day

Wh en Jack w as W i s h ing fo a ride r .

I ll catch tha t c olt th e ve ry s ame way

“ ’
,

I kn ow I can s aid h e w ith pride

”
.
,

SO, up th e stony pasture lane ,

A nd up th e hill h e trudge d aga in ;

Th en to th e c olt h e s aid Come ho !
”
, ,

A nd sh ook his ol d hat to and fro .

Sh ell think it s full of corn h e thought

’ ’
, ,

A nd e asily th e n sh e will b e caught

”
.
 H ONE STY 83

Come , Be ck ! h e c all e d ; and at th e und

so

Th e r es tl ess cr ea tur e looke d around .

n with a quick imp atie nt kick

Soo , , ,

Sh e ga ll op e d fa a w y f om Ja ck ; r a r

Th e n unde nea t h a t ee sh e s t ppe d r r o

A nd l e i su e ly s ome cl ve c opp ed r o r r .

Jack followe d a fte b ut in vain ; r,

H is h and w as j u t up on h er mane s ,

Whe n Off h e fl w a s fli s th e wind s e e ,

A n d p anting h e p resse d on b e h ind

, , .

Do wn th e s teep h ill th e b ook acro s ,

r s ,

O e bu s h e s t h is tl e mound of moss
' ’
r ,
s, s ,

R ound a n d ound th e fi e ld t h ey p as ed r s ,

Til l b eat h l ss Ja ck f ell dow n a t la s t

r e .

Th e n ,vex e d h e t h e w a w ay h i hat ,
r s ,

Th e colt h e sa id r e m e mb e s t h a t
“ ” “
, ,
r

Th e a l w a ys t oubl e from d ece it ;

’
re s r

I ll n eve t y again to ch eat !

’ ”
r r

M A RI ON D OU GLA S .

ST . M I CH AEL AND TH E D RA GON

GU I DO RE NI 1
1 —
( 57 5 1 64 2 )
I N one of th e chap e ls jus t insid e th e door of th e church
of th e Cappuccini in R om e hangs th e b e au tiful pictur e , ,

of S t M icha e l and th e D ragon painte d by Guido

.

R e ni
.

’
1
Pr onounced Gwee d o Ray n ee .
84 M ANNE R S AN D COND U CT

If we wish to und e rstand this pictur e w e must know

som e thing of S t M icha e l Th e story of S t M icha e l is a
. . .

v e ry old on e I t com e s down to us from th e le g e nds

.

and doctrin e s of th e E ast B oth J ews and Christians

.

give S t M icha e l th e chi e f plac e am ong h e ave nly b e ings

. .

I t was M icha e l wh om God ch o s e to driv e S atan and th e

r eb e llious ange ls from h e av e n F r om r em o t e tim e h e has
.

b een thought of as warring against th e Spirit of E vil .

M any artists hav e chos e n this con fli c t as a subj e ct for

a pictur e Th ey always r epr e s e nt S t M icha e l as young
. .
,

b e autiful and triumphant Th e E vil Spirit is r epr e s e nt e d

,
.

b y a dragon or a half human figur e l yi ng pr on e on th e

-

grou nd S t M icha e l is on th e p oint of pi e rcin g him

’

. .

w ith a sw ord or of chaining him to a bottoml e ss pit .

Th e victory of th e go od ov e r th e e vil is always mad e v e ry

cl e ar.

Th e b e autiful S t M icha e l of this pictur e stands with

.

his l e ft foot on th e h e ad of th e b e ast H is right hand .

is rais e d and grasps a sword r e ady for th e d ownward

thrust .Th e l e ft hand holds th e chain M any art .

critics agr ee that this h e ad of Guid o s S t M icha e l is ’

.

on e of th e m o st b e autiful in art I t r e fl e cts all th e .

grac e s of one who love s tru th I t te lls of a mind tha t .

holds pur e and nobl e th oughts I t b e ars th e b e auty of .

y outh and at th e sam e tim e sh ows p e rfe ct calmn e ss .

This is not a physical struggl e I f it w e r e th e b e ast

.
,

would sur e ly win for h e has larg e strong muscl e s

,
This,
.

is a qu e stion b e twe e n good and e vil right and wro n g .

We se e that th e r e is a gr e at e r pow e r than brut e forc e

th e pow e r of th e spirit S t M icha e l has that p ow e r of
. .
 H ONE STY 87

th e spirit and so wins in th e struggl e without V iol enc e .

S t M icha e l symb oliz e s truth sinc e rity nobl e thoughts

.
, ,

th e spiritual natur e all that is b e st in man Th e

.

b e ast symboliz e s th e l ow e r natur e e nvie s j e alousi e s

, ,

e vil thoughts . H e r e th e n w e hav e truth conqu e ring th e

e vil in th e w orld . W e e ach have it in our pow e r to
master th e l owe r natur e L e t us try This gr e at pictur e
. .

should b e an insp iration to us .

 KI ND NE S S
WH AT IS T HE RE AL GOOD ?
“
Wh a t is th e re a l g ood ?
”

I k ed in mu ing m d
as s oo

O d r id th l w u t ;
er, sa e a co r

Kn wl dgo id th h l ;
e e, sa e sc oo

T uth id th wi m n ;
”
r , sa e se a

Pl u
e as id th f l ;
re ,
”
sa e oo

L v id th m id n ;
”
o e, sa e a e

B uty
ea i d th p g ;
,
”
sa e a e

F d m
ree oid th d m ; ,
”
sa e re a er

H m o id th g ;
e sa e sa e

F m a id th l di ;
e, sa e so er

E quity
”
th ;,
e s ee r

Sp k my h
a e t ful l dly e ar sa

Th n w i n th
e a s er s o ere .

Th n wi thin my b
e m os o

S ftl y thi I h
o d s ear :

E h h t h l d th t;
“
ac e ar o s e se cr e

Kindn i th w d
”
ess s e or .

-
JOH N B OYL E O R E I LLY
’
.

L AR GE part of our lif e is th e lif e of f e e ling I f our .

h e art s a r e right and our f e e ling s g ood our w ords and ,

acts will sh ow it Kind w ords and kind acts show good

.

f eeling I f w e wish to f orm th e habit of kindn e ss w e

.
,

must practic e kindn e ss just as w e must constantly pra e

,

tic e sp e aking E nglish if w e are to form th e habit of

sp e aking it c orr e ctly .
92 M ANNE R S AND COND UCT

We show kindne ss in hundr e ds of littl e ways A

can .

ch eerful word or a bunch of flow e rs to th e sick a h e lp ,

ing hand to th e w e ak or old a kind word to a strang e r , ,

a littl e tim e sp e nt with a l on e ly h om e sick school f e llow ,

all th e s e littl e acts mak e th e do e r happy and at th e ,

sam e tim e bright e n th e live s of oth e rs Wh e n you

,
.

hav e form e d by practic e th e habit of d oing littl e kind

n e ss e s y ou will hav e l e arn e d th e tru e m e aning of

“
It i m s bl d t giv th n to c iv
ore esse o Bibl e a re e e. e
.

TH E NE W PUPI L

ONE chilly stormy morning s e ve ral ye ars ago a

, , ,

numb e r of boys and girls w e r e standing around in a

littl e country scho olhous e I t was still e arly and th ey
.

had no t gon e to th e ir s e ats .

Th e y talk e d and laugh e d and took but littl e notic e

of a n ew pupil who stood apart from th e r e st Now and .

th e n th e y cast sid e glanc e s t oward h er and one or two ,

star e d rud e ly ; but n obody spok e to h er .

I t was th e littl e girl s first day at scho ol and s h e w a s

’
,

v e ry hom e sick Sh e wish e d sh e was with h e r moth e r

.

and could have a good cry A t e ar was trembling in .

h er e y e but it did n ot fall for j us t th e n som e t hing

, ,
,

happ en ed .

A ll at onc e th e schoolroo m d oor flew op en and a ,

bright e y e d girl cam e in Sh e brought good ch eer to

-
.
‘

th e sch oolroom which it had not known b e for e A ll .

th e childr e n s ee m e d glad to h e ar h er m e rry Good

“
 4 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

KI ND NE SS A ND S Y M PA TH Y

THE gr e at d e m a nd is on p e op l e S h e ar ts rath er than

’ ‘

on th e ir purs e s I n th e matt e r of kindn e ss w e can a ff ord

.

to b e g e n e r ous wh e th e r w e hav e m on e y or n ot Th e .

schoolboy may give it as fr ee ly as th e milli onaire No .

on e is s o driv e n by work that h e has not tim e n ow and ,

th e n to say a kind word or do a kind d ee d that will h elp

,

to brighte n lif e for an o th e r I f th e prim e ministe r of

.

E ngland W i l liam E Gladston e c ould find tim e to carry

,
.
,

a bunch of flow e rs to a littl e sick crossing sw e ep e r -

,

shall w e not b e asham e d to mak e for ours e lve s th e e xcus e ,

I hav e n t tim e to b e kind ?

“ ’ ”

S el ected .

TH E CAL AB RI AN B OY

LA S T ve nin g while th e t e ach e r was giving us th e

e ,

n e ws of po or R ob e tti who will b e c omp e ll e d to walk

on crutch e s for a time th e principal e nt e r e d th e cla s s
ro om with a n ew pupil a boy with a br own fac e black
, ,

hair big black e ye s and with thick e ye brows which

, ,

me t b e tw e e n his e y e s H e was dr e ss e d in dark cloth e s

.

with a black l e ath e r b e lt ar ound his Waist .

Th e principal aft e r whisp e ring int o th e e ar of th e

,

mast e r l e ft th e b oy with him H e look e d at us with

, .
 KI ND NE S S A ND SYM PA TH Y 95

his big bl a ck e ye s as th ough h e we r e fright e n ed Th e n .

th e m a st e r t ook him by th e hand and said to th e class : ,

Y ou must c ongratulat e y ours e lv e s To—day th e r e

“
.

e nt e rs th e sch ool a littl e I t a lia n b oy b orn at R e ggi o ,

di Calabria m or e than fi v e hundr e d mil e s away from

,

h er e Y ou must love your br o th e r w h o c om e s fr om

.

so far H e was born in that gl ori ous country which

.

has give n to I taly many illustri ous m en that still give s ,

h er str ong w ork e rs and brav e s oldi e rs ; wh e r e th e r e a r e

gr e at f or e sts and high mo untains ; on e of th e fin e st
p a rts of our l a nd inhabit e d by p e opl e full of tal e nt
‘

and courag e D o love him in a way that will make

.

him forg e t that h e is far away fr om th e plac e wh e r e h e

w a s born Sh ow him that an I tali a n b oy no matt e r
.
,

in what I talian sch ool h e may b e plac ed will fi nd br o th ers ,

th er e ”
.

A ft e r saying this h e ar os e and p oint e d ou t on th e

,

wall map of I taly th e plac e wh e r e R e ggi o di Calabria

is situat e d Th e n h e call e d E rn e st D e r ossi th e on e
.
“ ”
,

w h o always g e ts th e fi rst pri e D e r os si stood up

z . .

Com e h e r e said th e ma s te r
“ ” ‘

.
,

D e rossi l e ft th e b e nch and w e nt and st ood by th e

d e sk opposit e th e Cal a bri a n b oy .

A S th e first in th e s ch ool s a id th e mast e r giv e a

“ ”
, ,

w elc om e to your n ew c ompani on th e w e lc om e of a boy ,

of Pi e dmont to th e son of Calab r ia .

D er os si e mbrac e d th e C alabrian b oy s aying with ,

hi s cl e ar v oic e We lc om e ! and th e latt e r kiss e d him

,
“ ”

on b o th ch e e ks with imp e tu osity .

A l l clapp e d th e ir hands .
 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

S il en c e !
cri e d th e mast e r ; on e do e s not clap
”

hands at school ; but on e could s ee that h e was happy

”

th e C alabrian b oy was also happy Th e mast e r as .

sign e d him his plac e and accompani e d him to his d e sk ;

th e n h e said :
R e m e mb e r what I am about to t e ll y ou I n ord e r
“
.

that a C alabrian b oy might b e at h om e in Turin and .

,

that a b oy of Turin b e w e lcom e in R e ggio di C alabr i a ,

our country f ought for fifty y e ars and thirty th ousand

I talians di e d Y ou must r e sp e ct e ach o th e r love e ach
.
,

oth e r and anyon e who would off e nd his classmate

,

b e caus e h e was not b orn in our pr ovinc e would r e nd e r

hims e lf e ve r unworthy to rai s e his e ye s wh e n th e flag
of our c ountry p a ss e s .

A s s oon as th e C alabrian boy was s e at e d I n his plac e ,

his n e ighb ors pr e s e nt e d him with som e p e ns and a pic

tur e and ano th e r b oy fr om th e last b e nch s e nt him a
,

rar e Swe dish postage stamp .

Fr om Th e H eart of a B oy, b y E DMOND O D E A MI CI S .

A M OR TI F Y I N G M I STAKE
I S TU DI E D my table s ove r and ove r and backward and forward
,

too ; t

B ut I couldn t rememb er six time s nine and I didn t know

’
,
’

what to do ,

Till s is t e r t old me to play w ith my doll and n ot to b othe r my

,

he ad ,
‘
If y ou ca ll h er F ifty four for a whil e you ll l earn it b y
’ ’
-
,

h ear t Sh e said
”
.
,
 8 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

p e opl e lov e th e e Tak e c omf ort F rie nd A braham

.
, ,

God is with th e e ; th e p e opl e a r e b e hind th ee .

I know it h e a nsw e r e d ; and his v oic e tr e mbl e d

“ ”
, .

I f I did n o t hav e th e kn ow l e dg e that God is s ustai ning

and will sustain m e until my app oint e d Work is d on e I ,

could n ot liv e I f I did not b e li eve that th e h e arts of all

.

loyal p e opl e we r e with m e I c ould not e ndur e it M y,

.

h e art would have brok e n l ong ago .

Y ou hav e give n a cup of c old wat e r to a v e ry thirsty

“

and grat e ful man I kn ew it b e for e I kn e w that good

. .

m e n and w om e n w e r e praying for m e but I was s o tir e d ,

God bl e ss you all

”
I had almost forgott e n . .

— S el ected .

B EL GI A N TOTS THA NK WIL SON

PRE S I DE N T W ilson is always r e ady to sympathiz e with
th os e who hav e m e t with mi s fortun e A n e xchange of .

l e tte rs b e tw e e n th e Pr e s id e nt and tw o littl e B e lgian

childr e n in B russ e ls brings out strongly this sid e of his
p ersonality
Dear M r Wil s on
.

“
Thank y ou ve y r mu c h for th e
good b ead Th e r .

poor p eopl e in our vill age s w e r e s tarving for they

“

h a d not h ing to e a t B ut now tha t y ou h ave sent

.

ove r to our dea littl e country a big p ovi s i n of wh e at

r r o ,

b oth rich and p oo can live Th anks to th e A m icans

r . er .

B e s t l ove a n d w i sh e s f om littl e
“
r

“
PU S S Y D E S POE LB E R CH .
 KI ND NE SS A ND SYM PA TH Y 99

Pussy s broth er add e d foll owing

’
th e

j oin in w it h my sis te in t h ank ing y ou too for

I r
, ,

it is j olly good br e ad enough to sa tisfy any chool

, s

boy s hunger
’
.
”

In r eply th e Pr e s id e nt s e nt th e f ollowing l e tte r in h is

o w n handwriti n g :

Your le tte r tou ch ed me ve ry deeply a nd I t h ank ,

y ou for it w it h all my h ea r t I t makes m e ve y h appy . r

to t h ink t h a t wh a t ge ne rou s A me r i ca n s h ave d one

to r elieve th e h unger a nd di t e s s in you r count ry h as s r

brought you th e h e lp you n ee ded and given y ou a little

happiness in th e mids t of t h e se te r ible days of w ar r .

I h op e t h at y ou w ill gr ow up to b e s t ong to d o th e r ,

w ork t h a t w ill h ave to b e done in th e days of p eace

th a t a re coming .

I t w ould b e a g re a t p l e a su re to me if s om e d ay I
“

mig h t se e y ou b ot h wh en t h ose h app ie r times h ave

,

come .

Your S ince re f riend ,

WooDR ow WI L S ON .

Na tional H uma ne Review .

Y OU H AV E A F R I E ND WOR TH L OV I N G

I F y ou a e h v
f iend w o t h loving
a r r ,

v
L o e h im Y .an d l t h im k n w
es , e o

Th a t y u l ve h im e lif e s v ning ’
o o ,
er e e

Ting h i b w w it h un t gl w
e s ro s se o .

Wh y s h uld g od w d ne b e said
’
o o or s er

Of a fri end till h e i dead ? s

1 00 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

I f you he ar a s ong that t h rill s y ou ,

S ung b y any child of song ,

Prai se it D o n ot l e t th e sing e r
.

Wait dese ve d p a i s s l ong r r e .

Wh y s h ould one w h t h il l s you h eart o r r

L ack th e j y y u may impa rt ? o o

If a s ilve y laugh goes ripp ling

r

Thr oug h th e sun shine n his fa ce o ,

Sh are it Tis th e w i e m a n s sa y in g
’ ’
s

F or b oth g i ef a n d j oy a p la ce r .

Th er e s h ealth an d goodn e s in th m i th
’
s e r

I n wh ich an h on e s t laug h h a s bi t h r .

If your w ork is m ade mo e easy r

B y a f i en dl y h e lp ing h and
r , ,

S ay so Sp eak ut b ave a n d t uly

. o r r

E re th e da kn e s ve il th e land r s .

Sh ould a b oth e w orkman d ear

’

r r

F alt e r for a w d of ch e e r ? or

S ca tter thus your se ed s of kindness ,

All e n i ch ing as y ou go
r

L eave t h em T u s t th e H a rve s t Give r ;

. r -

H e w ill m ake e ach see d to g ow r ,

S o until th e h app y en d
, ,

You life shall never lack a friend

r .
1 0 2 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

d e spair Th e girls stopp e d a m om e nt and lo ok e d a thim

.

sorr owfully I n th e m e anwhil e o th e r girls had gath er e d

.
,

ar ound him rich and p oor with th eir satch e ls on th eir

, ,

arms One who had a blu e f e ath er in h er hat pull e d

.
, ,

fr om h er p ock e t two soldi and said

I hav e only two s oldi ; l e t us mak e a c oll e ction
“
.

I also hav e two s oldi said anoth e r dr e ss e d in r e d ;

”
,

w e will b e abl e to find thirty among all of us and th ey

”
,

b e gan to coll e ct call ing al oud Am alia L uigia A nnina

,
“

A s old o ! Wh o has any s oldi ? H e r e a r e th e soldi

”
.

S om e of th e m had soldi with whi ch to buy fl ow e rs and

wri ting books and th ey gav e th em Oth ers small er
,
.
,

on e s gav e som e cen te sirni and th e one wi th th e blu e

, ,

f e ath er coll e cte d e verything and c ounte d in a loud voic e

E ight te n fif t e e n but m or e was ne e d e d Th e n
“
,
.
, ,

on e of th e larg e st of th e m app e ar e d ; sh e l ook e d lik e a

young lady and gave a half lira and all b e gan to che er
,
-
,

h er .S till fiv e s oldi w e r e lac king .

“
Now som e of th e f ourth grad e a re com ing and th e y ,

hav e som e said one

”
,
.

Thos e of th e fourth clas s cam e and th e soldi f e ll down ,

in a show er Th e y all hurri e d forward e ag e rly

. I t was .

a fin e sight to see that poor chimn e y swe ep in th e midst

of thos e girls dr e ss e d in so many diff er e nt c ol ors ; it
,

lo ok e d like a whirl of f e ath e rs ribbons and girls Th e , ,

.

thirty soldi had b ee n coll e ct e d and mor e w e r e giving ; ,

th e littl e on e s who had n o m on e y would mak e th eir

way among th e larg er on e s thr owing him th eir b ouqu e ts ,

o f flow e rs in ord e r that th e y might giv e som e thing Al l .

of a sudd e n th e janitr e ss cam e out crying

 KI ND NE SS A ND SYM PA TH Y 1 0 3

Th e signora dir e ctr e ss Th e girls scamp e r e d away .

on all sid e s like a flock of birds and at that mom e nt , , ,

th e lit tl e chimn e y sw ee p w a s s e e n standing al on e in

th e middl e of th e s tr e e t wiping his e y e s H e was happy
,
.

with his hand s full o f m on e y and h e had in th e button ,

h ol e s of his j a cke t in h is p ocke ts and on h is hat b ou

,
'

, ,

q u e ts o f fl ow e r s and th e r e,
w e r e som e on th e gr ound a t

his f ee t .
F m Th H t f
ro B y by E M N e AM ea r o a o , D O D O DE I CI S!

OU R KI ND OF A M AN

TH E kind of a man fo y ou and me ! r

H fa e th e w o ld un flin ch ingl y
e c s r ,

A n d m it es a s l ng a s th e w on g esi s ts
s ,
o r r ,

Wit h a kn uck l d fa it h an d f c li k fi ts
e or e e s

H liv
e th lif h i p a h ing of
es e e e s re c ,

And l v es wh e e m o t i th e n ee d f l ove ;
o r s s o

H i voi ce i cl e a t th e d a f man ea
’
s s r o e s rs ,

A nd hi fa e sub li me t h ou g h th e b lind man t ea ;

’
s c r s rs

Th e ligh t h in s out wh th e cl ud s w
es dim e re o e re ,

A nd th e w id ow p ay go s up f r h im ;
’
s r er e o

Th e l a t ch is cli ck ed at th e h ov l doo e r

A nd th e si ck man s th e un onc mo e ees s e r ,

A nd out o e th e b a en fi ld s h e sees
’
r rr e

Sp inging b l
r om a n d w a v ing t ees
os s s r ,

F e ling a only th e dy ing ma y

e s ,

Th a t G d s ow n e rvant h a s com t h a t w ay
’
o s e ,

Sm t h ing th e p a t h a s it s till w ind on

oo s

Th roug h th e g olden gat e w h e h i l v d h ave g ne re s o e o

—J ME W
.

M R A s H I TC O B I LE Y .
1 0 4 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

PA SS I T ON

H A V E y ou had a kindness shown ?

Pa ss it on !
Tw a n ot given fo th ee al one
’
s r ,

Pass it n ! o

L e t it t a v l down th e y e a s
r e r ,

L e t it w ip e an ot h e s t e a s
’
r r ,

Till in h ea ven th e de e d ap p e ars

Pa ss it on !
H E NR Y B UR TON
.

S I NGI N G B OY S

L U CA D E L LA R OB B I A ( 1 400
—1 4 8 1 )

NOTI CE th e lif e lik e mov em e nt of th e Singing B oys “

th e l e ad e r marks th e rhythm with his hand ; on e

b e ats tim e with his foot as h e sings A l l ar e e age r and .

e arn e st
—int e nt upon th e music as th e y p our forth
,

th eir song of prais e and thanksgiving Th e y s e em r e ally .

to br e ath e and mov e .

