You and I; . e of good treatment, immediatelyputs its little hand in yours, with the most charming confi-dence, while another child will crawl out of sight or hide itshead in its mothers skirts in a perfect agony of bashfulness;thus showing that this trust in, or suspicion of strangers, isnearly always an inborn tendency, which is hard to modify orchange. Still it can be in a measure changed. Humanity,after all, is about fifteen carats fine. It is not nearly so bad asyou thought it, O mistrustful man! Give it the benefit ofthe doubt, meet it in a cordial, kindly way, and very often,like the co
You and I; . e of good treatment, immediatelyputs its little hand in yours, with the most charming confi-dence, while another child will crawl out of sight or hide itshead in its mothers skirts in a perfect agony of bashfulness;thus showing that this trust in, or suspicion of strangers, isnearly always an inborn tendency, which is hard to modify orchange. Still it can be in a measure changed. Humanity,after all, is about fifteen carats fine. It is not nearly so bad asyou thought it, O mistrustful man! Give it the benefit ofthe doubt, meet it in a cordial, kindly way, and very often,like the confiding child which slips its hand in yours, you willdisarm any animosity or uncharitableness which may haveexisted toward you. We do not say, wear your heart onyour sleeve, for daws to peck at; but we do say: O let thy soul be quick to see a soul; Put off the visor of distrust when thou Dost meet thy kind. Its chafing steel but wear, When thou hast pressing need, for thy defense. AT HOME, AND FOREIGN N Washington, societyseems to be governed to acertain extent by a stand-ard of its own. The de-mands of social life at thecapital require a code more exactand complicated than that in use in othercities. A gentlemans social status isgauged by his official position, and aladys by that of her husband. Whilethere is plenty of very good society, there is also much thatis incongruous and ill-assorted, from the bringing together ofthe cultured and uncultured, worldly and unsophisticated,from the different sections of a great nation. The Highest Rank.— The President naturally leads, notonly in official, but social rank. He is generally alluded toas The President, and is so designated by his wife. Any one has the privilege of calling upon the President, butthe latter is under no obligations to return any visit. He maycall upon a friend, if he wish, but this courtesy is not expectedof him. The same rule applies to the wife of the President. 523 524 YOU AND I. Calling on the Pres
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