Th e y lo ok so natural that it is hard to b e li e v e th e y

a r e carv e d in marbl e Th e y w e r e chi s e l e d by L uca d e lla
.

R obbia a fam ous I talian sculptor

,
L uca did this work
.

about fi v e hundr e d ye ars ago H e had b een com .

mission ed to ad orn th e organ loft of th e new cath e dral

in F l or e nc e S o h e ch os e th e r 5o th Psalm of th e B ibl e
.

for his t e xt and se t abou t illustra ting this t e xt in a

,
 KI ND NE SS A ND SYM PA TH Y 1 0 7

marble friez e for th e singing gall ery D uring nin e

.

y ea rs of hard happy work h e carv e d up on th e surfac e

,

of th e marbl e te n wond e rful pan e ls d e picting singing

an d danc ing ch il dr e n Thi s band of ch orist e rs forms

.

on e of th o s e gr oups. Th e y are m old e d tru e to lif e

just such b oys as L uca in his daily r ounds must have
kn ow n and loved .

D on t y ou think this a v e r y a ppr opriat e subj e ct for

’

th e a dornm e nt of an organ l oft ?

 M A NN E R S A ND COND U CT

KI ND NE SS TO ANI MAL S

Kindness — a l anguage the dumb can s peak and

th e deaf ca n unders ta n d — J A P AN E S E SA YI NG
. .

BE good to th e dog th e cat th e hors e th e carabao

, , , ,

th e goat th e pig th e chick e ns all animals ab out th e ‘

, ,

hom e Tr e at th e m kindly and s ee that th e y hav e

.

pl e nty to e a t D o not t e as e or b e at or chas e or ston e

.

th em H av e only as many p e t animals as you can

.

afford to f ee d w e ll I t is a mistak e n kindn e ss to l e t

.

animals live that must su ff e r from hung e r and n e gl e ct .

Wh e n your d og has puppi e s or your cat has kitt e ns d o ,

not keep th em all A s s oon as th e young animals ar e old

.

e nough to b e s e parat e d fr om th e m o th e r se e if any of ,

your fri e nds would lik e th em D o n ot giv e th em to

.

anyone w h o will n ot tre a t th e m kindly I f you can

‘
.

not s e ll th e m or give th em to kind p e opl e th e n merci ,

f y
u l l kill th o s e y ou cannot car e for .

Thin k B efor e you S tr ike A ny Cr ea tur e th a t Ca nn ot S pea k

A m e rchant trave ling on h ors e back accompani e d

by his d og dism ount e d for som e purpos e and acci ,

d e ntally dropp e d his packag e of m on e y Th e d og .

.

saw it Th e m e rchant did n ot Th e d og bark e d to

. .

stop him and as h e r od e farth e r , b ound e d in fr ont

,

of th e hors e and bark e d loud e r and l oud e r Th e m e r .

chant thi nking th e dog had gon e mad dr e w a pistol

, ,

from his h olst e r and sh ot him Th e wound e d dog .

crawl e d back to th e packag e and wh en th e m er chant

,
1 1 0 MA NNE R S AND COND U CT

OUR D EB T TO ANI M AL S

THI NK of wha t w e ow e to animals Som e of th em .

,

such as sh e ep go ats pigs and chick e ns supply us with

, , , ,

f ood .

H ors e s t oil for us pa ti e ntly through life .

Th e dog is man s c ompanion and fai thful fri e nd

’
He .

guards th e ho us e day and night H e love s and car e s .

for th e childr e n H e n e v e r d e s e rts his mast e r but

.
,

f oll ows him as ch e erfully to a humbl e h om e as to a rich

on e H e asks in r e turn only kind words and th e l e av
.

ings fr om his mast e r s tabl e ’

.

Th e cat k eeps th e hous e fr ee from mic e and fright e ns

Ofi th e rats With h er cont e nte d purr sh e mak e s th e
.

hom e s e em mor e ch e erful .

B irds ar e b e autifu l as w e ll as us e ful Th e y ar e h e lp

.

ful Th ey d e str oy many harmful ins e cts and so save

.

our tr e e s for us Th eir grac e ful airy flight d e lights

.
,

th e e y e Th e ir tun e ful n o t e s pl e as e th e e ar
. A cou n .

try with out birds would s e em a dull lif e l e ss plac e ,

.

S inc e all th e s e cr e atur e s do so much for us so much ,

to mak e our liv e s comfortabl e and happy w e should ,

always give th em kind w ords and kind tre atm e n t We

should giv e all dom
.

e stic animals pl e nty of prop e r foo d

at r e gular tim e s We should s ee that th e y have acc e ss

.

to a good supply of fr e sh cl e an wate r We should ,

.

provid e sh e lte r for th em : shad e tree s wh e re th e y may

e scap e th e bur ning midday sun during th e h ot dry

s e ason ; sh e ds wh e r e th e y may find prote ctio n from

 KI ND NE SS 1 I I

th epi e rcing blasts of winte r and dr enching rains of th e

autumn s e a son .

F L OR E NCE NI GH TI NGAL E

[ Fl orence Nigh tingal e w n t d f kindn t

’
s e a rl y day s ere o e or ess o

ani m l a s, a nd wh n e sh e gre w Ol d e r sh e s tudi d hum n di

e a se ases .

H nm
er a e is kn wn o a ll o v er th e w or l d , b u f h pl ndid
eca se o er S e

eff t f
or s or th e ik s c and w oun d e d ]

F L ORE N CE NI GH TI N GA LE was b orn in F lor e nc e I taly , ,

in 1 8 2 0 H e r fath e r was a rich E nglishman and h e was

.

care ful to hav e his littl e girl w e ll taught F l or enc e .

was cl e ve r and bright and l e arn ed h er l e ssons w ell , .

F r om a c hild s h e was g ood and kind to th e poor p eopl e

who liv e d n e ar h er E nglish hom e A t q uite an e arly .

a g e s h e b e gan to r e ad ab out dis e as e s of th e body ; for

s h e wish e d to h e lp th o s e who w e r e ill and had not so

many comf orts as sh e had .

H er fi rst pati e nt was a d og H is nam e was Cap and .

,

h e was a good colli e that h e lp e d th e sh e ph e rd bring

in th e sh ee p One day Cap was hurt and th e sh eph erd
.
,

f e ar e d that th e p oor d og s l eg was broke n and that h e ’

woul d hav e to b e kill e d .

Wh e n F l or e nc e h e ard this sh e w e nt to th e sh eph e rd s ,

’

cottage with a fri e nd and found th e d og in gr e at pain .

Sh e kn e lt down and patt e d him whil e h er fri e nd l ook e d ,

at his l eg H e kn ew a g ood d e al about d ogs ; so h e

.

was abl e to t ell h er that th e bon e was n ot br ok e n and ,

that with car e and r e st poor Cap w ould s oon b e quit e ,

w ell again Th e n F lor enc e asked wh at could b e done

.

to e as e him .
1 1 2 MA NNE R S A ND COND U CT

B a th e th e l e g with hot wat e r , said h er friend ;

and at onc e F l or e nc e put a k e ttl e on th e fi r e , and wh en
th e wat er was bath e d po or Cap s l eg This
h ot, sh e
’
.

gave th e d og s o much e as e from pain that in a short

tim e h e was licking h er hands and wagging his tail
which of c ours e was his way of saying Thank you
, ,
“
.

Wh e n sh e was old e r F lor e nc e t ook a gr e at int e r e st

,

in h ospitals Sh e was n ot cont e nt with s e e ing how

.

such plac e s w er e manage d in E ngland ; so sh e w ent

abr oad and for som e tim e work e d in a hospital in
,

Ge rmany .

A ft e r that a gr e at war b e tw ee n E ngland and R ussia

-

brok e out in 1 8 54 and th ousands of E ngl ish s oldi e rs

,

lay sick wound e d and uncar e d for F lore nc e Nigh tin

, ,
.

gal e took out a band of brav e wom e n to nurs e th e

soldi e rs M any of th e me n n eve r spok e of h er with
.

out a praye r that God would bl e ss h er for th e good

work sh e did .

Night aft e r night sh e pass e d through th e wards carry ,

ing a lamp in h er hand Sh e sp ok e a kind w ord to .

one e as e d a bandag e for anoth e r

,
and ch e e re d oth ers ,

who w er e sad One dying boy it is said wante d to see

.
, ,

h er pass so that h e might b e abl e to kiss h e r shadow

,

as it m ove d acr oss his pillow .

Wh e n th e war was ov e r th e p e opl e mad e h er a pr e s en t

,

of a ve ry larg e sum of m on e y all of which sh e gav e ,

away to f ound th e Nightingal e H om e for th e train

” “

ing of nurs e s A lthough oft e n ill h e rs e lf sh e always

.
,

did what sh e co u1 d to h e lp th e sick and su ffe ring and ,

sh e won th e r e sp e ct and l ov e o f all by h er nobl e work .

1 1 4 M ANNE R S AND COND U CT

M ankind can n eve r pay th e d e bt it owe s to th e hors e .

Without hors e w e should b e comp e ll e d to rid e

th e
b ehind mul e s or ox e n or to go on foot H ors e s a r e .

n ow fo und in m o st parts o f th e w o rld t o iling in man s

’
,

s e rvic e r e c e iving in r e turn only simple food and wat e r

, ,

with sh e lte r from th e we ath e r .

H ors e s lik e human b e ings ar e som e tim e s sick and

, ,

s om e tim e s w e ll s om e tim e s str ong and som e tim e s we ak

, .

Th e y liv e wh e n kindly tr e at e d thirty to forty or mor e

, ,

y e ars ; but lik e human b e ings th e y r e quire pl e nty of

, ,

whol esom e fo od and wat e r also r e gular ex e rcis e fr e sh , ,

air sunlight and cl e an stabl e s Th eir stomachs are

, ,
.

small and to k e e p th em in h e alth th e y sh ould b e fe d

,

and wate r e d oft e n Som e p e rsons ar e ve ry cru e l to .

th e ir hors e s by l e t ting th e m go a l ong tim e withou t

food and wate r Som e p e rsons giv e th e ir hors e s so
.

l ittl e to e a t that th e y b e c om e v e ry thi n and w e ak .

I t is a gr e at cru e lty to a hors e to tie his h e ad back

w ith a tight ch e ck r e in for h e cannot br e a th e so fr ee ly
-
, ,

n or draw a load so e asily M any hors e s suff e r gr e a t .

pain and b e com e dis e as e d b e caus e of th e ir cru el ch e ck

!

r e ins I f a boy had to draw or push a h e avy cart with

.

a bit in his mouth faste ne d to his back which pull e d ,

his h e ad so far back of his should e rs that h e could

not l e an f orward th e n h e w ould know wha t a horse ,

su ffe rs with a tight ch e ck r ein A ch e ck r e in if us e d -

.
-
,

at all should always b e so long that wh en a hors e

,

dra ws a h e avy load up a st eep hill h e can p ut his h e ad ,

down as far as h e would put it if h e did not h ave a

ch e ck r e in -
.
 KI NDNE SS 1 1
5

Som e p e opl e wh en th e ir h ors e s b e come Old or sick

,

or lam e s ell th em for a small sum to cru e l m e n who

,

b e at th em kick th em starve th em and o th e rwis e

, , ,

abus e th e m ; Th e n th e p oor h ors e s have a hard time

'

until th e y die A g ood h ors e that has w ork e d faith

.

fully for his mast e r until h e is worn out ought n ever

to b e s old Wh e n h e has b e com e too ol d to s e rv e a
.

g ood and m e rciful m a st e r h e sh ould b e kill e d in a

,

m e rciful way This can b e don e in one I nstant by

.

shooting him just in th e middl e of th e f or eh e ad wh er e ,

th e sh o t will p e n e trat e th e brain most e asily Th e .

M assachus e tt s Soci e ty for Pr e v e nti on of Cru e lty to

A nimals publis h e s a littl e b ook that sh ows h ow h or s e s
and all o th er d om e stic anim a ls may b e kill e d in a
m erciful way . 1

L e arn and try to r e m emb e r ( I ) that th e strong e st

part of th e h ors e is just b e hind h is should e rs and th e ,

ride r w h o l e ans forward in th e saddl e tir e s his h ors e

l e ss than on e w h o l e ans ( 2 ) that wh e n b e caus e ,

of old age th e t ee th of h ors e s do n ot pr op erly ch e w

,

th e f ood th e y can o ft e n b e put in g ood c onditi on by

,

h ors e d octors ; (3 ) that it is just as cru e l to k eep a

h ors e in his stabl e for days with out ex e rcis e fr esh air , ,

and sunshine as it would b e to ke ep a boy in th e h ous e

s eve ral days without ex erci se fre sh air and sunshine ;
, ,

( 4 ) that it has b e e n f ound by e xp e rim e nts in Gr e at

B ritain that hors e s that work hard six days in th e w ee k
wil l last much l onge r and do m or e work in a life tim e ,

if p ermitt ed to r e s t ev ery s e ve nth day ; ( 5) that if

you w a nt to b e kind to hors e s always r efus e to rid e
,
1 1 6 MA NNE R S A ND COND UCT

b ehind a h ors e that is sick or lam e or that s eems to ,

b e p oor l v fe d and w e ak .

D ar e to b e kind and tru e ,

Giv e e ach dumb thing its d ue

—S P C A
.

. . . .

—
H OT WE A TH E R RUL E S

I . lig h tly and d ive l owly

L OA D r s .

2 S t op in th e s h a de if p ossibl e
. .

3 Wa te r you h o se a s often as p ossibl e So l ong a s a

. r r .

h o se is wo king w ate r in mode rate quantitie w ill not h u t

r r ,
s r

h im B u t l e t h im d ink only a fe w swall o w s if h e is going

. r

t s t and till
o s .

4 Wh n h e c omes in aft er w ork sp onge Off th e harn ess

. e ,

ma ks and s w ea t h i ye s h is n ose and mouth a n d th e dock

r ,
s e , ,
.

Wash h is f e e t b ut n ot h is l egs .

5 I f th e h o se is ove come by h e at ge t h im into th e

‘
. r r ,

s h ade re mov e h a n e ss a n d b idl e

,
w a s h ut h is mouth
r r ,
o -
,

s p ong h im all o v e s h ow e h is l e g a n d giv e h im on ounc e

er , r s, e

of a oma ti c s p i it
r of a mm oni a o tw o oun ce s of we e t
r s ,
r s

s p i it of nit e in a p int of w a t e
r s r o giv e h im a p int
,
f t ong r, r o s r

coff ee wa m Cool h is he a d a t once u sing cold water or

r .
, ,

if nece ssa y ch opp e d ic w rapp e d in a cl ot h

r ,
e, .

6 I f th h o s e is off h is f e d t y h im wit h tw o qua ts of

. e r e ,
r r

oat s mix e d w it h b an a n d a littl e w at e r ; and add a little

r ,

s alt or sugar O give h im oat me al gru e l o barl ey wat er

. r r

to d ink r .

7 W. at ch yo u h or s e I f h e s t op s s w e ating
r s udd e nly or .
,

if h e br a the S h or t a n d quick or if h i e a s droop or if h e

e s ,
s r ,

s t a nd w it h h i l eg b ace d ide w a ys h i in dange r of a

s s s r s ,
e s .

hea t o sun s trok e a n d ne ds a tt nti on a t once

r e e .
1 1 8 MANNE R S A ND COND UCT

h er e after You may not consid e r m e irr e ve r e nt if I

.

ask this in th e nam e of H im who was born in a stabl e .

Am en . S l td e ec e .

CIE SA R I S D E AD

CZE SAR , th efavorit e d og of th e lat e King E dward VI I -

is d e ad M any r e call this famous littl e wir e hair e d fox

.
-

t erri e r that follow e d dir e ctly b ehind th e co ffin at th e

King s fun e ral Cmsar had b e e n for y e ars a most d e
’
.

vot e d fri end of th e King and w e nt with him ev erywh e r e .

Th e dog w or e attach e d to his c ollar a silv e r m e dal ,

inscrib e d : I am Caesar th e King s D og

- “ ”
,
’
.

A ft e r th e d e ath of th e King C aesar was inconsolabl e , ,

and for s e ve ral days r e fus e d all fo od H e r e c ov e r e d .

his spirits aft e r a tim e and b e cam e as much attach e d ,

to Qu e e n A l exandra as h e had b e e n to th e King .

WHY D O Y OU L OV E Y OU R D OG ?

B E CA U S E

H e doe s n t t lk b k t y u
’
a ac o o .

He thi k wh t v
n s y u d i l l i gh t
a e er o o s a r .

u d n t h v t m k mp ny f h im
’
Yo o a e o a e co a o .

He t wh t t b f h im d k
ea s a
’
s se e or e an as s no que stions .

He w ill f ll w y u t th d f th
o o th
o o e en o e e ar .

He n ul k wh n y u m i t
ever s s t h im e o s re a .

He t i t pl y u
r es o eas e o .

Yo u h v n a eiv l in h i fi ti
o r hi l
a s a ec on s s ove is al l y ours .

He r es pects y our moods .

He nv
e er tel l s y ou his t rou bl es
 KI ND NE SS I 1 9

1 1 . He nv e er pr i int
es o y ou r s ecre ts .

1 2 H e is pol ite a n d th a n ks y ou
. with h is t il
a for e v e ry kind
w or d y ou s e e fi t to g e h im iv .

1 3 . H e W ill fi gh t for y ou .

1 4 . H e miss es y ou wh
e n y ou a r e a w ay .

1 5 . H e r ej oices wh
e n y ou re u r n t .

1 6 . H e is fa ithful u o d e a nt th .

1 7 . H e d oes wh t y a ou t e ll with ut kn wing w h y

h im o o .

1 8 . H e is j ea l ous of th e a tt ti y h w th d g
en on ou s o o er o s .

1 9 . H e trus ts y ou to th e utt m t wi t h f ith t h t

er os w nd a a a Is o er

ful , bi i x i b
l n d , ne pl ca l e .

New Yor k Women L ea gue for A n ima ls

’
s .

FAI R PL A Y

C H A RA CTE R S

A ndr e w L ouis

[A n dre w on h is w a y to sc h ool m ee t s L ou i s, w h o is th wing ro

t
s o n e s a t s om e t
g oa s b y th e roa d s id e ]

S CE NE I

Good
m orning L oui s A r e n t y ou th e fe l ’
A n dr ew .
, .

l ow th a t s a id y ou w a nt e d to s e e f a ir pl a y ?
L ou is Wh e n d o y o u m e a n ?
.

A n dr ew Wh e n th os e city f e ll ow s w e r e having a
.

littl e s kirmi s h ye s t e rd a y .

L ouis Y e s I always lik e fai play

.
,
r .

A n drew D o y ou c all it fair play to thr ow ston e s

.

at h elpl e ss cr e atur e s that have no hands to thr ow back

again ?
L ouis Th e y a re only g oa t s
. .

A n dr ew B u t g oa t s hav e rights as w e ll a s b oys

.
1 20 M A NNER S A ND COND U CT

or me n Th ey a r e I n th e ir own fi e ld int erf ering n eith e r

.
,

with y ou n or with anyon e e ls e and y ou hav e no m or e ,

right to thr ow ston e s ove r th e r e than that billy goat

h a s to jump ov e r th e f e nc e and butt you .

L ouis ( putting both hands in his p o ck e t s ) I lik e to .

s e e th e m huddl e t og e th e r a n d run ; th e y l ook s o c omical .

A n dr ew D o y ou ? We ll y ou hav e b oth hand s in

.
,

your p ock e ts supp os e n ow that you couldn t tak e th em

, ,
’

ou t ! H ow w ould y ou lik e to hav e m e p e lt y ou with

st on e s
[Loui h ng h i h d s d m ka s spl y ] ea an a e s n o re .

C om e ar e n t y ou g o ing to school ?
’
,

[Th y w l k et g th l ittl w y in il n ]
a on o e er a e a s e ce

L ouis . A ndr e w you ar e a qu e e r one I f any .

o th e r f e ll ow said such things to m e as y ou d o I d g e t

’
,

angry .

A n drew Would you ? I am glad y ou d on t g e t

.
’

angry with m e L ouis b e caus e I lik e y ou Y ou ar e

, ,
.

a lw a ys squar e s o far as b oys a r e conc e rn e d ;

,
n o m e an

tricks ab out y ou and y ou n e ve r bully littl e on e s or girl s

,
.

I f y ou a r e g oing to pitch int o a f e ll ow y ou tak e on e of

your ow n si e ; but don t you think y ou a r e rath e r hard
z
’

o n animals ?

I d on t know but I am ; I n e v e r thought much

’
L ouis .

ab out it I n e ve r th ought th e y had any rights b e for e

. .

A n dr ew ( op e nin g his arithm e tic ) H av e you don e all .

th e s e exampl e s ?
Th e r e ar e thr e e I can t do
’
L ouis . .

A n dr ew Which thr e e ?
.

L ouis . Th e last tw o and th e fifth .

I 22 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

I sn
t it about th e sam e thing ? Only I
’
A n drew .

don t kn ow that w e have any poss e ssions quite so valu

’

abl e to us as a bird s e ggs ar e to h e r Th ey s e em to b e ’

.

ab out all that sh e has .

L ouis ( th ou ghtfully) That s s o

’
. .

SU GGE S TI ON To TH E TE A CH E R . A rr ange a P et D ay on som e

i
F r d ay a ft n n er oo nvit th p upil t b ing th i p t
. I e e s o r e r e s h
to s c ool .

A pp o int j udg es t d id wh i h p t h w th
o ec b t e c e s o s e es ca re . T h en

d t th
ecora e e o wn f th t p t with bl u ibb n
er o a e a e r o . M ak e th e
ch il d n und
re t nd th t t b d
ers a t d in thi w y i
a o e e cora e s a s an hn
o or .

SH OE I N G TH E B AY M A RE
—
S I R E D W I N L A ND S E E R (1 8 0 2 1 8 73 )
TH I S is a sh oe ing sc e n e in a q u a int c ountry smithy in
E ngland E ve ry e y e is turn e d on th e blacksmith at
.

his work B e tty th e m ate is th e on e chi e fl y int e r e st e d

.
, ,

and h e r fac e s e ems to s ay as sh e turns h er h e ad to l ook ,

at th e smith Wh a t is g oing on th e r e ? Th e d onk e y

,
“ ”

l ooks int e r e st e d too H e m ove s h is e ars f orward to .

catch th e s ound Th e shaggy littl e f e ll ow s e e ms to say

.
,

I kn ow h ow it f e e ls to b e s h od my f ri e nd ; and I sym
“
,

z e with aura bl dh und with l ng

”
p a th i y o u L th e oo o. o , , ,

dro oping e ars h old s h e r h e ad w e ll forward as sh e ih

,

te n tl y watch e s e v e ry m ov e of th e smith .

B e tty is a high spi r it e d hands om e m a r e Sh e h a s

-
,
.

id e as of h e r ow n Sh e d oe s not like a halt e r or a bridl e

.
,

and will n ot p e rmit anyon e to tie h e r to a post whil e sh e

is b e ing s h od Sh e kn ows h ow to b e h a v e with out b e ing
.
 S H OE I NG T H E B A Y MA R E
F r o m th e p a i ti
n ng b y S ir E d w i n L a nd s e e r
R E S PE C T A N D RE V E RE NCE
1 3 0 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

Th e foll owing in cid ent is told of Pr e sid ent Cl eveland

I n 1 8 9 6 on th e on e hundr e d fifti e th an niv e rsary of
,

th e founding of Princ e ton U niv e rsity th e graduat e s of ,

form er y e ars cam e from far and n e ar for a r eunion .

Pr e sid e nt Cl e v e land r e vi e w e d th e l ong lin e of alum ni

a s th e y mar ch e d by : th e class o f 9 6 with its hun
’

dr e ds of sh outing y oung f e ll ow s th e class of 9 5 th e ,

’
,

oth er class e s in ord er d own thr ough th e go s th e 8 o s ’

,
’
,

th e rank s gr owin g thinn e r

’
th e 7o s th e 6 o s e tc
’
.
, , ,

a ccording to th e a ge of th e class A s th e gray hair e d .

-

v e teran r epre s e ntative s of th e nobl e ol d col l e ge pass e d

th e r e vi ewing stand Pr e sid e nt C l e v e land uncov e r e d his
,

h e ad as a tok e n of r e sp e ct for ol d a ge and r emain e d un ,

cover e d in th e chilly night air until th e last man had

slowly fil e d by This was a b e autiful tribut e of r e sp e ct
.
,

a nd it was a l e sson in polit e n e ss that all young p e opl e

might w ell l e arn .

A ll ori e ntal p e opl e s par ticularly th e J apan e s e and th e

,

Chin e s e hav e from r e mot e ag e s f e lt and shown gr e at

,

r esp e ct for old p e opl e ; and th e world to day p oints to -

Chin a and J apan as mod e ls of b ehavior in this r e gard .

Young A me ricans must take car e no t to b e outdon e by

th e Ch in e s e and Japan e s e in showing consid e rati o n for
th eag e d .

H e r e follows a pl e asing incid e nt which shows wha t a

s e lf r e spe cting y oung F ilipino is capabl e of
-

I t was M ay in M anila t oward th e e nd of a h ot day ,

.

Th e B agumbayan driv e was thr ong e d with all s orts Of

veh icl e s fr om car e te l as and rumbling truck s to V ictorias ,

s cr e e chin g automobil e s and clanging e l e ctric cars

,
On .
 R E SPE CT A ND R E VE R E N CE 1 3 1

th e we st sid e of th e dr ive stood a tim id ol d woman in wild

c onfusi on wishing to cross to th e Oth e r side but f e aring
,

to v e ntur e and pr o t e s ting e xcit e dly by voic e and g e s tur e

,

against all th e assuranc e s of h er younge r c ompanion .

Just th e n th e r e cam e al ong a y oung man in a sp o tl e ss

white suit appar e ntly a stude nt fr om e ith e r th e Nor
,

mal or th e H igh School H e saw th e ol d woman s plight

.
’

—a w oman a s Ol d a s his ow n grandm o th e r With out a .

m ome nt s h e sitati on that fi ne up s tanding stud ent put

’

o n e str ong y oung arm ab out that p oorly clad f eebl e ,

ol d fi gur e and t ook h er hand s in hi s as if to giv e h e r con

fi den ce. Th e n c a r e fully p a ti e ntly

,
looking first to ,

th e right and th e n to th e l e ft h e th r e ad e d his way in

,

and out among th e vehicl e s to th e Opp osite S id e of th e

drive with his charg e Th e re h e l a nd e d h er safe ly
. .

I watch e d him as h e r a is e d hi s hat to h e r with th e

sam e r e spe ct that h e would S how to th e fi ne st lady in
th e l a nd and tu n e d a n d w e nt m od e stly ab out his busi
,
r

n es s as if n othing unu sual had happ e ne d .

That young man would b e w orth kn ow ing I should .

lik e to have him for a fri e nd H e would make a good.

fr i end and a kind n e ighb or H e thinks right H e . .

f e els right H e acts right H e put himse lf in that old

. .

woman s plac e and kn ew h ow sh e f elt ; and h e knew

’
,

h ow h e w ould wish to s e e his ow n m o th e r or grand

mothe r tr e at ed ii sh e wer e in th e sam e situation .
1 3 2 MA NNE R S A ND COND UCT

S OM E BOD Y S M OTH E R
’

THE woma n w as ld and ragg d nd g y o , e a ra ,

And b nt w it h th chill of th w int

e da y ;e e er

Th e s t ee t w a s w e t w it h a e cent n ow
r r s ,

A n d th e w ma n s f ee t w e e a ge d a n d sl ow
’
o r .

S h e s t ood a t th e s ing a n d w a ited l ong

c ro s ,

A l on e un a d fo a mid th e t h ong
,
c re r, r

Of huma n b e ings w h o p a d h by s se er ,

No h ee de d th e gl an ce of h a n x i ou y e
r er s e .

D ow n th e s t e e t w it h laug h t a nd s h out
r er ,

Gl a d f th f e dom of ch ol l t ut
o e re s o e o ,

Ca me th e b oy li ke a fl ock f h p s, o s ee ,

H a iling th e n ow p il d wh it a n d d eep ;
s e e

Pas t th e w oman s ld and g a y o o r

H a te n e d th e ch ild en on t h i w a y
s r e r ,

Nor offe d a h lp ing h a nd to h e

re e r,

S m e k s o timid af a id to s ti
o e , ,
r r

L e s t th e ca i g wh e l s o th e h fee t ’
rr a e
e e r ors s

S h ould c ow d h e d own in th e slipp e ry s t ee t

r r r .

At la st one came of th e me y t oop rr r ,

Th ga yes t laddi e of a l l th e g up
e ro .

H e p a u se d b e ide h e a n d wh i p e d l ow
s r, s re ,

I l l h e lp y ou across if y ou w i s h to go
“ ’ ”
.

H e r age d hand on h is s t rong y oung arm

s ,

Sh e p la ce d and s w ith out hur t or ha m

,
o, r ,

H e guide d h e t e mblin g f e e t al ong

r r ,

P oud t h a t h i w n w e e fi m n d t ng ;
r s o r r a s ro

Th e n b a ck a ga in t h i f i nd h w nt o s r e s e e ,

H is y oung h ea t h app y and w ll c nt nt

r e o e .
1 34 MANNE R S AND COND U CT

TH E COCONU T SH E LL

ma n s ingra titude l
’ ’
H ow sh arper th an a ser pen t s tooth is

CH AR A C TE R S

I nacencia a sma l l b oy
I n acen cia s F a th er
I nocencio s Gr a ndfa th er ,
’
v ery Ol d

S CE N E I

n f th
[ Gra d n a er sh t b l w ith
it onut h ll
s al o e a t a r o ug a e a coc s e

h lf ful l f i
a nd o b n p n b f h im ]
r ce a a o e s oo e or e .

Gra ndfa th er ( shaking his h e ad sadly) I t has com e to .

this ( pointing to th e bowl ) A bit of ric e in a coconut

sh e ll A n d I must e a t al on e in th e kitch e n ! Oh th e
.
,

pity of b eing old ( sighin g) wh e n my ow n son thinks me ,

a burd e n and turns against m e .

I nacen cia ( running in gaily) Com e Grandpa com e .

, ,
.

( Taking him by th e hand ) Th e tap e rs are all lighte d . .

Th e proc e ssion is almost h e r e L e t s go to th e front

’
.

w indows .

Gran dfa th er B l e ss you child y es I m glad you

’
. .
, ,

do n t forge t me You ar e my only comfort

’
. .

[ I nocen i lo k up with
c o mil nd l d h i g ndf t h e ut ]
o s a s e a ea s s ra a r o .

SCE NE I I

l n wh ittling t a o onut h ll ]
[ I nocencio sits a o e a c c s e

I nocencio ( holding up his work and looking a t it

admiringly) A lmost finish e d ! A pr e tty good shap e
.
,

too .
 R E SPE CT A ND R E VE R E NCE 1 35

( e nte rin g and watching uns e en)

“

F a th er th e b oy .

We ll my son
, , y ou s eem to be busy . Wh at ar e y ou

making ?
I n acencia . bowl F ath e r for y ou
A , ,
.

F a th er .A bowl for m e ? What sh ould I do with a

b owl lik e that ?
I nocencio ( e arn e stly) Wh y e a t Out of it F ath er
.
, , ,

wh e n you ge t old lik e Grandpa (H e go e s on with his .

work ).

F a th er ( a sid e ) Curs e s lik e chick e ns com e h om e to

.

ro ost. This fr om my ow n s on ! A hard l e ss on sur e ly .

B u t fr om this d a y I shall tr e at my fath e r as I would

mys e lf lik e to b e tr e ate d .

( To I n oc e nci o ) I t is g e tting lat e my s on We will

.
,
.

find Grandpa I must ask his fo give n e s s We will

. r .

give h im a c omfortabl e chair at our tabl e and th e b e st

o f e v e rything w e hav e always from this tim e (Th ey
,
.

go out ) .

M AD ONNA OF TH E ARB OR

D A GNA N—
J
B OUV E RE T (1 8 52 )
A l eafy arbor f orms a b e autiful s e tting for
L ON G,

this M ad onna Th e branch e s of th e fi n e ol d tr e e s int e r

.

lac e ov erh e ad Th e bright sunlight fil te rs d own and

.

lights up th e tr e e tru nk s I t b e ams on th e fac e and

.

sh ould ers of th e M ad onna and on th e tiny form of th e

infant J e sus and bring s th e s e tw o int e r e sting figures
,

in to strong r eli e f agains t th e dark b ackgr ound .

1 36 M ANNE R S A ND COND U CT

Th e M adonna is c oming toward us clad in th e coars e

whi t e garb of a F r e nch p e asant H er fac e shows t end er .

mo th e r love and b e ars a trac e of sadn e ss Sh e Clasps

,
.

th e Christ child cl os e to h er We see only th e littl e

'

-
.

body wrapp e d in swaddling cl o th e s and th e back of th e

tiny h e ad as H e snuggl e s down against H is m o th e r s ’

should e r .

Th e ar tist is F r e nch and so ch o s e for his s e t ting a ,

F r e nch sc e n e and for his mod e l a F r e nch p e asant in

,

F r e nch costum e F rom th e s impl e sc e n e s about him

.

h e has drawn a b e autiful p ictur e of t end e r dig nifi e d ,

moth e rhood .

Q UE S TI ONS
1 D. ib th tting f th i M d nn
e scr e e se or s a o a .

2 D. ib th d e s cr f th M d nn ;
e e f th Ch i t h il d
re s s o e a o a o e r s -
c .

3 N m th
. a ti t a d giv h i n ti n lity
e e ar s ,
n e s a o a .

4 Wh
. d id th ere ti t find h i m d l ? (H f und th em
e ar s s o e s e o

am ngo

5 D . ib th xp i n f th m th f
e s cr e e e re ss o o e o er s
’
a ce .

6 D . ib h m nn f h l ding th h il d
es cr e er a er o o e c .

7 H w mu h f th Ch i t h il d
o c wo ? e r s c can e see
-
.

8 C .
y u an ll th p i tu o f n th
r e ca M d nn ? C mp e c re o a o er a o a o are

th i p i tur with th t t ( ) tting ( ) d

s c e a( 3 ) p iti n f
as o 1 se ,
2 r ess , os o o

th m th
e o( 4 ) m nn
e r, f h l ding th ch il d nd 5) th
a er oxp i n o e ,
a e e re ss o

of th f e ace .
C O U RA G E A ND S E L F C O N T RO L
1 42 MANNE R S A ND COND U CT

TH E D OA SY OUL I KE S

[Th is f i w ki
is for th e g rl or b oy w h o is a ra d of or H e does as .

ik w w nt
h e l e s al ay s , a n d does n ot a bto o ey w
H e gro s up un .

i i in v itt
d s c p l e d a nd is of e ry l l e use in w
th e b
orl d e cause h e h as

n v l n d t d b y d ing ]
e er ea r e o o o

TH E D oasyoulike s cam e away from th e country of

.

H ardwork b e caus e th e y want e d to play on th e J e w s harp

’

all day long .

Th e D oasy oulike s w e r e living in th e land of th e

R e ady mad e at th e foot of th e H appy go lucky M oun
-
,
- -

tains wh e r e fl ap doodl e grows wild ; and if you want to

,

know what that is y ou must ask Pe t er Simpl e .

Th e y sat on ant hills all day long and play e d on -

,

th e J ew s harp ; and if th e ants h it th em w h y th e y jus t

’
, ,

got up and w e nt to th e n ext ant hill til l th ey w e r e -

,

bitte n th e r e l ik ewis e .

A n d th e y sat und e r th e fl ap d ood l e tr e e s and l e t th e -

, -
-

fl ap d oodl e drop int o th e ir m ouths ; and und e r th e vine s ,

and squ e ez e d th e g rap e juic e d own th e ir thr oats ; and -

,

if any littl e pigs ran ab out r e ady roast e d cryin g Com e , ,

and e a t me as was th eir fashion in that c ountry th e y

”
, ,

waited till th e pigs ran against th e ir mouths and th en ,

took a bite and w er e cont e nt just as so many oyste rs

, ,

would hav e b e e n .

Th e y n ee d e d no w e apons for n o e n emi e s e v e r cam e ,

n e ar th e ir land ; and n o t ools for e v e ry thing was r e ady ,

mad e to th e ir hand ; and th e st ern old fairy Ne c e ssity

n ev e r cam e n e ar th e m to hunt th em up and mak e th e m ,

use th e ir wits or d ie ,
.

A b idg d f m W t B bi by C
r KN
e Y
ro a er a es , H ARLE S I GS LE .
 COUR A GE A ND SELF CONTR OL 1 43

A L I TTL E D UTCH H E RO

[Th is
ittl t l e s ory s hw o s h ow e vn v y m
e a er s a ll b oy may some
tim b f g t
es e o re a se r vi tce o h is t wn Th i i
o . s s a ca s e of th e mous e

h lping th l i n ]
e e o .

H OL LA ND is a littl e country of E urop e wh e re th e

'

ground is lowe r than th e l e ve l of th e se a inste ad of ,

highe r as it is in our country L ong ago th e H olland e rs .

saw that th e wat e r would run in and c ove r th e land

l

and th e hous e s if th e y did n ot d o s ome thing to k e ep it

out SO th e y built gr e at thick walls all round th e ir
.

country to shut out th e se a just as F ilipinos build littl e ,

walls of e arth all round a ric e paddy Th os e walls p r o .

te ct th e g ood crops th e h ous e s and e ve n th e p e opl e

, ,
.

Th e ir walls a r e call e d dik e s j ust as ric e paddy wall s ,

” -

are call e d d ike s ; but thos e walls a re r e ally gr e at

” “
,

high banks and th e y are as wid e as a road not small

,

and low lik e ric e paddy dike s I n that country e ve n

-
.

small childr e n know that a crack or a hol e in one of

the ir dik e s is a fe arful thing .

Onc e a littl e b oy nam e d H ans liv e d in that country .

One day H ans took his littl e br o th e r out by th e d ik e to

play Th e y went a l ong way off wh er e th e r e we re n o
.

hous e s only flowe rs and gr ee n fi e lds H ans climb e d up

,
.

on th e high dike and sat down ; th e littl e bro th e r was

pl aying at th e foot of th e bank .

S udd e nly th e littl e broth e r call e d out Oh what a , ,

funny littl e hole I t bubble s ”

. .

H ol e ? Wh e re ? said H ans
“ ”
.
1 44 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

H ere in th e bank said th e littl e bro th e r

, . Wat e r s
’

in it .
”

“
What ! said H ans and h e slid down as fast as h e
”
,

could to wh e r e his br o th e r was playing .

Th e r e was th e tinie st hol e in th e ba nk just an air

h ol e A drop of wat e r bubbl e d sl owly thr ough
. .

“
I t is a hol e in th e dik e !
”
cri e d H ans What shall .
“

w e do ?
”

H e look e d all around ; not a p e rson or a hous e was in

sight H e l ook e d at th e h ol e H e kn e w that th e wat e r
. .

would soon br e ak a gr e at gap Th e town was far away .

if th e y ran for h e lp it w ould b e too lat e ; what should

h e do ?
S udd e nly a thought cam e to H ans H e stuck his .

littl e for efing e r right int o th e h ol e wh e r e it fitte d tight ; ,

and h e said to his littl e br o th e r 3

R un D i e ting ! Go to th e town and t e ll th e men

“ ‘
,

th e r e s a h ol e in th e dik e Te ll th em I will k eep it

’

st opp e d till th e y ge t h e r e .

D i e ting kn e w by H ans s fac e that s om e thing v e ry

’

s erious was th e matt e r and h e start e d ofi as fast as h e ,

could run H ans kn e eling with his finge r in th e hol e

.
, ,

watch e d h im grow sma l l er and small er as h e got farth e r

and farth e r away until h e was only a sp e ck ; th e n h e was
,

out of sight H ans was all alon e squatt e d on th e ground

.
,

with his fin ge r tight in th e bank H e c o uld h e ar th e .

wat e r slap sl ap slapping on th e ston e s I t s eem e d

, , ,
.

v ery n e ar .

B y and by his hand b e gan to f ee l n umb

,
H e r ubb e d .

it with th e o th e r hand but it got c old e r and mor e numb ,

1 46 MA NNE R S AND COND U CT
”
You shall not com e through ! h e whisp er e d I .
“

will not run ! ”

Just th e n h e h e ard a far off shout F ar in th e dis -

.

tanc e h e saw some thing on th e road Th e m en w e r e .

coming ! A t last th e y w e r e coming Th e y cam e n e ar e r

,
. .

H e could mak e out his ow n fath e r and th e n e ighbors .

Th e y had pick ax e s and sh ov e ls Th e y w e r e running .

a n d as th e y ran th e y shout e d We r e coming ; tak e ,

’

h e art w e r e coming !
,
’ ”

Th e n e xt minut e th e y w e r e th e r e Wh en th e y saw .

H ans wi th his pal e fac e and his hand tight in th e dik e

, ,

th e y gav e a gr e at ch e e r just as p e ople do for soldi e rs

,

back from war Th e y lifte d h im up and rubb e d his

.

a c hin g arm with g e ntl e hands Th e y told him tha t h e .

was a r e al h e ro and that h e had sav e d th e town

,
.

Wh e n th e m e n had m e nd e d th e dik e th e y march e d ,

hom e carrying H ans high on th e ir should e rs b e caus e h e

“

was a h e ro E ve n to this day th e p e opl e of that town

.
-

te ll th e s tory of how a littl e boy sav e d th e dike .

S el ected .

Q UE S TI ONS
Wh did th i l ittl h
ere s l iv ? e e ro e

H w d
o H ll nd d i ff f m t h
oes o a oun t i ? er ro o er c r es

C mpo th dik
ar e e f H ll nd w it h i
es o p ddy d ik o a r ce - a es .

Wh y d th p pl f
o e eo l k in d ik ?
e e ar a ea a e

H w did H n t p th l k until h l p came ?

o a s s o e ea e

H w did h
o uff in d ing th i ?
e s er o s

Wh y d w o ll h im h
e ca ? a e ro

W ul d y ou l ik to b
o l l d a h ro ?
e e ca e e
 COURA GE A ND SE L F CONTROL 1 47

WH E N TH E CA T S
’
A WA Y TH E M I CE
WIL L PL A Y

S CE NE Th e h
sc ool room

Mr . H ar t . h
Te ac er

Fl ora
Rose
Rob er t
Joe
Peter
S am
P a ul
Rufus
E l mer
A nd oth er s

Mr . H a rt ( e nt e ring his sch oolr oom and finding it in

dis ord e r) A h it s ee ms that I h a ve int e rrupte d y our
.
,

pastim e s This sudd e n unnatural stilln e ss is quite op

.

pre ssive Pray go on just as if I w e r e n ot h e r e (NO

. .

on e stirs ) We ll why d on t y ou go on ? Wh y d on t
.
,
’ ’

you thr ow that crayon R ob e rt as y ou wer e int e ndin g

, ,

to do ?
Rob er t D o you ord e r m e to throw it sir ?
.
,

M r H ar t B y n o m e ans I ask e d y ou to do as you

. . .

would if I we r e not pr e s e nt Would my abs e nc e make .

it right for y ou to thr ow it ?

R ob ert N no M r H art but I was n ot th e only
.
-
,
.
,

one ; th e oth e rs w e re

M r H a r t Ne ve r mind about th e oth ers ; w e hav e

. .

a lr e ady expr e ss e d our s e ntim e nts on th e courag e and

1 48 M A NNER S A ND COND UCT

hon or of throwing blam e up on oth e rs . Th e y will un

doubte dly sp e ak for th e m s e lv e s .

Joe I thr e w cray on s M r H art

.
,
. .

P eter A n d s o did I . .

S am . A nd I .

Mr . H art . That is v e ry we ll so fa r ; Op e n c onfe ssi on

is g ood for th e s oul .
”
D oe s any on e e ls e wi s h to r e lie v e
his mind ?
P a ul dr ew that pictur e on th e blackboard but I
. I ,

inte nd e d to e ras e it b e for e y ou cam e back :

M r H a r t A n d y ou think I supp os e that int e nti on
. .
, ,

l e s s e n s your Off e ns e I await furth e r ackn owl e dgm e nt .

that any on e h a s to mak e .

Rufus I call e d on E hn e r to mak e a sp e e ch

. .

M r H ar t Y e s ; and E lm e r did y ou r e sp ond ?

. .
, ,

E l mer No M r H art . H e a n d th e r e st o f th e b oys

,
. .

a r e all th e tim e nagging m e all e xc e pt Wright H e ,

.

tri e d to k e ep ord e r whil e y ou w e r e away h e and s om e ,

o f th e big girl s .

M r H a r t W right and th e big girl s d e s e rv e and

. .

h e r eby r e c e ive my h e arty and S inc e r e thanks

F l or a I am s orry to say M r H art that a l l th e
.
,
.
,

big girls a r e n ot altog e th e r blam e l e ss ; I for one am

n ot . I c onf e ss and ap ol ogi e z .

R os e A nd I wish to d o th e sam e
. .

M r H ar t That is th e m os t h on or a bl e thing y ou can

. .

do n ow e xc e pt to r e solve n o t to o ffe nd again We ll

,
.
,

l( ooking ar ound ) if th e r e ar e n o m or e c onf e ssi ons I

, ,

will now h e ar any furth er e xcus e s or e xplanations that

anyon e has to o ff e r .
1 50 M A NNE R S A ND CONDU CT

B ut I wish to sav that I have m or e than ordin ary

r e ason to b e displ e as ed H ave you forgotten our last
.

talk ? What was its subj e ct ?

S ever a l Voices ( in subdu e d ton e ) H onor . .

M r H a r t Y our low e r e d v oic e s and your d owncast

. .

e y e s show how y ou thi nk y ou hav e illustrat e d that

subj e ct this morning D oe s th e ma n of honor n e e d a

.

p olic eman to k e ep him to his duty ?

Charact e r is a s tr uc tu r e that is sl ow in building ; but
it is all th e more s olid wh e n built B ut may I not hop e .

that th e practical l e ss on of this morning may d o som e

.

thing to str e ngth e n th e prin cipl e of H onor in this sch ool ?

B y E DW A RD P . JA CKS ON
A b idg
r ed a nd Adap td e .

SA ND Y A ND PI PPA

SA ND Y is a b r aVe littl e y e ll ow kitt e n H e n e ve r .

whimp e rs and ch eeps lik e th e brok en h eart e d littl e

“ -

b e ast in th e Jungl e B ook H e n e v e r tri e s to run into

.

th e middl e of th e r oom for h e is only s e v e n days old

,

and his e ye s are n ot op e n B ut h e mak e s up his mind

.

to f e e l his way ar ound th e sid e of th e ro om l e aning ,

against th e wall and h e do e s it H e wants to find Pippa

,
.
,

th e big y e llow d og and cuddl e d own in h e r curly n e ck

, ,

as sh e lie s on th e rug His moth e r stu ffs him with milk

.

until h e is hard as a bas eball H e licks h er fac e and .

th en h e starts brave ly forth and wh en h e g e ts th er e

,

Pippa nos e s him and tumbl e s him on th e floor and says

You brave little kitte n ”
.

S el ected .
 COU RA GE A ND S E LF CONTROL 1 51

B ONNY B OY

B ONNY B OY fath e r was a carp e nt e r H is nam e was

’
S .

Grim Norv ol d and th e r e was scarc e ly anything h e c ould

,

not do H e c ould tak e a watch apart and put it to

.

g e th e r again H e could m end a ha rn e ss H e could

. .

make a wag on H e love d work for its ow n sake and

.

was ill at e as e wh e n h e had not a tool in his hand .

F rom th e tim e B onny b oy was ol d e n ough to sit or

crawl in th e shavings his fath er g av e him a plac e und e r
,

th e turning b e nch and talk e d or sang to him whil e h e

work e d A n d B onnyb oy in th e m e anwhil e amus e d
.
, ,

hims e lf by g e tting int o all s orts of mischi e f .

To t e ach B onn yb oy th e trad e of a carp e nt e r was a

task which would have e xhaust e d th e pati e nc e of a
saint I f th er e was any p ossibl e way of d oing a thing
.

wrong B onnyb oy was sur e to hit up on that way B ut

,
.

h e p e rs e v e r e d was always ch e e rful and of g ood c ourag e

, ,
.

Wh e n B onnyb oy was tw e n ty y e ars old his fath er gav e ,

up his att empt to mak e a carp e nte r of h im A numb e r .

o f sawmills had b ee n built along th e riv e r down in th e

vall ey and th e old rapids had b e e n brok e n up into mill

,

dams on e ab ove th e oth e r A t on e of th e s e sawmills

,
.

B onnyb oy found w ork H is busin e ss was to roll th e

.

l ogs on th e littl e trucks that ran on rails and to push

th em up to th e saws H e worke d with a will and was
.

happy in th e thought that h e had at last found som e

thing that h e could do Wh en his fath e r saw h im sw ing
.

ing his ax so that th e chips fl e w about his e ars h e would ,

1 52 M A NNER S A ND CONDU CT

murmur to hims e lf M y poor lad cl eve r you are n ot

, ,

but you have that which th e cl ever est of us Ofte n lack .

Th e r e w e r e sixt ee n saw mills in all and th e on e at ,

which B onn yb oy was employe d was th e last of th e s eri e s .

Th e y we r e buil t on both banks of th e riv e r and w e r e ,

supp li e d with powe r from artificial dams I n th e s e .

dams th e wat e r was st or e d in time of dr ought and

e scap e d in a small rac e wh e n r e qui r e d for u se .

Th e n cam e th e gr e at flo ods Th e mill rac e s w e r e

.
-

k ept op e n night and day and y e t th e wat er burst lik e a

,

roaring cascad e ove r th e t ops of th e dams and th e rive r ,

b e d was fill e d to ov e rfl owin g with a swift tawny torr e nt ,

.

B onn yb oy and a gang of tw e nty m e n w e r e w orking as

th e y had n ev e r work ed b e f or e in th e ir live s to str ength e n
th e dams . I f but on e of th e m burst th e whol e imm e ns e
,

volum e of wat e r would rush upon th e vall ey Th e .

V illag e by th e low e r falls and e v e ry farm w it hi n half a

mil e of th e rive r banks would b e swept out of e xis ten ce '

B onn y b oy and his comrad e s w e r e r e ady to drop with

fatigu e I t was now e ight o clock in th e e venin g and
.
’
,

th e y had worke d sin c e six in th e morning Th e m oon .

was just rising b ehind th e moun tain ridg e s and th e ,

b e autiful valley lay with its gr e e n fie lds and r e d pain t e d

,
-

farmhous e s at B onn yb oy s f e e t I t was t erribl e to

,
’
.

think that p erhaps d e structi on was to ove rtak e thos e

happy and p e ac e ful hom e s .

B onn yb oy could scarc e ly k ee p back th e t e ars wh e n

this f ear sudd e nly cam e ov er him I n th e vil lag e b elow
.
,

m en w e r e s til l working in th e ir forg e s and th e sound of ,

th eir hamm e r blows could b e h e ard above th e roar of

1 54 M A NNE R S A ND CONDU CT

It was th e morning aft er th e disast e r Pe opl e en .

camp e d upon th e hillsid e gr ee t e d e ach oth e r in thank

fuln e ss F or many w e r e found to b e living who had
.

b e e n m ourn e d as d e ad M oth ers hugg e d th eir childr e n

.

with te arful joy and husbands who had h e ard thr ough
,

th e night th e cri e s of th e ir drowning wiv e s findin g th e m ,

at dawn safe and sound fe lt as if th e y had r e cove r e d

“

th e m from th e ve ry gat e s Of d e ath Wh e n all w e r e .

count e d it was found that but v e ry few of th e villag e rs

had b ee n ove rtake n by th e flood Th e tim e ly warning .

had e nabl e d n e arly all to save th ems e lve s .

A n d who was it that brought th e tid ings that snatch e d

them from th e jaws of d e ath ? Nobody kn e w H e rod e .

too fast A n d e ach was too much startl e d by th e m e s

.

sag e to tak e not e of th e m e ss e ng e r B ut who could h e .

have b ee n ? Was th e r e scu e r an ang e l from h e av e n ?

‘
Just th e n a lumb e rm an st e pp e d forward and said
I t was B onn yb oy th e carp e nt e r s son I saw him
“ ’
-
.
,

jump on his gray c olt .

Ad p t d f m B yh d i N w y b y H H B
a e ro N o oo n or a , . . OYE SE .

Q u ti es on s

1 . Wh at kind of a m an w a s B onny b oy
’
s f tha er ?
2 . Wh a t w a s h is t ra de ?
3 . b ut B nnyb y ?
Wh y w as h e discourage d a o o o

4 . Wh at did h e m e an wh en
h id th t B nnyb y h e sa a o o ad th ta

wh i h th l ev t f u ft n l k ?
c e c ere s o s o e ac
”

5 H w did B nny b y h l p th p p l in th v ll ey ?
. o o o e e eo e e a

6 D id h t k e ny i k in d ing t h i ?
. e a a r s o s

7 D id h t h ink f h im l f ?
. e o se

8 . M ay we call h im cour a g eous ? Wh y ?

9 . D o y ou think h i f th s a er w a s p roud of h im ?
 COU RA GE A ND SEL F CONTROL 1 55

H OL Y NI GH T

CORRE GGI O 1 —
( 1 4 9 4 1 53 4 )
THI S pictur e t e lls us th e divin e story of th e first
Christmas night . I t tak e s us back to th e humbl e
sce n e and w e h e ar th e glad tidings jus t as th e good
sh eph erds did wh e n th e y came down from th e bill s to
worship at th e cradl e of a tiny infant .

L ying in a mang e r on a pall e t of wh e at straw is th e

Christ child -
A brilliant whit e l ight radiat e s fro m
.

th e Child and gl or ifi e s th e sc e n e I t shin e s full upo n

.

th e fac e of th e happy t e nd e r moth e r as sh e kn ee ls

,

b e sid e th e mang e r ; it dazzl e s th e sh eph erds and th e ,

sh eph erd e ss w h o stands n ear by puts up h e r hand to

scr ee n h er e ye s ; it r e ve als th e ang e ls of th e h e avenly
host and fills th e cave with a wond e rful light
, .

Compar e th e s e S h e ph e rds with th e h el pl e ss infan t

a nd th e g e ntl e moth e r H ow strong th e y a r e
.
— h ow
w e ak is th e tiny baby Th e sh eph e rd e ss has brought a
.

gift of two turtl e d ove s Ne ar h er ar e th e two sh ep

.

h e rds Th e young man has thrown his h e ad back and

.

is gazing in rapt att e n tion at th e ange ls hove ring above

him whil e h e fondl e s th e dog at his sid e Th e old .

h erdsman has rais e d his hand to his h e ad and stands

b ewild ere d in th e pr e s e nc e of th e Christ child I n his -
.

strong le ft hand h e grasps th e gre at sta ff that has he lp e d

h im on th e w a y in his long journ e y .

We se e many touch e s of re al lif e in th e picture : th e

’
1
Pronounce d Cor r ed jo .
1 56 ,
M A NNE R S A ND COND UCT

simplicity and naturalne ss of th e sh eph erds ; th e happi

n e ss and t e nd e rn e ss of th e M adonna ; th e joy of all .

B u t th e artist has not forgott e n th e divin e sid e We .

have notic e d th e radiant light and hav e thought of

its m e aning Th e wh e at straw of th e pall e t has a
.

—
m e aning too th e br e ad of life ; and th e m e ek and
inn oc e nt dove is always th e emble m of th e H oly Spirit .

Th e j oy and b e auty o f it all is e mphasiz e d by th e

h e av e nly h ost as th e y sing Gl or ia in E xcel sis .

This is one of th e world s gr e at mast e rpi e c e s and

’
,

though paint e d by an I talian mast e r it is now own e d

by th e Ge rman g ov ernm e nt I t has an h on or ed plac e .

in D r e sd e n in th e sam e gall e ry wh e r e th e Sis tin e M a

donna may b e s e en .

Q UE S TI ONS
Wh t i th ff t f th l igh t up n th ne ?
‘
a s e e ec o e o e sce

Wh y d th l i gh t
oe s di t f m th Ch ild ?
e ra a e ro e

Wh y d w f l th t it i v y t ng ligh t ?
o e ee a s a er s ro

Wh t mp h i th w kn
a e as z e s f th inf nt ?
e ea ess o e a

H w h
o C as ggi b ug h t ut th t nd n
orr e o ro o e e er e ss th i s sub

j t ? th impl i ity ? th j y ?
ec e S c e o

Of wh t i th wh t
a s ymb l ?
e ea a s o

Of wh t i th d v
a s y mb l ?
e o e a s o

Wh at e th e ang l inging ?
ar e s S
1 62 MANNE R S AND COND UCT

supporting men This is a du ty you ow e to yours elves

.

and to your par e nts

“

E v e ry girl as w e ll as e v e ry boy should hav e sp e cial

, ,

training in som e lin e of work so that sh e may b e abl e ,

to support h e rs elf if n e c e ssary I f a girl is n e ed e d at

,
.

hom e that is th e plac e for h er but sh e should know

, ,

how to make th e hom e mor e pl e as ant by h er pr e s enc e ,

and sh e should l e arn how to assist h er moth er intelli

g en tly .

R U SKI N S AD VI CE TO GI RL S
’

RE S OLVE to do e v ery day som e work that is us e ful .

L e arn first th e e conomy of th e ki tch e n : th e good and

th e bad quality of ev e ry c ommon articl e of food ; and
th e simpl e st and b e st mod e of its pr e paration Wh en .

you hav e tim e h elp in cooking and l e arn h owto mak e

,

e v e ryt h ing as ni c as p ossibl e L e arn th e sound quali

e .

ti e s of all us e ful stu ff s and mak e e ve rything of th e b e st

,

you can g e t E v ery day som e littl e pi e c e of us e ful

.
,

clothing s e wn with your own fing e rs as strongly as it

can b e stitch ed and e mbr oid e r it or oth erwi se b e autify
it mod e rat ely with fi n e n e e dl ework such as a girl may ,

b e proud of having don e Y ou must b e to th e b e st of

.

your str e ngth us e fully e mploye d during th e gr e at e r

part of th e day so that you may b e abl e at th e end of
,

it to say as proudly as any p e asant that you ha v e

, ,

not e at e n th e br e ad of idl e n e ss .

JOH N R U SKIN .
 WORK 63

TOPI CS F OR D I S CU S S I ON

1 . E v y n wh i w ll l ik t w k
er o e o s e es o or . D o y ou l ik wo k ?
e to r

2 . Wh t i th d iff n b tw n w k
a s e e re ce e ee or a n d p l ay ? Wh n w e e

p l ay , w mu
e a u lv f th p nt ;
se o rse es or e r ese b ut w e w k f th
or or e

futu re .

3 . Wh y is w kn or y? e ce ss a r

4 . I f y ou r f th did n t w k wh t w ul d b m f y u ?
a er o or ,
a o eco e o o

5 . NO on e n d b ee h m d f w k A ll h n t w k i
e as a e o or . o es or s

r esp e c a t bl e .

w k nl y b xp t p wth
‘

6 . Do n ot or o ecau se y ou e ec ay . Do not a c

th e cl oc k .

7 . H ow s h
w k? D y u d y
oul d we al w ay s do o ur or O o o our w k or

n tly ? I y u w k t th b l kb d nd n p p
ea S o r or a e ac oa r a o a er a lw y a s

d n
o n t l y y u kn w h w t d i t ?
e as ea as o o o o o

n t w k h ll n t eat
“
8 H wh o d
. e B ible oes o or s a o . .

TH E B U RI E D TRE ASU RE

E NR I CO PER B ONIown e d an olive orchard H e had .

thr ee stalwart but lazy s ons E nrico t e nd e d his olive .

tr ee s with but littl e h e lp fr om his idl e sons .

A ny mor n ing b e f or e th e sun was high h e could b e ,

found upon th e hillsid e propping th e young tr ee s or ,

pruning th e old on e s ; or digging ab out th e roots loos en ,

ing and stirring th e 5 0 1 1 ; or in harve st time with a , ,

score of n eighbors to h e lp him picking th e firm round , ,

fruit .

A n d any a ft e rnoon toward sund own h e could b e , ,

found on th e hillsid e r e sting in th e orch ard shade ,

.
1 64 MANNE R S AND COND U CT

H ere h e would l ie and gaz e across th e hills of his b e loved

I taly acr oss to wh er e th e blu e of th e distant mou n
tains m e t th e blu e of th e sky Slowly his e y e s would .

wand e r back ov e r hills gray gr ee n with Oliv e tr e e s to a

-
,

n e ar e r hill slop e wh e r e in th e midst of its vin e yards

, ,

th e monast e ry stood H e could h e ar th e v e sp e r b e ll

.

calling th e monks to praye r .

Now th ey will r e st from th e ir labors h e w ould say ,

to hims e lf thinking how e arly and lat e th e monks h ad

, , ,

b e e n working in th e vin e yards Only constant car e .

turning th e soil and pruning th e vin e s h a d mad e —

th e monast e ry grap e s th e fin e st in all I taly .

Th e n E nrico would l ook at his own hillsid e at th e ,

old tr ee s with th eir gnarl e d and twist e d branch e s tha t ,

had born e fruit so many y e ars ; a n d h e would sigh to

thi nk that h e was growing old and could no long e r give
th e m all th e car e th ey n e e d e d .

h e would say with a shak e of his hand

“ ”
Ah y es
, , ,

if my sons would only work as I have don e what a ,

y i e ld th e r e would b e from this oliv e slop e ! ”

Th e r e cam e a tim e wh e n E nrico no long e r work e d

a mong his oliv e tr ee s a tim e wh e n h e too could r e s t
, , ,

th e long long r e st
,
from his labors .

H is thr e e sons gath e r e d to h e ar th e r e ading of h is

w ill . I b e qu e ath to my sons my oliv e orchard and
e qual shar e s in th e tr e asur e that li e s buri e d th e r e in
-
s o it was writt e n Th e thr e e sons star e d at one
.

an o th e r in astonishm e nt .

Tr e asur e ! Tr e asur e buri e d in th e orchard ! th ey

“ ”
.

ex cl aim e d e xci te dly I f w e set oth ers to d ig gi ng

“
.
1 66 MA NNER S A ND COND U CT

TR U E BL U E

C HA RA C TE R S

L ouis F r ed
Ca rr al S idn ey

[A g roup of th re e b y
o s, Lou i s, C a rrol , a nd Sd i ney . A f our th ,

F re d , a t so me l i ttl e di t n
s a t ting t w
ce , s a r o ard h om e ]
SCE NE : Th e t t
s re e

TI ME : A t th e cl os e of s c h ool .

L ou is ( calling to F r e d ) We want to g e t up a ball .

gam e to —morr ow afte rn oon C an y ou c om e ove r and .

play ?
F r ed . wi s h I c ould but I
“

I ,
’
ve g t
o to w ork to —
morr ow .

A ll . A t h om e ?
F r ed . Y es .

L ouis fudg e ! Th e y ll l e t y ou off

. O
’
.

F r ed B u t th e work must b e don e and I pr omis e d

‘

.
,

to d o it I t w ould hardly b e fair to go away and l e av e

.

it for som eb ody e ls e to d o Com e D uk e

”
( to his .
“
,

d og) (H e g oe s off whistling )

. .

Ca r r ol F r e d is a curious f e ll ow
. I f h e has m ad e .

up his mind to d o a thing h e ll d o it n o matt e r what ’

,

you say to him and n o matte r what e ls e is g oing on,

.

S idn ey A n d to s ee him fussing ov e r a lam e d og or

.
,

calling d own som e body that h a s b e e n st oning a stray

ca t you d think him a soft h e art e d goos e ; but m e e t
’
-

him in a wr e stling match or on th e ball ground and ,

y ou ll chang e y our tun e ; h e can give and tak e hard

’

knocks as w e ll as anybody .
 WOR K 1 67

L ouis . is a fi rs t rat e ball playe r I wish h e would

He -
.

c om e to morr ow
-
.

H e s a p e ac e abl e f e ll ow h e w ould
’
Ca rr ol . too , ,

n e ve r ge t up a quarr e l with anyon e on his ow n acc ount :

but did y ou se e him lay Os ca r B utl e r fl at to d ay at r e -

c e ss b e c au s e h e tripp e d up that littl e lam e boy ?

S idn ey Y e s and s e rv e d him right ,too
.
, Oscar is a .

gr e at bully but I d on t think the r e a r e many b oys

,
’

in our class w h o c ould have d on e it Os car is tw o .

ye a r s old e r and pre tty stout

,
.

Th e r e s n o thing priggish ab out F r e d e ith e r

’
L ouis .
,
.

H e w ork s like a st e am e ngin e ov e r th os e h a r d p r ob l e ms

'

in a r ithm e tic and digs away ove r h is s e nte nc e w ork ,

and wh e n h e s d on e th e m all h e ll h e lp a fri e nd ove r ,

’

th e rough plac e s .

Ca rr ol . Y es and h e w ould rath e r k e e p a pr omis e than

,

g o ou t for an aft e rn oon s sp ort s o w e shall hav e to g e t

’
,

on without him at to m orrow s gam e

’
-
.

[Th y di p e ] e s ers

I am a m e r e farm e r ; my talk is all of fua fua and

tuitui and black b oys and planting and w e e ding and
, ,

axe s and cutlass es ; my hand s ar e cover e d with blist ers

and full of th orns ; l e tte r s a r e d oubtl ess a fin e thing
but give m e farming in th e tropic s for r e al int er e st .

L if e go e s on in e n chantm e nt .

R OB E R T L OUI S S TE V E NS ON .
1 68 MANNE R S AND COND UCT

I WI SH I WE R E
ONE summ e r morning a fairy awoke so lat e tha t th e
d ew was all gon e fr om th e flow e rs and h e had to run
d own to th e brook to ge t his b e for e br e akfast dri nk -
.

A nd aft e r h e had had his drink h e discov e r e d h e was “

too lat e for hon e y too ; h e c o uld n ot find a sp e ck of

,

hon ey not e v e n on e tast e Y ou se e th e fairi e s usually

,
.

g e t up so e arly that th e y can e a t all th e hon e y th e y

want l ong b e fore th e b ee s start from t h e ir hive s .

B ut on this particular morning th e lazy littl e fairy

had sl ept so lat e that th e b ee s had b ee n round and
e at e n all th e h on e y e v e ry scrap and that mad e
th e fairy s o cross that h e did not e v e n r e m e mb e r tha t
h e might stir around and hunt for s ome thing e ls e to eat .

H e sat down at th e f o ot of a tr ee int e nding to sulk

all day long ; b ut b e for e h e had more than start e d
s ulking a parrak e e t cam e by .

”
Good m orning F ri e nd F airy ! said th e parrake e t
“
,

ch ee rfully I sn t this a fi n e day ?

“ ’ ”

No it s a v e ry bad day said th e fairy crossly

“ ’
, , ,

and I wish I we r e a mango ! ”

What a funny wish for a fairy to mak e ! said th e

“ ”

parrak ee t laughing ,
I f you chang e in to a mango ,

I l l e a t a hol e in you
’
.

Th e n I won t b e a mango r epli e d th e fairy crossly

’
, ,

for I do n t want a hol e e at e n in me ! I ll b e som e thing

’ ’

e ls e
”
.

Th e parrak ee t laugh e d and fl ew away jus t as a b ig

to a d hopp e d out from b e hi n d a tr ee .
 70 MANNE R S A ND COND UCT

L e ft by hims e lf th e sulking fairy b e gan to f e e l v e ry

foolish and v e ry s orry H e r em emb e r e d th e flow e r bud
.

h e ought to hav e op e n e d l ong ago and h e thought of

th e sunb e ams h e sh ould hav e h e lp e d
“
What I sh ould b e wishing for h e whisp er e d to ,

hims e lf is w ork A nd th e n I should hunt around

,
.

and answ e r my ovVn wish .

S lyly h e slipp e d ar ound a tr ee to op e n a but te rcup

bud h e was sur e h e had s ee n th er e A n d as th e flow e r .

op e n e d what d o you suppos e h e found ? A drop of

,

sw e e t fr e sh hon e y all r e ady for him to ea t !

,

A s h e sipp e d th e h o n e y and plann e d what to do n e xt ,

a cardinal bird h opp e d by .

Good ch e e r ! Go od ch e e r F ri e nd F airy ! call ed

“ ”
,

th e cardinal I sn t this a fi n e day ?

“ ’ ”
.

A n d th e happy littl e fairy call e d back A fi n e day ,

for working ind ee d it is !

‘
,
”

CLA RA I N GRA M JUD SON .

TH E Q U A I LS

A GE S ago a flock of mor e than a thousand quails

l iv e d tog e th e r in a for e st in I ndia Th e y would hav e .

b ee n happy if th e y had n ot b e e n in gr e at dr e ad of th eir

e n e my th e quail catch e r
,
H e us e d to imit at e th e
-
.

c all of th e quail ; and wh e n th e y gath er e d tog e th e r

in answ e r to it h e w ould throw a gr e at n e t ov e r
,

th e m stu ff th e m into his bask e t and carry th em away

, ,

to b e sold .
 WORK 1 71

Now , on e of
quails was v e ry wis e and h e said :
th e ,

B roth e rs ! I v e th ought of a go od plan

“ ’
I n th e .

futur e as soon as th e fowle r throws his n e t ov e r us

, ,

l e t e ach on e put hi s h e ad thr ough a m e sh in th e n e t

and th e n all lift it up t oge th e r and fl y away with it .

Wh e n w e hav e fl own far e nough w e can l e t th e n e t drop ,

on a thorn bush and e scap e from und e r it

”
.

A l l agr e e d to th e plan ; and th e n e xt day wh e n th e

fowl e r thr e w his n e t th e birds all lift e d it tog e th e r in
,

th e v e ry way tha t th e wis e quail had t old th em thr e w ,

it on a th orn bush and e scap ed Whil e th e f owl e r,

.

tri e d to fr ee his n e t from th e th orns it gr e w dark and , ,

h e had to go h om e .

This happ e n e d many days till a t l a s t th e fowl e r s ’

’
,

wife gr e w angry and ask e d h er husband

“
Wh y is it that you n e v e r catch any m or e quail ?
Th e n th e fowl e r said
Th e tr oubl e is that all th e birds w ork t og e th e r and
“

h elp one an o th e r I f th ey w ould only quarr e l I could

.
,

catch th em fast e nough ”

.

A few days lat e r on e of th e quails accid e nt ally trod

,

on th e h e ad of on e of his broth e rs as th ey alight e d on ,

th e f ee ding gr ound .

“
Wh o trod on my h e ad ? angrily inquir e d th e quail
”

that was hurt .

D on t b e angry I didn t m e an to tr e ad on y ou
“ ’ ’
,
.

said th e fir st quail B ut th e broth e r quail w e nt on

.

quarrel ing .

I lift e d all th e w eight of th e ne t ; y ou didn t h e lp

“ ’

a t all
,
h e crie d .
1 72 MANNE RS AND COND UCT

Th at mad e th efirst quail angry and b efore lo n g all ,

we r e d rawn in to th e dispute Th en th e fowl e r saw .

his chanc e H e imitate d th e cry of th e quail and cast

.

his n e t ov e r thos e tha t cam e tog e th e r Th e y w e r e still .

boas ting and quarr e ling and th e y did not h e lp one ,

an oth e r lift th e net So th e hunt e r lifte d th e ne t him

.

se lf a nd cramm e d th e m into his b ask e t B ut th e wis e .

quail ga th e r e d h is frie nds tog e th e r and fl ew far away ,

for h e kn e w that quarr e ls ar e th e root of misfortu ne .

A L egend f th e Jataka
o .

Q UE S TI ONS
Wh t w ul d it m an f th h m if all th m mb of th e
1 . a o e or e o e e e ers

f mily w k d t g th
a or eth qu il did t fi t ?
o e er a s e a s a rs

Wh t w ul d it m n f th
2 . a o h l if ll th pupils w ked
ea or e sc oo a e or

tog th with th t h ?
e er e e ac er

3 H w w ul d it h l p y u b
o o b ll t m ? E xpl in
e o r ase a ea a

H w w ul d t m
. .

4 . o w k h lp in y ou l it y i ty ?
o ea or e r e r ar s oc e

’ —
—
TH E JA C K O L A NTE R N

THEwagon ro ll e d into th e yard with a lo ad of larg e ,

plump gold e n ch eck e d pumpkins

,
-
.

Now wh e r e shall w e put th e m ? ask e d R o l lo

“ ”
.

Yond e r on th e grass is a good plac e r e plie d J onas

, , ,
”
.

Pil e th e m up and w e will l e av e th e m for a fe w days to

dry in th e sun ”
.

Jonas b e gan to unload th e wagon ; h e roll e d th e

pumpkins toward R ollo who pile d th em on th e grass ,
.

H e r e s a gr ee n on e Jonas ; shall I pil e it up with

“ ’
,

”
th e r e st ?
1 74 M A N NE R S A ND COND U CT

We ll ,
R oll o , have y ou finish e d th e Jack -
O
’
-
lante r n ? ”

aske d J onas .

“
NO ”
,
r epli e d R ollo I was tir e d ; so I thought I
,

would com e and h e lp you work and as k you to te ll me a

story ”
.

I d o not think Of any story jus t n ow but I can give

“
,
”
you s om e advic e .

Ve ry w e ll said R oll o give me som e advic e

“ ”
, , .

I will t e ll you two rul e s my ol d schoolmast e r us ed

to t e ach m e — on e for work and one for play
, His .

rul e for work was th l s

‘
Work onc e b e gun
M ust always b e don e .

R ollo laugh e d at h e aring this rul e and ask e d if all th e

o ld mast e r s rul e s w e r e in po e try
’
.

H is s e cond rul e
”
continu e d Jonas was for play
, ,
.

I t was this
‘
Wh e n you have do ne your play ,

Put all your things

I think that is an e xc e ll e n t rul e said R ollo ; for
”
,

childr e n Ofte n los e th eir playthings by l e aving th e m

ab out wh e n th e y hav e d on e playing I n e v e r l e ave .

my things lying about ”

.

I nd e e d !
”
said Jonas Wh e r e is your Jack O
.
-
’

lant ern ? H ave y ou put that away ? ”

N0 ; but that is not finish e d y e t

“ ”
.

Th e n you hav e brok e n both of my Ol d mast e r s rul e s

’
.

Y ou hav e l e ft your work unfinish e d b e caus e you w ere

tir e d of it and you did n ot put away your playthings
,

wh e n you had don e with th e m NOW l e t us go h om e .

”
.
 WOR K 1 75

Th e y
walk e d toward th e hous e .

R ollo ! R ollo ! se e th e r e ! e xclaim e d J onas as th e y

“ ”

came in sight of th e yard R oll o l ooke d up and saw .

th e Ol d whit e cow e ating up h is Jack o — lant ern ’

-
.

R oll o pick e d up a s tick and ran a ft e r th e cow sh out

ing Wh eh th e re ! w h e h as loud and fi erc e ly a s h e
,
“
,

could .

Th e cow s e iz e d anoth e r larg e mouthful and ran Off

shaking h er h orns and brandishing h er tail .

Th e ugly Ol d cow ! said R oll o pi cking up th e r e

“ ”
,

mains of th e pumpkin.
M y Jack O lant ern is all
.
“ -
’
-

sp oil ed I wi l l ge t s om e st on e s and ston e h er

.
”
.

S ton e h e r ! S t on e what ? r ep li e d Jonas coolly

“ ”
.

S t on e th e cow ?
Y e s of c ours e answer ed R ollo ; that ugly Ol d
, ,

cow
Wh y what is th e c ow to blam e for ? said J onas
“
,
”
.

To blam e ! Wh y sh e has b e e n e ating up my Jack

,

O lant e rn
’
-
”
.

I d o n o t think th e cow is to blam e said Jonas ;

“
,

but s om e b ody is to blam e and I can t e ll y ou w h o ,

.

I f y ou st on e anybody y ou had b e tt e r st on e him ,

Th e .

p e rs on to blam e is th e b oy that l e ft th e Jack O lant e rn -

’
-

on th e l og and thus l e t th e cow g e t it

”
.
,

I t hink add e d h e wi th a laugh that if my Ol d

“ ”
, ,

scho olmast e r had kn own Of thi s ca s e h e w ould have ,

mad e a g ood story out of it to illustrat e his tw o rul e s ”

.

F r om Roll o s Va ca tion , b y JA COB A B B OTT

’
.
 PLA Y

IT is a mistak e to thi nk that play is akin to idle n e s s .

Play has its valu e just as sur e ly as work has a valu e ;

and if you wish to mak e of yours elf th e b e st p ossible
,

man or woman you must know h ow to play a go od

,

Cl e an gam e as w e ll as how to do g ood w ork Go od .

hard play is r e stful aft e r study I t ex ercis e s th e muscl e s .

and make s us grow strong I t mak e s us quick to s ee .

and quick to act it brighte ns th e mind and puts us

, ,

in tun e for work again .

L e arn e v e ry rul e Of th e gam e E nt e r into it with .

spirit and always do your b e st to win Never play in a

,
.

car e l e ss slipsh od fashion I f y ou d o th e r e s no fun

,
.
,
’

in th e gam e for you for your playmat e s or for th e

, ,

sp e ctat ors F or instanc e in running on a fly don t

.
,
’

stop or slack en your pac e b e caus e you think th e ball

is going to b e caught .

D O n ot try to show Off in play : if you s e rv e as an

outfie ld e r in a bas eball gam e do n ot afte r y ou have , ,

caught a ball h old it up b oastfully b e f or e th e e ye s of

,

th e cr owd and m e antim e l e t th e runn e r st e al a bas e

, , ,
.

I f you ar e guarding a bas e d o n ot a ff e ct to catch th e ,

b all with both hands th e n sudd e nly drop on e to th e

,

hip as if posing for a pictur e and r e ach for th e ball with ,

one hand .Th e chanc e s a r e you will miss it and los e

points for your sid e .
r 80 MANNE R S A ND COND U CT

On th e oth e r hand atte nd to busin e ss ; do n ot pose

, .

F org e t yours e lf throw yours e l f into th e gam e a nd play

for po in ts for your t e am I f you have n ot l e arne d how
.

to play w e ll l e arn at onc e ; for you w il l n e v e r b e abl e

,

to do your b e st work until you hav e l e arn e d how to

play a thoroughgoing gam e A m an n e ve r amou n ts .

to ve ry much as a man who as a boy n e ve r enjoye d

!

, ,

good hard play .

B ut play do e s mor e than str e ngth en muscl e s and

sharp e n th e mind : it give s you a chanc e to l e arn many
l e ssons in polit e ne ss and right c onduct A lways play .

fair Taking advantag e of anoth e r who do e s n ot kn ow

.

th e rul e s of th e gam e or playing som e sly trick un s een

, ,

is dishon e st . I n a r e lay do not try to ge t Ofl b e for e

,

th e start e r giv e s th e prop e r si gn al ; or s n e ak Ofl if ,

you ar e a slow runn e r and l e t a swifte r boy tak e your

,

plac e ; or on th e oth e r hand if you ar e swift do not

, , ,

tak e th e plac e Of a sn e ak I f you ar e pr e s e n t a t roll

call and numb e r e d for att e ndanc e stay un til all ”
,

e v e nts ar e finish e d ,
unl e ss e xcus e d by th e man age r ,

and play your part th e b e st you can Play to Win .

hon e stly or to los e without sham e .

I n th e tr e atm e nt of oppon e nts you hav e opportu nity

to show th e m ost g e ntl ema nl y quality consid e ra
tion for oth e rs . Po l it e n e ss or th e lack Of it is shown
, ,

( 1 ) I n th e way you m e e t your oppo ne nts b e for e th e

g am e op e ns ; ( 2 ) in your attitud e toward th e ump ir e ;

(3 ) in roo ting ; ( 4 ) in ch ee rin g ; ( 5) in yo ur a ttitud e

toward injur e d Oppon e nts .

D O n ot mak e th e mi s t ak e of r eg ardi ng your oppo nents

1 82 M ANNE R S A ND COND U CT

worst p ossibl e display of a cru e l s e lfish natur e Ch e e r ,

.

ing at such a tim e sh ould b e farth e st fr om yo ur thoughts .

R ath e r think what y ou can d o to h e lp th e su ff e r e r .

R un to him h e lp him up assist him Off th e fi e ld ge t

, , ,

wat e r or a doctor if n e c e ssary ; but do not ch e e r Th e r e

, ,
.

ar e tim e s to ch ee r how e v e r Ch ee r to e ncourag e y our

,
.

t e am ! Ch e e r at th e e nd of th e g am e for your own

t e am and for your Oppon e nts NO matt e r what th e
,
.

r e sult of t e gam e is both te ams should do this

h ,
— ch ee r
for th ems e l ve s and for e ach oth e r Thi s is cour te ous .

and promote s good fee ling .

I f f e e ling runs high among th e sp e ctat ors as it som e ,

tim e s do e s against th e visiting t e am th e two t e ams

, ,

s hould m ee t and l e av e th e fi e ld tog e th e r arm in arm ,

or in o th e r fri e ndly fashion This is an e asy and g e ni al .

way of satisfying th e cr owd that all is w e ll .

‘
I n pr eparati on for gam e s r e m e mb e r that things ,

won t manage th ems e lve s A pp oint as manag e r som e

’
.

busin e ss lik e boy who has ir on in him and who always

-

d o e s on tim e what is g iv e n him to do H e will see that .

e v e rything n e c e ssary is on hand and in r e a din e ss for

a ll e v e nts b e f or e th e visit ors arriv e .

E v e ry e v e nt sh ould b e b e gun on tim e wh e th e r all

th e cont e stants a r e th e r e or n ot D on t k e e p your .

visitors waiting .

Go od hard play th e n t emp e r e d by fairn e ss court e sy

, , , , ,

Se lf control and c onsid e ration for o th e rs will improve

-
, ,

y our body your m in d and your co n duc t

, ,
 PLAY 1 83

VAL U E OF PL A Y

I not know Of any b e tte r way to t e ach a boy to

DO

b e h onorabl e a nd straight than to giv e him a chanc e

to play with his c omrad e s I n th e playgr ound h e l e a rns
.

without any sugg e sti on of r e b e lli on against instructi on

and pr e c ept and pr e aching H e l e arn s it b e caus e h e
.

‘
d oe s n ot want anyb ody e ls e to ch e at him and is d ow n ,
’

on th e boy that d oe s n o t play fair A n d in th e l ong

.

‘
run b e caus e h e is d own on th e boy that d oe s n ot
,
’

play fair h e will e stablish standards of c onduct which

,

w e must maintain in th e c ommunity and particularly

in our gr e at citi e s I f th e r e is on e thing that w e n e e d
.

m or e than an o th e r it is th e constant emphasis among

,

our citiz e ns Of that spirit Of fa ir play that willingn e ss ,

to giv e and tak e that g e n e r osity in d e f e at and th at

,

lack of ass ertiv e n e ss in vict ory which w e id e ntify with

tru e sport and which is l e arne d b e st Of all in childhood
,

upo n th e playground
”
.

C E H
H A R LE S f m J ti . U GH E S , or er us ce

f U it d St t
o S p m C u t
n e a es u re e o r .

PLAN TI N G POTA TOE S

JE AN F RA N COI S M I L LE T ( 1 81 —
4 1 8 75)

NOTI CE th e b e autiful spring sky and th e gr e at furrow e d

plain s tr e tching aw a y to th e villag e faintly outlin e d
,
.

through th e midday haz e S e e th e two flowe ring appl e

.
1 84 MANNE R S AND COND U CT

t r ee s for e gr ound
in th e . Al l th e s e — th e sky
th e p l ain , ,

th e distan t villag e and th e tr e e s

,
mak e a mos t n a tural
s e t ting for this planting sc ene .

H ow r e al th e old tr e e s s e e m ! Th e y hav e look e d upo n

many such a planting and have o ff e r ed th ei r shad e to
m any a tir e d pe asant Wh at in n atur e can b e more
.

fri e ndly and h elpful than a fi ne tr e e ?

D O you s e e th e happy baby and th e donk e y r e st ing
b e ne ath th e s e tr ee s ? Th e fai thful d onk e y has carrie d
out from th e vill ag e th e tools and s e e d potato e s and ,

p e rhaps th e littl e baby too ; and wh en nigh t falls h e

will trudg e back to th e villag e with his load .

B ut it is upon th e mov e m e n t Of th e two rugg e d p e as

a nts in th e for e gr ound that th e e y e r e sts lo n g e st Th e y .

ar e th e c e nt e r of i n t e r e st Wi th what car e th e y do th e ir
.

work H ow wel l pr epar e d th e grou n d is Th e patch

. .

must b e th e ir ow n Th e F r e nch p e asant is ne ve r sa tis

.

fi ed or happy till h e has a pi e c e Of land to ca l l his own ,

n o matt e r how small it may b e Th e n h e spar e s no

.

pains to work it w e ll H e kn ows tha t th e so il give s

.

g e n erously o nly to th e hand that te nds it we ll H e h as .

cl e ar e d this littl e patch by hard labor With a cl umsy .

spad e h e has turn e d th e soil from daw n till ni gh t Now .

h e is sowing th e s e e d .

Th e m a n and his wif e ar e plan ti n g Th e man plu n ges .

th e h oe d eep into th e soil ; in a mom en t h e rais e s it .

Th e woman drops tw o s e e ds and th e man cov e rs th em

a t a singl e strok e ,
and th e y pass on Ove r and over .

again th e y r ep e a t this ac tio n smoo thly and r apidly , ,

and with m ach ine lik e e x a c tn ess

-
.
 PLAY 1 87

This family cam e from th e littl e village b e fore sun

ris e
. I t is now past noon and th e y hav e k e pt at th is
,

planting with scarc ely a pause Th e s e are h e roic s elf .

,

r e spe cting typ e s Th e y ar e not afraid Of work Th ey

. .

are thrifty and painstaking Th e y will sur e ly b e re .

ward e d with a go od crop .

Th e artist M ill e t was hims e l f a p e asant

, , H e had .

him s elf turn e d and r e turn e d th e soil und e r th e s corch

-

ing rays of th e sun S O h e r e ally und e rstood and could

.

s ympathiz e with th e labor e rs of his cou n try .

Q UE S TI ONS
Wh ere s e sce
i th n f t h i p i tu ?
e o s c re

Wh a s e se
t i th tt ing ?
Wh a t tim f d y i it ?
e o a s

Wh a se aso O
t n f th y i it ? e e ar s

Wh a t th ing in th l nd p h lp
s e a s ca e e us to a s nw er

No .
4 ?
D escr ib e th e p easa nt s ; th i e r ac ti n
o .

Na me th e a rt i st .

Na me four oth e r p i tu
c res pa int ed b y h im .

Wh y w as b e a bl e to p a int p easa nt s so tu
r e to li f e?
 LOY AL TY TO DUTY

GE OR GE E . WARI NG —
( 1 8 3 3 1 8 9 8)
GE OR GE E . WARI NG was ngine e r a farme r and a
an e , ,

patriot H e sp e nt th e g re at e r part of his life in making

.

his country a b e tt e r and saf e r plac e to live in b y makin g

it mor e h e althful H e mad e c onstant war against ov e r
.

crowd e d hous e s fil th foul p ools rubbish a nd de ad

, , ,

animals in th e str ee t and poor drainag e

, .

H e b e gan his lif e work in th e e arly 50 s as a l e c tur er

’

on sci e ntific farming and an e ngin e er H e man aged .

a famous farm in New York wh e r e h e l e arn e d many ,

valuable le ssons L ate r h e grad e d drain e d and plan ted

.
, ,

Ce ntral Park th e b e autiful pl e asur e g round Of New

,

York City A t th e outbr e ak of th e Civil War h e we n t

.
,

a s a volun t e e r and in a few months b e cam e a c olon e l

,

of cavalry A ft e r th e war h e work e d hard for ten ye ars

.
,

l e arning mor e about managing land stock rais in g and ,

-
,

drainage both for th e farm and for th e tow n .

H e b e cam e kn own for his th or ough w ork a nd wh en ,

a b ad epid emic of yellow fe ver br oke out in 1 8 78 h e w as ,

call e d to M emphis to Cl e an up th e city and put in b e tt er

s ewe rs th ere H e did his work so we ll tha t M emphis
.

has b een fr ee of yel low fe ve r eve r sin ce .

Colon e l W aring w as fin ally se n t a t th e h e ad of a com

missi on to lo ok in t o s anitary con di tions in Cuba and
make pl ans for cl eaning H avana On r e turning to New .

1 91
1 92
MANN ER S AND COND U CT

York from one of th e s e insp e ction trips for th e Gove rn

me nt Colo n e l Waring di e d sudd e nly of y e llow f e ve r
,

th e v e ry dis e as e from which h e had sav e d s o many .

Th e New York P ress spok e of him as th e apostl e

“

of Cl e anlin e s s and th e scourg e Of dirt

”
.

A t th e time of his d e ath th e Philad e lphia I nq uir er

s aid “
NO man me t d e ath mor e h eroically or mor e
patrio tically than did Colon e l Waring Th e glory tha t .

is lav ish e d on thos e shot in battl e is worthily plac e d ,

but th e h e ro who w e n t to Cuba to fight y e llow f e ve r in

ord e r to sav e th e live s of an army of me n is justly wor thy
Of e v e ry tribut e that a grat e ful p e opl e can b e stow

From L ife f Col

o . Geo E
. . Waring
, b y DR ALBE RT SH AW
. .

WA RI NG A ND HI S WH I TE WI NGS
AT WOR K
I N 1 8 9 5, Colon e l Waring was chos e n h e ad of th e
stree t
Cl e aning d e partm e n t in Ne w York City Th e str ee ts .

we r e filthy and th e n arrowe r and mor e crowd e d th e y

,

w er e th e fi l th ier th e y we re Colon e l W aring d e cid e d

,
.

th at th e wh ol e troubl e cam e from mixing politics wi th

s tr e e t Cl e aning H e s aw tha t bo th ove rs ee rs and
.

sw e ep e rs w e r e appoint e d as a r eward for vote s ,

b e caus e th e y had vot e d as som e body wish e d th em to ,

not b e caus e th e y w e r e good work e rs Col on e l Wa rin g.

d e cid e d to put a ma n inst e ad of a voter b e hind e ve ry

“

bro om . L azy and car e l e ss work e rs we re dropp e d ,

whil e all tha t we re willing to do faithful work s taye d .

1 94 M A NNER S A ND COND UCT

PLE D GE S

NE W YORK boys and girls clubs use this ple dge

’ ’

W wh e, n t b
o s oo iti n f N w Y k th l g t ity
a re o e c ze s o e or , e ar es C

o n th Am i n
e ntin nt d i t h v h p
er ca co e nm
,
e s re o a e er os se s s a a e

wh i h i b v p h A d w th f
c s a o e re r oac g . t k p f m n e e r e or e a r ee o ee ro

l itt ing h
er t t d f
e r s ree s , a np ibl t p v nt th f m
,
as a r as os s e, o re e o er s ro

d ing th
o m in d t h t u ity m y b
e sa e, or er l n h i
a o r C a e as c ea as s e s

g t d pu
re a an as h i f e r e as s e s r e .

We might hav e som e such pl e dge in our school We .

might go furth e r and add th e pl e dg e to fight again s t

tub e rculosis : Tu b ercul osis s pr ea ds ; we will ch eck it .

H e r e follow th e app e al th e cr e e d and th e pl e dg e Of , ,

th e Philippin e I slands A n ti Tub e rculosis S oci e ty -

.

I B ELI EVE
IN
H E A L TH a n d in th e
H E ALTH F U L PU R S U I T of PR O S
F E R I TY a n d H APPI NE S S
CLEANLINESS GODLI NE SS
.

I B E LIE VE
”

Th at TUB E R CULO S I S is re s pon

sib l e f or a g r e a t m e a s u r e o f
PO VE R TY, U NH AP P I NE S S a nd
GE NE R AL I NE F F I CI E NCY a mong
i
th e Ph l ippin e p e opl e an d I DE
L I E VE in th e F I GH T A GA I NS T
th is , our W O R S T E NE M Y Wh il e .

I am in H EA LTH

I A G RE E
your d uty
T
I n H I S FI GH T to th e
3 10
l
0
e s t o my a h i ity
t° ” u s e“ .

To LI VE I N CLE A NLI NE S S .

and to To B R E A TH G O D S PUR E AIR

’

D AY a n d NI GH T in all s e a s ons .

To S LEE P W I TH WI ND OW S
fam ly i O PE N .

To AVO ID S PI TTI NG on S ID E
It l s m KS a nd I I
i i
R

your d uty o E ce p my D I O %%
O
UR I S H E D §
w ith th e B E S T F O OD I ca n ob ta in .

To tr y to g e t my r e l a tive s a nd
fr ie n d s to JO I N TH E F I GH T
A GAI NS T TUB E R CU LO S I S an d
faithfuuy to ob s e rve th e s e rul e s .
 LOYALTY TO DUTY 1 95

S ome oth er pl e dge s tha t Show th at you recogniz e your

duty to th e commu nity in which you live
I will pro te c t th e prop er ty of oth e rs -
as I w ould my
ow n .

I w ill jure any tre e shrub or lawn

not in , , .

I will promis e to b e a tru e and loyal ci tiz en .

NE I GH B OR M I NE

s treet cl e aning song su ng at one Of th e ma s s mee t

-

oi Ne w York boy s and girls :

TH ERE are ba rre l s in th e hallways ,

Neighb or mine ;
Pray b e mindful of them always ,

Ne ighb or mine .

If you re not de void of fee ling

’
,

Quickly to t h ose b ar e ls stea ling

r ,

Throw in e ach ba nana pee lin g ,

Neighb or mine !
Do not drop th e fruit you re e ating
’
,

Ne ig h b or mine ,

On th e S idewa lks se we r or gra ting

, , ,

Neighbor mine .

B ut l e st y ou and I should qua rre l ,

Lis te n to my littl e carol ;

Go and tos s it in th e barre l ,

Ne ighb or mine !

k
Loo ,
w hene e r you drop a paper
’
,

Ne ig h b r mine
o ,
1 96 M A NNE R S A ND C OND U CT

I n th ew ind it cuts a caper ,

Ne ig h b or min e .

D ow n th e s tr ee t it m adly c our se s ,

A n d should fil l y ou with r emor se s

Whe n you s ee it s car e th e h or ses ,

Ne ig h b or mine !

P ap er cans w e re made fo pap s

-
r er ,

Ne ighb or mine ;
L e t s n ot ha ve thi s fact e scap e us
’
,

Ne ighb or min e .

A n d if y ou w ill l e nd a h a nd ,

Soon our city d ear s h a ll s ta nd

A s th e cl ea n e s t in th e land ,

Neig h b or min e !

A M E R I CA

ve y A m i n b y d gi l h ul d kn w v ry w d f
E r e r ca o an r s o o e e or o

Am i e r ca Ev y
. wh
er nj y th p t ti n f th A m
on e o e n o s e ro e c o o e e r i ca

fl g h uld know it
a s o nd b bl t j in in th h u wh n it i
,
a e a e o o e c or s e s

h is p ri v il g e to t k p t in
e a p t i ti
e l eb ation
ar a a r o c ce r .

MY c ount y tis of thee r ,

’
,

S w ee t l a nd of lib e ty r ,

Of th ee I s ing ;
L and wh e re my fath e s di e d r ,

L and of th e Pilg ims p ide

’
r r ,

F rom e ve y mount a in S ide

r

L e t free dom ring .

 MA N N E RS
I w ant to tel l you a s ecr et
. Th e way to make
l i oth ers is to sh ow th a t you car e
yourself p ea s ng to

for “
mm WI LLI AM WI RT .
20 2 MANNE R S AND COND U CT

o
ti n . school w e ar e e very day pr eparing for our life
In
as men and wom e n in th e gr e a t world ou tsid e of th e

s chool .L e t us th e n giv e e arn e s t at te n tio n to th e littl e

courte si e s of life and S O fi t ours e lve s for th e wid e r cir cl e
Of soc ial duti e s in which w e shall lat e r play a par t .

Outward forms Chan g e wi th th e social cus tom s Of

soci e ty b ut th e laws which gove rn th e moral obliga tion
,

of a boy or g irl to a n e ighbor a nd to th e community

in which h e liv es ne v e r change .

TH E GE NTL E F OL KS OF CORN

D I D you eve r chanc e to s ee them,

Al l thos e ge ntl e f olks Of c orn ,
Wh o b ow from morn till evening ,

A nd frb m e venin g until mo n ?

r

H owthey b ow and b end and curtsy

With th e mus ic of th e bree ze ,

Which whistl e s al l the ir tune s to th em ,

And rustl e s in th e tree s .

H ow polite they are and stately

As the y b e nd and dip so l ow ,

Like ladie s in th e minue ts

Of long and l ong ago !
KA THE RI NE B OWEN
. .
 M A NNER S O3

COND U CT A T S CH OOL

ADDRE S S your t e ach e r by h e r or h is ow n nam e n eve ,

r

as Te ach e r
“
.
”

D O not say simply Good m orning but Good , ,

m orning M r R oddy up on e nte ring sch ool in th e

,
.
,

m ornin g ; Good afte rn oon M r R oddy up on m e e t ,

.
,
”

ing him in th e a f te rn oon ; Good —b y M r R oddy “

,
.
,

up on l e aving R e m emb e r that b e ing ta r dy a t sch ool is

.

a nn oying to th e t e ach e r and disturbing to th e cla s s ,

and wh e n on e a r rive s a t s ch ool lat e h e has n o right on ,

e nt e ring to distu r b e ith e r th e t e ach e r or th e pupils by

,

a gr ee ting or o th e rwis e .

B e tte r thr ee h ours too s oon than One minut e too

“

lat e .

A pl a in Y es or No to on e Old e r than y our s e lf

is disc ourt e ou s I t s ounds harsh and rud e S oft e n it
. .

by a dding som e littl e word or ph r as e ; a s Y e s sir , , ,

”

NO M o th e r
,
”
Y e s I think so
,
“
Wh y y e s ”
,
NO ,
” “
, ,
“
,

madam ”
,
Y e s F ath e r
“
or u s e th e nam e Of th e p e rs on
,

addr e s s e d as Y e s M r Pe ary
,
“
,
.

I t is n ot th e b e s t us a g e to say Y e s M is s
” “
Y es , , ,

or NO M r ”
Y e s m a am
,
”
may b e use d in
.
“
,
’

h om e or s ch ool cir cl e s ; but out s id e of h om e or s ch ool

circle s use madam in s t e ad Of
”
I t is n ot
usual to call a gir l M iss until sh e is six t e e n or e ight ee n
” “
.

I t is hardly th ought n e c e ssary to addr e ss a young man

as M r until h e has attain e d his full gr owth No
“
.
.

school b oy or girl sh ould e x p e ct to b e addr ess e d by

20 4 M ANNE R S AND COND UCT

oth e r than th e first nam e u nl e ss th e pupil is Of advanc ed

,

a ge I t is no discourt e sy on th e part of th e t e ach e r

.

to addr e ss any pupil old or young by his Christian

, ,

n am e .

D O not int e rrupt on e who is sp e aking e ith er by rais ,

ing th e hand or by sp e aking ; and n e v er und er any ,

circumstanc e s snap th e fing ers to attract att e ntio n

,
‘

B e h e lpful in cl e aning blackb oards in Op enin g or ,

closing doors and windows in lifting b e nch es chairs

, , ,

or oth e r h e avy Obj e cts wh e n n e c e ssary in picking up ,

things accid e ntally dropp e d in passing mat erials D O,

.

not wait to b e aske d but b e quick to se e and l e nd a

,
“ '

’
h andf
In cl e aning blackboards rais e as littl e dust as possibl e
b e sur e th e e ras e r is cl e an and that th e dust is not
-

blown into anyon e s fac e I n shifting b e nch e s b e sur e

’
.

to hold th em fr ee from th e floor D ragging th em mak e s .

an unpl e asant sound and also racks th e m .

Wh e n a visitor com e s to your schoolroom plac e a chair ,

for him if you sit n e ar th e front of th e r oom and Offe r

'

him a book indicating th e plac e Of th e l e sson as you

,

do S O .

I t is u nkind to laugh at th e mistak e s Of oth e rs You .

yours e lf mak e mistak e s som e tim e s don t you ? D O you ,

’

lik e to b e laugh e d at wh e n you missp e ll a word or mak e

an awkward blund e r ? NO of c ours e not D on t you ,
.
’

thi nk th e n it would b e a good plan wh e n your fri e nd

, , ,

or s ch oolrn a te mak e s a mistak e to put yours e lf in ,

“

his plac e and imagin e how you would f e e l und e r th e

”

s am e circums tanc e s inst e ad of laug hin g at h im ?

20 6 MANNER S AND COND U CT

any prid e in his b ehavior wish e s to pl e ad guilty to any

on e of th e s e charg e s .

Pass into th e library qui e tly D O not saunt e r aroun d

.
,

whisp e r talk ; or visit I f it is n e c e ssary to mov e th e

,
.

chair you choos e l ift it as you do so inst e ad of drag ging

,

it back from th e tabl e E v e ry mov e sh ould b e m ad e

.

with th e gr e at e st car e so that you will not disturb your -

n e ighbors . S e at yours e lf as promptly and qui e tly as

possibl e D O not tilt back in y our chair This is
. .

hard on th e chair and is not a good position for work .

D O th e work or r e ading that you hav e plann e d and ,

wh e n you hav e finish e d l e av e th e room as qui e tly as

,

you e nte r e d R em emb e r always that Sil enc e ! is a

.
” “

rul e Of th e library .

Clos e doors qui e tly Ne v e r all ow a door to slam

.

through car e l e ssn e ss Kee p hold of th e kn ob and tur n

.

it in your hand u ntil th e latch catch e s D O not l e av e .

a door half Op e n b e hind you to b e lat e r clos e d by th e

wind with a bang .

I n Op e ning Closing and adjusting window pan e ls go

, ,

about your work with th e gr e at e st car e and as qui etly ,

a s possibl e .

A lways knock at th e door Of a privat e r oom b e for e

you e nt e r e v e n in your own hom e among th e m emb e rs
,

Of your own family ; and th e n wait until y ou ar e in

v ite d to e nt e r b e for e doing so We hav e no right to .

intrud e upo n th e privacy Of anybody fri e nd or

strange r We should ann ounc e our pr e s e nc e cour
.

teousl y by knocking and th en wait for an invi tatio n

'

to e n t e r
.
 MANNE R S 20
7

B OR R OWI NG

Th e b orr ower is s er va n t to th e l ender . B ibl e .

Neith er a b or r ow er n or a l en der b e ,
F or l oa n ft l oses
o b oth its elf a nd fr iend ,

A nd b orr owing dull s th e edge o f h us b andry .

SHA KE S P E ARE .

CA RR Y with you to school your own pap e r your ow n ,

p e ncil your ow n e ras e r your ow n knif e y our ow n

, , ,

books Wh e n e ach pupil d oe s thi s th e r e is n o n e c e ssity

.
,

for e ith e r borr owin g or l e nding ; e v e ry on e can w ork

qui e tly and undi s turb e d with out l oss Of tim e D O you .

lik e to b e disturb e d in th e midst of your writing by

som e n e ighb or w h o wi s h e s to b orr ow your e ras er ?
NO ? We ll th e n think h ow th e b oy in front Of you
, ,

must fee l wh en y ou int e rrupt his w ork to b orr ow from

him .

R e p e at th e g old e n rul e B e ar in mind that this rul e

.

appli e s to th e most trifling as we ll as to th e m ost im

,

portant acts ,
.

S CH OOL PR OPE R TY

THE m on e y Of all th e p e opl e has g on e int o th e maki ng

of c omf ortabl e building s for y our b e n efi t I t is ex .

p e c te d that you will car e for and prot e ct thi s pr op e rty

and tak e th e sam e prid e in its fi n e app e aranc e that
ou w ould if it w e r e y o ur ow n T hi s is asking v e y
y . r
20 8 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

littl e of you in r e turn for all that th e Gove rnm e nt has

done and is doing for you .

D O n ot mark or mar th e scho ol building in any way .

D O n ot writ e on walls with chalk or p e ncil yours e lf ;

and do n ot wh e n it is in your p owe r to stop it allow
, ,

any oth e r boy or girl to do so I f y ou s e e anythin g .

ou t Of ord e r or in n e e d Of r e pair corre ct it if you can ,

.

I f n o t r e p ort it at o nc e to th e pr op e r auth oriti e s and

,

h e lp to mak e it right .

Tak e as much car e of sch ool suppli e s as if th e y w e r e

bought with your own mon e y D O not wast e pap e r .
,

p e ncils or Chalk that is furnish e d by th e Gove rnm e nt

,
.

B e car e ful to r e turn all unus e d suppli e s D O n o t ap

‘
.

i any b l i how v r slig h t its valu

'

p p
ro r a te p u c ro
p p e r ty e e e ,
.

M E E TIN G A Q U E STI ON Y OU CA NNOT

A N S WE R

a . B e cause you do not know th e answ e r .

Mr . B a gl ey . . Th e s up e r vi i
s ng t e ac h er .

Ca r men . . Pup li .

Mr . B agl ey . What is th e abbr e viati on for su er in

p
ten dent, C arm e n ?
Ca r men . I do not know sir ,
.
(L ooking up at M r .

B agl e y .
)
21 0 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

Th e attitud e Of th e pupil in th e s e dial ogu e s is quit e

—
as im portant as th e w ords if not mor e so L ook .

dir e ctly at th e qu e sti on e r D O n ot hang your h e ad as .

if asham e d turn y our back or l ook Off in an opposit e

, ,

dir e cti on NO pupil should b e asham e d b e caus e h e

.

cann o t answ e r a qu e sti on E ve n an Old e r p e rson do e s .

n o t e xp e ct to answ e r e ve ry qu e s ti on put to him L ook .

up frank ly and sp e ak out truthfully .

I f you cann o t answ e r b eca u s e you do n ot kn ow t e

’

a ns w er say truthfully I d o n ot kn ow
” “ “
, ,
n ot I d o n ot ,

und e rstand I f y ou cann o t answ e r b eca us e you do n ot

.

kn ow w h a t th e q u es tion er mea n s say that y ou d o not ,

und erstand his m e aning and n ot that you d on t kn ow ,

’
.

I f you cannot answ e r b eca us e you fa il to h ear dis tin ctly ,

polit ely ask th e sp e ak e r to r ep e at what h e has said .

PA SS I N G I N F R ONT OF A PE R SON

Do not pass rud e ly in front Of anyon e If n e c e ssary

to pass in fr ont say E xcus e me pl e as e or Pl e as e “
, , ,

e xcus e m e P ardon m e
“ ’ “ ”
.

SCE NE : Th e h l sc oo roo m .

M r S n ow . . . Th t h e eac er o r a i
p up l .

D ick . A p up il .

D ick ( approaching M r pausing and . S n ow ,

him ) Pl e as e e xcus e m e M r S n ow
.
,
. .

M r S n ow Ce rtainly D ick (A s h e pass e s )

. .
,
. .
 M A NNE R S 2I 1

II

SCE NE : ving pi tu th t
A t th e mo c re e a re .

[Th ree s rat ng ers S itt ing in w J m mu t p

a ro . a es s a ss in f nt ro of

th e m to r e ac h v a a ca nt t ]se a .

J a mes ( add r e s sing strang e rs as he is a bout to pass ) .

P ard on me .

S tr a ngers (making as mu ch r oom as p ossibl e) . Ce r

ta in l y .

J a mes (pa s s ing c ar e fully) . Thank y ou .

III

S CE N E : A sc h ool e nt t inm nt
er a e .

[ Ch air s Cl ose l y se t . R oom cr o wd d M ti

e . ar n com e s la t e . He
w it
a s at th e door u ntil th e sp e a k h fi ni h
er as s ed . He i
sp e s a se a t
in th e i
m d dl e of a r ow a n d g oe s in d i g th ur n e app l a u se ]

M ar tin ( appr oaching p eopl e occupying e nd s e ats in

th e row ) I am s orry to di s turb y ou
!

. .

[ Str ang ers i t l t h im p

r se o e as s , a n d s imply b ow p ol it el y ]
M a rtin . Thank y ou .

M A NNE R OF R E F U SI N G OR A CCE PTI NG

A NY TH I N G OFF E R E D

J esse . Will y o u hav e a glass Of wate r ?

M a ry . No ; I th a nk y ou ( R e fu s in g ) .

Y es ; thank y ou ;
or , 1

Y es ; if you pl e a s e .
(A cc e pting )
2I 2 M A NNER S A ND COND U CT

M ANNE R OF A SKI NG A FA V OR

(a) J ohn . M iss Cook ,

will you pl e as e s e l e ct a r e ci
ta tion for me ?
M iss Cook . shall b e v e ry glad to
I .

(b ) H er b er t . Will you pl e as e pron ounc e this word for

m e Tom ?
,

Tom Ce rtainly ;
. am sorry I cann ot or , I .

( c) J os efa W ill you pl e as e l e nd m e your knif e to

.

sharp e n my p e ncil Philip ? ,

Ph ilip Ce rtainly ;
.

or ,

With pl e asur e ;
or ,

Le t m e sharp e n it for you .

R E TU R NI NG TO TH E OWNE R A R TI CLE
D R OPPE D

IN f ring a knife p e ncil or oth e r poin te d instrum e nt

Of e , , ,

always pr e s e nt th e blunt e n d .

I
SCE NE h ly d
Sc oo ar .

S a ra h , w h o d ropp e d h h nd k h i f
er a e rc e .

F rank, h er cl a ss ma t w h f und nd tu n d it
e, o o a re r e .

S ar a hw ond e r wh e re my handk e rc hie f is

. I . I can t
’

find it anywh e r e (L ooking around ) . .

21 4 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

IV

A l b er t, w l king l ng l
a a o ,
os es h isk ni f e .

Geor ge , w l king b hi d
a e n ,
se e s it f ll nd p i k it
a a c s up .

George . E x cus e m e , A lb e rt
knife b e l ong s to . This
you I s aw y ou drop it ( H anding it to him )
. .
‘

A l b er t ( in surpri s e ) Th e r e mu s t b e a h o l e in my c oa t
.

p ock e t ( F e e ling in his p ock e t ) Y e s s ure e n ough !

. .
,

Wh e r e did you find it ?

George I f ound it on th e gr ound n e a r th e g a t e
. .

A l b er t M any thanks Ge org e I sh ould b e v e ry

’

. .
,

sorry to l os e thi s knif e .

George Y ou ar e w e lcom e
. .

Wil b ur . Good m orning ,

M iss Gray .

[T king a Off h is h a t ] .

M is s Gr ay . m orning Wilbur
Good ,
.

Wil b ur . E xcus e m e is thi s handk e rchi e f y ours ?

,

[ Offe ring it ].

M is s Gr ay : Yes thank y ou . Wh e re did you find

it ?
Wil b ur found it in th e r oad I was too far b e hind
. I .

wh e n y ou dr opp e d it to call to y ou .

M is s Gr ay Oh I was v e ry car e l e ss I put th e

.
,
.

handk e rchi e f in my book and it must hav e fall e n out .

Wil b ur ( lifting his hat) Good — b y M is s Gray .

,
.

M iss Gr ay Good b y W ilbur .

-
,
.
 M A NNE R S 21 5

C OND U CT A T H OM E

H on or th y fa th er a nd th y moth er . B ib l e .

YOU R fathe r and your m o th e r a re your b e st fri e nds .

Th e y l ov e y ou and car e for y ou

-
Y ou l ov e th e m and .

y ou a r e ob edie nt but that is n ot e n ough ; y ou sh ould

,

take car e to b e ju s t as p olite to th e m a s to str a ng e rs .

Y ou S h ould d e light in s e rving and h e lping th e m Y ou .

sh ould b e p olite too to your b r oth e r s and s i s te r s

, ,
.

Good m o rning to th e o th e r m e m b e r s Of y our

”
S ay
family e ve ry m orning ; and on g oing to b e d say Good “

night
”
.

On l e aving h om e to g o to s ch ool s a y Goo d b y to -

your fath e r and m o th e r Wh e n s ch ool is dism i s s e d go

.

h om e at onc e unl e s s y ou r e m ain at th e r e qu e st Of th e

t e ach e r ; and on r e aching h om e l e t you r par e nt s kn ow
that you have r e turn e d .

Pl e a se I f y ou pl e a s e wh e n you ask for

“ ” “
S ay or

s ome thing ; Pl e a s e p a ss th e br e a d M a ry
“
F ath e r ,
“
,

I sh ould lik e s om e m or e gr avy if y o u pl e as e Pl e a s e

“
.
, ,

may I go to A nna s h ous e M o th e r ? ’

Will y ou
,
”

pl e as e l e nd me your knif e A lfr e d ? A n swe r Ce r ,

”
,

tain l y .

DO p as s rud e ly in front of anyon e I f n e c e ssary

n ot .

to pass in fr ont Of a p e r s on s a y E xcus e m e pl e as e

“
, , ,

or Pl e as e e xcu s e m e ”
.

Ne v e r q uarr e l or wrangl e with th e oth e r m emb e rs Of

y our family .

Sp e ak kindly to s e rvant s .
 M ANNE R S AND COND UCT

You should h e lp di ff er ent m emb ers of your family in

e v e ry way p ossibl e H ow can y ou h e lp your m o th e r ?
“

y our fath e r ? your littl e sist e rs or br o th ers ? your big

sist ers or br o th ers ? th e s e rvants ?
Y ou sh ould n e v e r r e main s e at e d wh e n an e ld e rly
p ers on e nt e rs th e room Ris e and r emain standing by .

your chair until th e Old e r person is s e at e d I t is not .

n e c e ssary to Off e r y our chair unle ss th e r e ar e ve ry few

un occupi e d chairs in th e room or unl e ss y ou hav e th e ,

m ost c omfortabl e one .

Wh e n old e r p e opl e ar e talking n e ve r e nt er into th e ,

conv e rsati on unl e ss y our e ld ers ask y ou to do so .

B e p olit e to a call e r or gu e st at y our h om e and always ,

Offe r him a s e at wh e n h e e nt e rs th e hous e .

I f y ou want to h e lp mak e y our hom e a happy plac e ,

always try to b e ch e erful D on t grumbl e e v enwh en .

’

you don t f ee l w ell’

.

Q UE S TI ONS
I . H w
o n y u h n
ca y u f th
o od y u m th ?
or o r a e r an o r o er

2 . Wh n w d w ng h w
e e o u p
ro nt di g d ? o a re o r a re s s r ace

3 . W ul d y u l ik t h v th
o o th ink y u p nt
e o a p l it ?
e o ers o r are s are o e

4 . Wh n we ud unm nn l y p
e a re r pl t h ink w h v
e or a er , eo e e a e

not ha d p p ro h m t ining
er o e ra .

5 . A t en -
y
— l d b y m t h i m th
ea r o n th
o t t nd tipp d
e s o er o e s r ee a e

h is h at to h e r . Wh y ?
6 . He a l so t kh p l d
oo er i
arce an ca rr e d it f or h er . Wh at did
th e g rl s i s ay ? Wh t did th e b oy s th ink ?
a
21 8 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

F r ank (r em ov m g hat ) . Good m orning ,

M r R oot . .

Mr . morning
R oot . Good .

F r a n k ( Off e ring a l e tt e r ) M r Pard o s e nds this l e tt e r . . .

H e would lik e an answ e r pl e as e ,

.

M r R oot ( takin g th e l e tt e r) W ait a mom e nt pl e as e

. .
,
.

[ M ti ning t w d h i ]
o o o ar c a r

[ F nk it qui tl y M R t
ra s s d l tt w it e h t
. r . oo re a s e er , r es a s or

an w a d h nd it t F nk w h i t
s er, n a iv it ]
s o ra ,
o r se s o r ece e .

F r a n k ( going at o nc e ) Good day M r R oot .

,
. .

M r R oot Good day

. . .

[ F nk p ra ut p utting hi h t
a sses o h t p ut id th e
,
on s a as e s e s o s e

door .
]

R E CE I V I N G A V I SI TOR

I
Mr . Ter ry , vi it
s or . . A p up il .

A l vin . A p up l i .

kn k t th d
[ M r Te rry . A l vin g t th doo ] oc s a e oor . oes o e r .

A l vin ( b ow ing s l ightly) Go od aft e rnoon S ir .

,
.

M r Terr y Go od afte rno on my boy I s this M r

. .
,
. .

M anl e y s h ous e ? ’

A l vin Y e s sir ; h e is my fath e r

. W ould you lik e
,
.

to see h im ?
M r Terry . pl e as e I s h e in th e h ous e now ?
. Y es , .

A l vin Y e s sir ; h e is in his ro om

. C om e in pl e as e
,
.
, ,

and tak e a chair I will call him . .

M r Terry ( as A lvin go e s out ) Thank you

. . .
 M A NNE R S 21 9

E mily , a V i it
s or .

H on or ia . . H t os e s s .

[H onoria s it s re a d ing . A kn k i h oc s e a rd . Ho n i or a g oe s to th e
d oor ].

E mil y . Good
m orning H onoria ,
.

H on or ia ( Off e ring h e r hand and l e ading h e r fri e nd in ) .

We ll this is a s urpri s e ! S u ch a di s t a nc e on a rainy

,

day too H ow did y ou c om e ?

,
.

E mily B y aut om obil e

. at th e e n d Of a s e at wh e r e
I caught all th e d r ippings Just l ook at my dr e s s ! .

[ Sh a king ut h l v d l ughi g ] o e r s ee e an a n

H on or ia Ne v e r m ind
. We ll s oon fix th a t Com e .
’
.

to my r oom and Chang e y our dr e s s I think on e Of .

min e will fi t y ou We can e a s ily dry an d pr e s s yours

.

for y ou .

E mily Thank noria I m afraid I am ’

.
y ou , Ho .

putting y ou to a gr e at d e al of tr oubl e .

H on or ia . Not at all E mily ,

I am S O glad to hav e
.

y ou h e re .

[Ta king h f i nd er r e ou t to h er r oo m .
]
2 20 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

M A R KE TI N G F OR TH E H OM E

CHA RA C TE R S

Gr ocer an d M rs . A ndr ew s .

Gr ocer m orning M r s An dr e ws
. Go od ,
. .

M r s A n dr ews Good m orning

. . .

Gr ocer W hat ca n I d o for y ou this morning ?

.

M r s A n dr ews H av e y ou any fr e sh e gg s to day ?

. .
-

Gr ocer Y e s ( s howing th e e ggs ) I just r e c e iv e d th e s e

.
,
.

I kn ow th e y are fr e sh .

M rs A ndr ew s H ow d o y ou s e ll th em ?
. .

Gr ocer A t sixty c e nts a d o e n

. z .

M rs A n drews I sn t that rath e r high ?

. .
’

Gr ocer NO n ot for this s e ason

.
,
B e sid e s th e y ar e .
,

fi n e larg e e ggs you s e e

, ,
.

M r s A n dr ews I s ee th e y a r e We ll I l l tak e s ix
. .
‘
.
,
’
.

Grocer I s th e r e anything e ls e to day ? We hav e

.
-

s om e ve ry g ood appl e s and fin e bananas at thirty c ents

a d oz e n .

M r s A ndrews I ll tak e a doz en bananas pl e as e and

. .
’
, ,

a pound Of sugar That is all . .

[G p u t th p u h
r ocer s int p k g nd h nd it t M
e rc a se s o a ac a e a a s o rs .

An d w ]
re s

M rs A n dr ews ( handing him 8 0 c e nts )

. That is .

righ t I b e li e ve
,
.

Gr ocer Y e s 3 0 c e nts for e ggs 3 0 for bananas and 2 0

.
, , ,

for sugar 8 0 c e nts That is right Good day . C all . .

again .

M r s A ndrews ( going)
. Good day . .
222 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

E v e ry move m e nt at th e tabl e should b e mad e as

qui e tly as possibl e M oving th e f ee t l e aning upon th e
.
,

tabl e or rattling kniv e s fork s and dish e s shows ign o

, , ,

ranc e Of tabl e mann e rs .

Sh ow n o impati e nc e to b e s e rv e d Ne v e r b e in a .

hu rry Take y our tim e Th e r e sh ould b e n o r e ach

. .

ing aft e r things on th e tabl e Polit e ly ask som e on e .

to pass th e dish ; as I w ould thank you to pass th e

“
,

Oliv e s or Will you b e kind e n ough to pass th e salt ?

,
” “ ”

o r s imply Pl e as e pass th e d e ss e rt
”
.

Wh e n anything is Off e r e d say Thank you ,

wh e n
d e clin e d say NO I thank y ou or Not any I thank
, , ,
“
,

you .
”

D O n o t b e s e lfish I t is v e ry ill mann e r e d wh e n

.
-
,

th e r e is any choic e Of food to pick ov e r e ve rything on,

th e plat e to g e t th e larg e st or ch oic e st pi ec e for yours e lf .

Th e e lbows sh ould b e k e pt n e ar th e sid e s D O n ot .

rais e or spr e ad th e m in cutting m e at or oth e r food .

E a t slowly D O not fi ll th e m outh too full

. Ch e w .

y our food w e ll and ch ew it with th e mouth s hut D O not

,
.

smack th e lips in e ating sw e e ts or o th e r fo ods Wh e n .

e ating soup tak e it fr om th e s ide Of th e spo on qui e tly

, ,
.

D o n o t draw in th e br e ath and mak e a hissing sound

wh e n d oing S O .

E a t with e ith e r a fork or a spoon Th e r e are two .

go od r e as ons for not e ating with th e fing e rs : first it ,

do e s not look w e ll ; se cond it is not cl e anly ,

.

D id y ou e v e r stop to think h ow much dust and dirt

th e hand picks up in a day ? I n this dust a r e Oft e n
many dis e as e g e rms Wh e n th es e g e rms are carri e d to
.
 M A NNE R S 22
3

th e mouth by th e fing e r s tr oubl e b e gin s Th e s e g erm s

, .

a r e so t iny that you cann o t s e e th e m wi th th e nak e d

e y e ; and wa s hin g th e hands with plain soap and wat e r

d oe s n ot alw ays r em ove or kill th em .

Th ere is a pr op e r gr ac e ful way O f handlin g kn if e

, ,

fork a n d sp oon We s h ould try to l e arn th e b e s t w a y

,
.

O f d oing this by car e fully ob s e rvin g s om e on e w h o d oe s

it pr op erly .

Th e kn ife is us e d for cutting up th e f ood and for but

t e ring br e ad ; it s h oul d n ever b e pu t into the mou th .

Th e for k is us e d for carrying f ood to th e m outh It .

sh ould no t b e ove rl oa d e d R ais e th e f ork to th e m outh

.

with th e right hand so th at th e f ork will b e n e arly

p a r a ll e l to th e m outh .

I t is n o t th e c orr e ct thing to cr ook th e e lb ow in e atin g

s o a s to bring th e f o rk ar o und at a r ight angl e dir e ctly

opp os it e th e m outh .

Th e s poon is us e d in stirring sugar int o te a c off ee or , ,

o th e r drinks I t is us e d too in e ating ice cr e am

.
, , ,

puddings s te w e d fruit and s om e fr e sh fruits as th e

, ,

o ran g e or for any dish e s too s oft to b e handl e d con

v e n ie n tl y with a f o k Wh e n u s ing th e sp oon do n ot

r .
,

fill it too full ; and b e car e ful n ot to put it too fa r into th e

m outh .

Th e individual sp oon pr ovid e d for y our sp e cial use

S h ould b e u s e d o nly to dip int o th e f ood that is on y our

own plat e in your ow n sauc e r y our ow n cup o r y our

, , ,

own glass as th e cas e m a y b e I t sh ould n eve r und e r

,
.
,

any circumstanc e s b e dipp e d into food that is pla ce d

,

on th e tabl e as common supply for all or int o dish e s ,

2 24 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

th a t pass e d from hand to hand or pass e d by a s e rv

are ,

a nt . A t picnics and danc e s wh e r e many a r e b e ing s e rv e d ,

som e car e l e ss p e opl e pass th e ir sp o ons dir e ctly from th eir

m ouths into th e comm on supply of pr e s e rv e s j e lly cus , ,

tard or o th e r swe e ts S uch a custom is ve ry un s anit a ry

,
.

and may re sult in passing dis e as e fr om m outh to m outh .

I f th e r e is n o t a sp oon in th e dish from which y ou

d e sir e a h e lp ing th e pr op e r thin g to d o is to ask for on e
, ,

and wh e n th e spoon is br ought and y ou have s e rv e d y our

s e lf l e av e th e spo on in th e dish
,
.

M ak e this a law Of th e tabl e D o n ot do or s a y a nything

a t ta b l e th a t may b e un pl easa n t to oth er s .

DO not wip e your mouth on th e e dg e Of th e tabl e cloth ,

or on th e corn e r Of a napkin l e ft f old e d on th e tabl e .

A lways wip e your lips car e fully with y our napkin

b e for e drink ing fr om a glas s and swallow th e f ood in
‘
your mouth b e for e b e ginning to drink Whil e drink .

ing do not thr ow back th e h e ad and tip th e glass as if

g re e dy for th e last drop D o not look thr ough th e glass
.

nor ove r th e top Of it at y our tabl e c ompani ons Wh e n .

y o u hav e finish e d drinking again u s e your napkin to

,

wip e your m outh .

NO w e ll br e d p e rson us e s a t oo thpick at th e tabl e or

-
,

a fork or a pin in plac e Of a t oo thpick I t is ve ry bad .

mann e rs to run th e tongu e around in th e mouth to dis

lodg e particle s Of fo od fr om b e tw e e n th e t e e th or to ,

ri ns e th e mouth whil e drinking .

I f a dish is brok e n a gl ass of wat er ov e rturn e d fo od

, ,

dropp e d upon th e cloth or any oth e r accid e nt occurs

, ,

w e should not app e ar to notic e it I t would b e unkind

. .
2 26 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

C OND U CT TOWA R D STR A NGE R S

S ta r ing .

S taring and g aping at strang ers and following th e m

about are th e worst of ill mann e rs on th e part Of c hildr e n ,

and v e ry ann oying to th e strang e r H e naturally .

think s that th e b oys and girls who do this hav e had n o

training e ith e r at hom e or at scho ol H e blam e s both .

th e ir par e nts and th e ir t e ach e rs H e thinks th e ir .

par e nts must b e ve ry ign orant and th eir t e ach e rs car e

,

l e ss 0 1 indol e nt Th e ir par e nts and th e ir t e ach e rs can

.

ill afford this criticism B y such rud e b e havi or boys

.
,

and girls cast a r e fl e cti on upon th e fri e nds who a r e do

ing th e most to h e lp th em I f you have this provincial
.

habit do y our b e st to c orr e ct it Corr e ct it for th e sak e

,
.

O f y our par e nts for th e sak e Of y our t e ach e rs for your

, ,

own sake and for th e good nam e Of th e community in

,

which you liv e .

P eer ing in to th ings .

In cas e an autom obil e st ops in your t own d o not cr owd ,

around it climb ov e r it or fing e r it Ke ep at a r e sp e ct

, ,
.

ful distanc e and go quie tly about your own busin e ss as

,

usual L e t th e strang e r se e that y ou hav e had prop e r

.

training ; th a t you know and practic e court e ous b e

havi or .

I mper tin ence .

Do call ou t e ve n playfully to strang e rs I t

n ot , ,
.

oft en sou nds imp e rtin ent wh e n n ot so in t e nd ed and , .

 M A NNE R S 22 7

imp e rtin e nc e is unpard onabl e Y ou should S h ow a l l .

strange rs e ve ry r e sp e ct a n d consid er ation Th e n th e y .

will carry h om e with th e m a favorabl e impr e ssi on of

you and your c ommunity .

GR E E TI N G A S TR AN GE R

IF a strang e r addr e ss e s y ou n e ve r hang your h e ad , ,

l ook off in anoth e r dire cti on pr e t e nding n ot to h e ar , ,

or star e blankly L ook at him fr a nkly and answ e r his

.

salutation .

H ow to gr e e t a strang e r is illustrat e d by th e f oll ow

ing dialogu e s which a r e to b e act e d by th e pupils
,
.

Mr . R os e . Th e t eac h er .

S tr a nger A p up il .

[Mr . R os e is s up e r vi ing th
s e g a me s a t re ces s tim e . Th e t
s r an g e r

arr iv es ]

Mr . R ose . Good m orning .

[ Pupil s l oo k up res p tfull y

ec a nd th n ntinu
e co e p l ay ing ]
S tr anger . Good
m orning I sh ould lik e to se e th e .

s up e r v ising t e ach e r pl e as e ,
.

M r Rose (walking a fe w st e ps with th e strang e r and

.

p ointing) H e is in th e sch oolh ous e Y ou will fi nd him

. .

in th e Offi ce to th e r ight of th e door as you e nt er

’

.
,

S tr anger Thank you . .

M r Rose Y ou are q uit e w e lcom e

. . .
 M A NNER S A ND COND U CT

. A pup il .

Ja mes A p up l i .

Mr . F ull er . . Th e t e ac h er .

[R e ce ss time . Mr . F ull e r w t h ing p up il

a c s at p l ay . A s ra t ng er

e nt ther s e ga t e . He a dd re s s e s a gr oup of b oy s e ng ag e d in top

s p inning ]

S tr a nger morning b oys

. Good ,
.

B oys ( lifting hats ) Go od mornin g sir .

,
.

S tra nger I s your principal about ? I should lik e

.

to ta l k with h im but I do n ot kn ow him e v e n by sight .

J a mes ( st e pping up to him ) Y es sir H e is watch .

,
.

ing th e indoor bas e ball playe rs I w ill tak e y ou to him . .

S tr anger Thank you .

(Th e y s tart Off Th e boys . .

r e sum e th eir play ) Y ou hav e a fin e playgr ound h e r e

. .

H ow do you k e e p it in such good conditio n ?

J ames We b oys ar e r e sp onsibl e for its upk eep We
. .

tak e turns in doing th e work and w e all tak e prid e in its ,

fin e app e aranc e .

S tr a nger Your work sp e aks w e ll for y ou

. .

J a mes Thank you. Th e r e is our prin cipal M r .

,
.

F ull e r now th e one in th e gray suit facing this way

, ,
.

[ S ida n h t h igh t f p in ip l t h t th t ng
a s s oo as e ca c es s O r c a , so a e s ra er

m y b p p
a e d t m t h im ]
re ar e o ee .

S tra nger Y es I see . Thank you for your tr oubl e

,
. .

J a mes NO tr oubl e at all sir I m glad to h e lp you

’
. .
,
.

[H dd th p in ip l
e a t h y m up t h im ]
resse s e r c a as e co e o .

M r F ull e r h e r e is a g e ntl e man to s e e you

.
,
.

[J m w ith d w
a es t n th g ntl m n g
ra s at ch th e
o ce a s e e e e ree ea ,
o r.

Pup il ntinu pl y No one t p to t ]

s co e a . s o s s are
23 0 M A NNE R S A ND COND UCT

SCE NE : Th e h
s c ool corr id or .

Th e S tr a nger , a t eac h f
er ro m a n t h t wn
o er o .

Th e P upil , a fifth g ra de g rl
-
i .

Th e P upil stran g e r as sh e s e e s h e r
( addr e ssing th e
walking back and forth in a p e rpl e x e d way ) Good .

morning Ca n I b e of any assistanc e ?

.

Th e S tr anger ( smiling ) Y e s thank you I sh ould .

,
.

like to s e e th e principal if h e is h e r e at this hour ,

.

Th e P upil I think h e is h e r e
. H e always arriv e s .

e arly . I f y ou will com e with m e I will tak e y ou to his ,

Ofli ce .
( Th e y walk t og e th e r toward th e Offic e ) This .

is th e principal s Offic e Th e r e h e sits at his d e sk

’
. .

Th e S tr a nger ( b owing ) I thank y ou v e ry much . .

Th e P upil ( smili n g as sh e turns to g o) Y ou ar e w el .

come .

VI

SCE NE t t Th e s re e .

Mr . Rob er ts , t ng in t wn
a s ra er o .

Mr . S a ms , a re s id nt f th t wn
e o e o .

[Th e tw o me n mee t ]

Mr . R ob er ts . Go od
m orning sir Can you dir e ct ,
.

m e to th e sch ool principal s h ous e ?

’

M r S a ms Y e s c e rtainly ( Pointin g ) W alk straight

. .
,
.

ah e ad to th e firs t str e e t c orn e r ; th e n turn to th e right ;

th e principal liv e s in th e third hous e from th e corn e r ,

on your right .
 M A NNE R S 23 1

Mr . Rob er ts . Thank y ou Your dir e ctions

. ar e very
cl e ar . I am sur e I can fi nd th e plac e Good . day .

M r S a ms . . Good day .

R E S PE CT

WE LL -
young p e opl e sh ow due c ourt esy to
TRA I NE D

ladi e s e ld e r s s up e ri ors and g ove rnm e nt Officials on all

, , ,

o cca s ions .

Wh e n an e ld e rly p e rs on or a sup e ri or e nt e rs a r oom

in which a young p e rs on is occupying th e e asi e st chair ,

th e y oung e r sh ould giv e th e chair to th e e ld e r S imply .

Off e ring it is n o t e n ough .

Ne ve r all ow yours e lf to k ee p a s e at whil e ol d p e rsons ,

n o matt e r w h o th e y a r e ar e standing Y ou S h ould

'

,
.

always Op e n th e d oor for th e m a n d assist th e m in e very

p ossibl e way .

I n making in q ui r i e s at a fri e nd s h ous e y ou s h ould

’

n ot f org e t to a sk aft e r th e Old e r m e mb e rs of th e f a mily ;

and y ou sh ould always r em emb e r th e m in inv itati ons .

I n c onv e rsati on e v e n wh e n p e opl e ar e tir e s om e w e

, ,

sh ould sh ow g ood br e e ding by list e ning p olit ely and

att e ntive ly .

Ne v e r c ontradict y our e ld e rs Give th e m th e pr e f e r .

e nc e in e v e rything I f th e y hav e p e culiariti e s t e

.
,

m emb e r that y ou have p e culiariti e s too ; and th a t th e

p e culiariti e s Of Ol d p e opl e a r e n ot a pr ope r sub j ect for
criticism or mirth Only a h e a rtl e ss b oor will und e r
.

any circumstanc e make fun Of th e Old in any way .

23 2 M A NNE R S A ND COND UCT

An ol dp e rson should b e alw ays spok e n Of or to by his , ,

or h er full n am e .

I n cars and in public plac e s your e ld e rs or ladi e s ,

should not b e allow e d to stand Young p e opl e o ught .

to give up th e ir s e ats promptly and ch eerfully with , ,

som e such pl e asant sp e e ch as H ave this s e at pl e as e , ,

.

I n school and in crowd e d plac es such as th e th e at e r ,

or th e church R oom for th e ladi e s is a good motto

,
”

for boys to Obs e rve .

A polit e boy always tak e s Off his hat on m ee ting a lady

or an e ld e rly p e rs on whom h e kn ows H e h e lps th e m .

in carrying parc e ls in finding th e way in crossing th e

, , ,

str e e t in g e tting into or out Of a carriag e on or Off th e

, ,

str e e t cars or trains and in o th e r littl e ways

,
.

I f our h e arts a r e right w e f ee l sympathy and r e sp e ct

,

for th e Ol d I f w e follow th e gold e n rul e and tr e at

.

them as w e sh ould like to b e tr e ate d p e rhaps wh e n w e ,

a r e Old th e young will tr e at us kindly and b e thoughtful

,

Of our comfort .

M EE TI N G A LA D Y OR E L D E RL Y PE R SON

SCE NE Th e sch ool ground .

Mr . D al e , th e sup e r vi ing t
s e ac h er . . Th e t he
e ac r .

George ( lifting his hat ) morning sir. Good , .

Mr . Dale . Good mor nin g Ge org e ,

.
23 4 M A NNE R S A ND COND UCT

M rs . afte rnoon boys

A l vis . G ood ,
.

A mb ros e Good aft e rn o on M rs A lvis

.
,
. .

S ta n l ey Goo d aft e rn o on
. Grandm o th e r H e r e is ,
.

y our fav or l te chair n e ar th e window .

M r s A l vis ( smiling and s e ating h e rs elf ) Thank you

. .
,

S tanl e y .

S ta nl ey Y ou a re w e lcom e Grandmoth e r
.
,
.

[ B ot h b oy s r es u me th i e r se a s a t fter M rs . Al vi s is t
se a e d ]

A mb r os e (p olit e ly ) . We w er e just sp e aking Of th e

sch ool e nte rtai nm e nt as y ou cam e in M r s A lvis D id ,
. .

you att e nd ?
M r s A l vis Y e s I did ; a nd I found it v e ry int e r e st
. .
,

ing .

S tan l ey I am glad to h e ar you say so

. Th e t e ach e rs .

as w e ll as th e pupils work e d v e ry hard to mak e it a

S U CCCSS .

[ Serv ant e nt e rs ]
S erva n t ( v ery qui e tly to M r s . A lvis ) . Te a is s e rve d ,

M adam .

[H e i
g oe s mme d it
a el y ]

M rs . A l vis ( rising and addr es sing A mbros e) ( B oth

boys are on th e ir f ee t at onc e ) You will join us at tea
.

I hop e A mbros e ,
.

A mb r os e Thank you M rs .
,
. A lvis . I shall b e pl e as e d

[All go out to th e d ining -

room , M rs Al v is l e a ding th e
. w ay ]
 M A NN E R S 5

IV

SCE NE : A b u y t t c n in t wn
s s re e or er o .

A
F el ix , a sc h ool b oy .

Ol d M a n ( asl e e p b e nch ; wak e s up sudd enlyon ,

daz e d ) W h e r e am
. I ? (L ooking ab out ) A strang e .

plac e ! S tr a ng e f a c e s ! M y b oy — wh e r e is h e ? Th e
ma k e t y e s ! B ut wh er e is that ?
r

F elix ( g oing up to Old M a n ) Y ou s e em to b e in .

t r oubl e Pe rhaps I can h e lp y ou

. .

Ol d M a n A h y e s y ou a r e kind
.
,
Pe rhaps you can
,
. .

( Passing his hands ov e r h is fac e as if to brush away

c obwe b s ) .

F el ix Wh e r e d o y ou liv e ?
.

Old M a n I liv e d own at th e salt min e w ith my son

. .

F el ix A n d wh e r e d o y ou w ish to g o ?
.

Old M a n I want my s on
. H e l e ft m e h e r e to r e st .

h ours ago and we nt to th e mark e t I t is ve ry lat e . .

H e d oe s no t c om e .

F el ix Oh n o it is n ot v e ry lat e
.
, ,
I t only s e e ms .

so b e c a us e y ou hav e b e e n asl e ep a nd it is cl oudy , .

C om e with m e We will g o to th e mark e t and find

.

your son .

Ol d M a n Y ou ar e a kin dh e art e d boy

. I am v e ry .

grate ful to you .

[ Th y g ff t g th ] e o O o e er .
23 6 MA NNE R S A ND COND U CT

PR E SE NTI NG A ND R E CE I V I N G A GI F T

you r e c e ive a gift by mail or by m e ss e ng e r th e

IF ,

court e ous thin g to do is to writ e a not e to th e s e nd e r

as soon as possibl e e xpr e ssing your thanks
,
.

I f you s e nd a gift to a fri e nd b y mail or oth e rwis e , ,

you S houl d s e nd a note with it .

[A melia s
’
b i th d
r ay . H er f i nd A nn give
r e s h er a n
p rese t ]

A nn . Good
morning A m e lia ,
.

I A mel ia Good morn ing Ann

.
( Shaking h ands ) ,
. .

A nn I w ish you many happy r e turns Of th e day

. .

A mel ia Thank you v e ry much A nn

.
,
.

A n n ( Offe ring a small packag e ) H e r e is a l ittl e gift

'

in r em e mbranc e of th e occasion .

A mel ia ( acc e pting ) Oh than k you .

(Op ening th e
,
.

packag e and taking out a book ) H ow nic e ! Th e .

“

Pig B r o th e r I am so glad to hav e th e se good stori e s

”
.

I t is v e ry kind of you to r e m e mb e r me .

A nn I t is a pl e asur e A m e l ia
.
, .

Mis s I sa a c . . Th e t eac h er .

I r ene M iss I saac

’
s p up il .

I r en e ( ov e rtaking M iss I saac with a bunch ,

Of swe e t
p e as ) . Good morning M iss I saac
,
.

M iss I sa a c . Good morning I r e n e ,

.
23 8 M A NN E R S A ND COND U CT

CONSI D E RA TI ON F OR OTH E R S

Wh atsoever ye w ould th a t men s h ould do to you , do y e even s o to

th em . B ibl e .

for oth e rs is th e basis of all tru e c our

CONS I D E R A TI ON
tesy A l l w e ll mann er e d p e rsons S h ow c onsid e ration
.
-

for oth e rs Cons ider a tion m e ans car e ful thought ; that
.

is you must hav e th e will to d o for o th e rs th e things

,

that you would lik e to hav e o th e rs do for y ou ; th e will

to say to oth e rs th e pl e asant and court e ous things that
you would lik e to have o th e rs say to y ou F org e t your .

s e lf Think Oi o th e rs at h om e at scho ol and in public

.
, ,
.

D O not block d oor ways hallways stairways or sid e

, , ,

walks R e m emb e r this is a rud e n e ss that aris e s fr om

.

th ou ghtl es s n e ss ; o th e rs hav e a right to pass that way .

H ow do y ou f e e l wh e n som e body blocks th e sid e walk

S O that y ou hav e to st e p ou t int o th e str e e t in ord e r to

pass ? Y ou think that som e body rud e ; d on t y ou ? ” ’

M ak e up y our mind n e v e r to b e guilty Of such rud e n e ss

y ours e lf .

Wh e n two gr oups Of p eopl e m e e t on th e sid e walk ,

car e should b e tak e n in passing L e t us supp os e that .

M aria and M artin walking t og e th e r on a narrow sid e

walk m e e t Ad a and R aymond M artin sh ould m ov e .

to th e right and dr op b e hind M aria ; R aymond sh ould

m ove to th e right and dr op b e hind A d a as th e y mov e ,

f orward m e e t and pass

, ,
.

I t is pr op e r always to turn to th e right on m ee ting a

p e rs on ; but if you find it n e c e ssary to pass a p erson ,

k e ep to th e l e ft in doing s o .
 M A NNE R S 23 9

If it is n e c e ssary to carry an umbr e lla b e car e ful not ,

to strik e th e e y e s fac e s or hats Of p as s e rs b y

, ,
-
.

Wh e n walking thr ow ba ck th e sh ould e rs thr ow out

, ,

th e ch e st a n d lift th e f e e t
,
S c a ping th e f e e t al ong
. r

th e gr ound is b oori sh a n d s ugg e s t s th a t on e is n ot a o

cust om e d to w e aring sh oe s W a lk s tr a ight a h e a d ; do
.

not zigzag fr om on e sid e Of th e r oa d to th e oth e r I f .

y ou are walking w ith a c ompani on k e ep st e p with him ,

unl e s s y ou fi n d it awkwa d to d o so r .

I n all public pla ce s w e mu s t c onsid e r th e c ourt e s y

w e ow e to o th e r s W e mu s t consid e r too th e r esp e c t
.
, ,

w e ow e to our s e lv e s and d o n o thi ng which w e may lat e r

r egr e t or Of which w e m ay b e a sham e d
,
.

A v oid l oud and b oist e r ous c onduct and c onv e rsati on

’

in public plac e s Only a v ery rud e p e rs on sp e aks in a

.

ton e Of voic e loud e r th a n n e c e ssary .

I f y ou att e nd a sch ool pr ogram a c onc e rt or o th r , ,

e

e nt e rtainm e nt, g o in g oo d s e as on B y e nt e ring. aft e r

th e p e rf ormanc e has b e gun y ou disturb th e e nj oym e nt
,

of th e audi enc e and gr e a tly ann oy th e sp e ak e r or s ing er .

I f y ou ar e oblig e d to b e lat e wait at th e d oor until th e

,

p erform er has fi ni sh e d th e n slip in qui ckly and qui e tly

,

during th e paus e b e tw e e n th e numb er s Of th e pr ogram .

Talking or whi sp e ring du r ing a p e rf ormanc e is a

br e ach Of good mann ers Y ou sh ould go to an e nt er
.

tainm e n t to list e n Oth e rwis e y ou h a v e n o right th e r e

. .

I n applauding Clap y our hands but n ot too n oisily

, ,
.

I t is rud e to applaud b oi s t e r ously We can S how our .

appr e ciati on with out b e ing b oist er ous .

D O not mak e th e mistak e Of applauding too s oon .

24 0 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

Som e tim e s a thoughtl e ss p e rson b egi ns th e applaus e

b efor e th e p erform e r has finish e d and o th e rs follow ,
.

I n this way th e fin e st passag e s of an addr e ss th e most ,

skillfully produc e d ton e s of a violin or th e sw e e t e st ,

note s Of a sing e r ar e drown e d This is a mistak e n way.

of showing on e s appr e ciation of a fin e p erformanc e ;

’

and it is v e ry disc onc e rting to th e p erform er Wait .

until you a r e quit e c e rtain that th e soloist has utt e r e d

th e last n o t e that th e musician has struck th e last
,

chord b efor e applauding Th e n you may show your satis

,
.

facti on in a prop e r way and at th e sam e tim e giv e pl e as

, ,

ur e to th e on e who has e x e rt e d hims e lf to e nt e rta in you .

H issing whistling and stamping th e f ee t ar e in dica

, ,

tions Of boorishn e ss or i gnoranc e and ar e always out Of

plac e at an e nte rtainm e nt .

I t is not th e custom Of w e ll br e d p e opl e to e a t p e anuts

-

or ch ew gum or an ything e ls e on th e str e e t or at a cine

ma togr aph or oth e r e nt e rtai nm e nt or in any oth e r ,

public plac e .

A t th e railway station at th e cin ematograph at th e

, ,

post Ofli ce at th e bank or at any oth e r busin e ss plac e

, , ,

d o not crowd and jostl e your n e ighbor or att empt to

push in ah e ad of him at th e win dow Such conduct .

is disord e rly I t is apt to distract and confus e th e

.

cl erk R em emb e r that but one p e rson can b e wait e d

.

on at a tim e Tak e your plac e in an ord e rly way b ehind

.

th e p e rson who arriv e d just ah e ad Of you and in lin e , ,

qui e tly await your turn B y doing this you will ge t

.
,

b e tter and mor e rapid s e rvic e ; you will b e showing

co n sid eratio n and r e sp e c t for thos e abo ut y ou ; and you
24 2 M A NNE R S A ND COND U CT

handk e rchi e f a p e ncil , ,

or o th e r Obj e ct that you have
dr opp e d .

A lways b e court e ous . Ne v e r acc ept th e most triflin g

favor in sil e nc e .

A SPE CI AL L E SS ON F OR B OY S

1 . Do stand with y our hands in your pock e ts

n ot .

I t mak e s you l ook v e ry ungainly .

2 Kee p you coat butt o n e d

. .

3 Polit e b oys will n ot gath e r in groups on th e str e e ts

.

or in o th e r pub l ic plac e s and s tar e at or mak e r e

marks about pass e rs b y I f tw o b oys m e e t w h o wish
-
.

to conv e rs e with e ach o th e r inst e ad of stopping th e y ,

sh ould walk al ong t og e th e r ‘

.

4 B oys sh ould ris e wh e n ladi e s e nt e r th e room and

.

stand until th e ladie s ar e s e at e d Th e y sh ould op e n th e .

door for ladie s l e aving th e r oom .

5 A p olit e b oy n e v e r n e gl e cts to b e p o lit e to his

.

m o th e r I f h e walks with h e r h e carri e s any parc e ls sh e

.
,

may hav e I f h e m e e ts h e r h e tak e s Ofl hi s hat to h er

.
,
.

6 Wh e n walking with a lady always carry h er

.
,

books or parc e ls .

7 A.lways tak e o
f your hat wh e n you m e e t a lady
wh om y ou kn ow Touching th e hat is not e nough Y ou
. .

should n ot s a lut e a lady as a s o ldi e r d oe s an Offic e r .

I f you a r e wal king with a fri e nd w h o m ee ts a lady of

his acquaintanc e and salut e s h e r y ou also should tak e ,

o ff your hat .
 M A NNE R S 243

8 . Wh en a lady a ccid e ntally dr op s anyth ing on th e

str e e t any b oy w h o is n e a r wh e the r an a cquaintanc e
, ,

or n ot sh ould pick it up and hand it to h e r

, .

B oy A ll ow m e
.
(Pr e s e nting th e articl e )
. .

L a dy I thank y ou v e ry much
. .

B oy You a r e we l com e (L ifting h is hat as h e g oe s

. .

away ) .

Ne ve r n egl e ct to lift your hat on g oing away e ve n ,

if th e lady f org e ts to thank y ou .

9. A lway s ta ke O ff y o ur hat as you e nt e r th e s c h oo l

building a church a th e at e r y our h om e or any o th e r
, , , ,

building .

1 0 . Ne ve r put on y our hat in th e hous e Wait until .

y ou st e p out s id e th e door .

1 1 . On e nt e ring an Offic e public or privat e to s e e

, ,

a fri e nd if th e p e rson in charg e b e pr e s e nt d o n ot fail

, ,

to gr e e t him first I f y our f ri e nd is at th e tim e und e r

.

th e ord e rs Of a sup e ri or first g e t p e rmission fr om th e

,

pr op e r p e rs on b e for e appr oaching him D O not go to an .

Offic e m e r e ly to visit Y our busin e s s sh ould b e urg e nt

.

to warrant int e rrupting an o th e r at his w ork Wh e n .

you have fini sh e d your busin e ss l e ave imm e diat ely .

24 4 MA NNE R S A ND COND U CT

A GE NTLE M A N

[TO b e me moriz e d ]

I KNE W him for a g ntleman e

B y sign t h a t ne v e f a il ;
s r

His c oat w a oug h and a th e r wor n

s r r
,

H is ch e eks w e e t h in a n d p a l e
r ,

A lad w h o h a d his way t ma k e o ,

With l ittl e time for play ;

I kne w h im for a g e ntl m a n e

B y c er tain sign to day s -

.

H e met his mothe r on th e s tree t ;

Off came h is littl e cap .

M y door w a s s h ut ; h e waited th ere

U ntil I h ea d his rap
r .

H e took th e bundl e f om my hand r ,

A n d w h e n I dr opp e d my p e n ,

H e sp ang t pick it up for m e

r o

Thi s g e ntl eman of ten .

He does not push and crowd al ong ;

H is v oic e is g e ntly pitch e d ;
H e does n t fling his b ooks ab out
o

A s if h e wer e b ewitch e d .

H e stands asid e to l e t y ou pass ;

H e always shut s th e doo ; r

H e r uns on e rrands willingly

To f orge and mill and t r e
, ,
s o .
 I ND E !

i
Accep t ng or r efus ng a ny th i i ng i i
Con s de ra t on for o h e rs , 2 3 8 t
Offe re d , 2 1 1 v ti
Con e r sa on a t a l e , 2 2 5 tb
k
A c now l e d g ng a fa or , 2 4 1 i v Cor r egg o i
i
A dd ress ng y our el d e r s , 2 0 3 , 2 3 1 H ol y N g h , I 5 5 i t
vi i
A d ce to G rl s , R u s n s , 1 6 2
’
ki Cough ng , 5 i
i
A mer ca ( Sm th ) , 1 9 6 i Coura ge a nd S elf- con trol , 1 4 1
A p p l au d n g , 2 3 9 i Cour a g e , moral , 6 1
ki
A s ng a fa or , 2 1 2 v Cre ed for Wor e r s , A, 2 4 5 k
i it
Cu r os y to b e cu r e d , 2 0 5 b
B a th ig 3 7 8
n , , ,

Be h via i p bl i
or 39 n u c, 2 ,
240

Be lg i T t Th k Wil
an o s an son , 98 D ag n a n B ou -
v e re t

B e Tr ue ( B onar) , 78 Th e M a donna of th e A r or , 1 3 5 b
B idr s, 1 1 0 bi it
D h o e s ch , 5
’

B l ki
oc ng th e w a y , 23 8 i
D a l ogu e s
B onny b oy ( B oy es en) ,
1 51 Coconu Sh ell , Th e , I 3 4t
B orr ow i ng , 2 0 7 i
F a r Pl ay , 1 1 9
t
B r e on , Jul e s i
Gr e e t n gs , 2 1 7
Th e S on g Of th e L a r , 1 9 k i
Gr ee t ng a s r a ng e r , 2 2 7 2 3 0 t —
i
B ur e d Tr e as ur e , Th e , 1 6 3 ti
Gree ng th e ow n e r of a h ous e
t
w h e n se n a s m es se ng e r , 2 1 7
Cae s a r is D ea d , 1 1 8 t
L os Pur se , Th e , 74
bi
Cal a r a n B oy , Th e ( A m c s) , 9 4 ii k ti
M a r e ng for th e h ome , 2 20
i
Ca tch n g th e Col ( D ougl a s) , 8 2 t i
M eet ng a l ad y or el de rl y p e rson ,
ti
Ch e a ng , 7 2 2 32 — 342

i
C h ee r ng , 2 4 0 M ee ti g
n a q u es t i on y ou ca nn o t
i t
Ch e e r n g E ff ec Of Sy mp a h y , Th e , t a ns w er , 20 8

97 Pa ss ig i
n n fr on t of a p e rs on ,
i
Ch mney S w eep , Th e ( A m c s) , ii 1 0 1 21 0

i
Cl ea nl nes s , 3 i i
P e d P p er , Th e , 7 9
i
Cl e a nl n es s Of s u rr oun d ng s , 7 i Pr ese n t ng a n d r ece i ivi ng a it
g f ,

i bi
Cl m n g A l on e ( Ga ty ) , 3 2 t 23 6
ti
Cl o h ng a n d s el f r esp ect, 6 , 7 -
R ece i i g vi i t
v n a s or , 2 1 8
t
Cocon u Sh ell , Th e , 1 3 4 R e turn ig n ti an a r cl e d rop p e d , 21 2

Cond uc t T ru e B l ue , 1 66
A t h om e , 2 1 5 Wh en th e Cat s ’
A w a y th e M i ce

A t s ch ool , 2 0 3 Wil l Pl ay 1 4 7
—3
,

bi
I n p u l c, 2 4 0 Di re c ti ng t
a s r a ng e r , 2 2 7 2 0

On th e s tre e , 2 3 8 , 2 4 2 t D oa sy oul ikes , Th e ( K ng i

sl ey ) ,
1 42

Tow a rd s ra ng e r s , 2 2 6 t ’
D og s , 1 1 8

24 7
24 8 I ND E !

Do no s t in connec ti on w ith t bla e H ors e Th e (S .P C . 1 . 1 3

manne rs , 2 25 H or se 5 Pe ti ti on to hi s D r iv er , Th e ,
t
D u y , L oy al y to, t 1 91 1 1 3
H ot—
wea th er R ul es (N Y W . . .

E a rs , 4 1 1 6

F a ce , 4 I W ish IWe r e (Juds on) 1 6 8 ,

i
F a r Pl a y , 1 1 9 I f Y ou H ave a F r i e nd W orth L ov
i i
F ng e r n a l s , 4 , 9 ing , 9 9
i t t
F rs S ep , Th e ( M ll e ) , 55 i t I nfl ue n ce of a Cl e an F a ce (Tal
v
F ou r n e e rs , 6
”
m ac) , 1 5
ki
F ran l n s L e ss on on th e Val ue
’
t i
I n errup t ons , 2 0 4
i
T me . 7 7 t h h bi ’
I c , D o e s, 5
k
F ran ne ss ( L ee) , 7 6
Jack -
o
’
-
L an t ern , Th e ( A bb t) o ,
1 72
Game s , manage men of, 1 8 2 t
t k
Gen l e F ol s of Com , Th e ( Ow e n) , K i n dne ss a n d Sy mp a thy , 91 , 94
20 2 TO a n mal s , 1 0 8 i
t
Gen l e ma n , A ( Sang s e r) , 2 4 4 t t
T o s r an g e r s , 9 3
v t
Go ernme n p rop e r y , r e sp e c t t for , To th e unfor una t t e, 2 0 4 ,
20 5
7, 8 , 20 8
Gree ing t L a nd s ee r , Sir E d w n i
Own e r of h ouse wh en s en t as i
S h oe ng th e B ay M a r e , 1 22

me ss e ng er , 21 7 L a ugh in g at m itk s a e s of oth e r s , 2 0 4

Pa r e n t L a w of th e Jungl e , Th e ( Gh os h ) , 3 9
—3 7
s, 2 1 5, 21

t
S range r s, 2 2 7 2 0
“
L e s s ons gl e a n e d from Th e L a w of
h
Te a c er s , 2 3 6 , 23 7 th e Jun gl e , 4 4
”

i ti
L f ng th e h a t, 2 0 5 , 2 4 2
Ha bit s, 9 it
L tl e D u c H e r o, A , 1 4 3 th
H an d s , 7 itt
L l e M oro G rl s V c ory , A , 6 2
’
i it
i tt
H a t e t q ue e , 20 5, 2 4 2 t
L os Purs e , Th e , 74
k
H a w ing , 5 t
L oy al y to D uty , 1 9 1
H e ad , 4 , 5
H el p ful nes s, 4 9 M adonna of th e A r b or , Th e (D a
h
A t ome , 5 1 g n a n -
B ou v t) er e ,
1 35
h
A t sc ool , 4 9 , 2 0 4 M a nn e r s 2 0 1 ,

I n g e neral , 50 M ann er s a t th e tabl e 2 2 1 ,

I n th e n e g i hb h
or ood , 50 M arketing for th e home 2 2 0 ,

H ol y N g i ht
( Cor regg o) , 1 55 i M e et in g a l ady or an el derl y p er son ,

H ome S ong , A ( V a n D y e) , 5 5 k 2 3 2- 2 3 4
H on e s y , 7 1t M e etin g a q u es ti on y ou ca nnot
“
H onor th y fa e r and th a n s w er , 20 8

moth er ,
”
21 5 M i dnight Pool , Th e ( Ghosh) , 35
2 50 I ND E !

i
Sp ec al l e sson V al ue of Pl a y ( H ug e s) , 1 8 3 h
b
F or oy s , 2 4 2 i
V a l u e of T me , F ran l n s L e sson
’
ki on

i
F or g rl s , 2 4 1 th e , 7 7
Sp itti
ng , 6

th
S y mp a y , Th e C h e e r in g t
E ff e c of

97 W a rin g a nd h is White W ings a t

W ork (Je w ett) 1 9 2 ,

b
Ta l e ma nn e rs , 2 2 1 W ari ng Ge org e E 1 9 1
, .
,

h
Te e t , 4 , 9 Wa shi ng ton a nd th e Sorr el Col t
Th n i kb e for e y ou S r e a n y Cr e a t ik ( Scudde r ) 6 7 ,

t t
tu re h a Ca nn o Sp e a (S P t k Wha t is th e R e al Good ?
C . 1 0 8 91
Tom , th e C mne y S w e ep ( K ng shi i When th e Cat s A way th e M i ce ’

l ey ) , 1 6 W ill Pl a y (Jack s on) 1 4 7 ,

Tomas 1 2 Whi ch L ove d M othe r B e s t ? ( All i

i
Top cs for d s cuss i i on : s on ) , 52
Cl e a nl n e ss , 8 i Wh y do y ou Lo v e y our D og ?
H el p ful ne s s , 5 1 (N Y W . . . 1 1 8
b i
O e d e n ce , 2 5 W in ning ,
1 4 1

W k or ,
1 63 W on d e r s of th e Jungl e ( Ghosh ) ,

True B l ue , 1 6 6 35
t
Tr u h ful ne ss , 6 1 W ork ,
1 61

U nw r itt en Le tt e rs of R ecomme n d a
ti
on , 1 4 Y a w ni ng ,
24 1