Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . 8. Learn to speak in a gentle tone of voice. 9. Learn to say kind and pleasant things when opportunity offers. 10. Study the characters of those with whom you come in con-tact, and sympathize with them in all their troubles, however small. II. Do not neglect little things if they can affect the comfort ofothers in the smallest degree, 12. Avoid moods, and pets, and fits of sulkiness. 13. Learn to deny yourself and prefer others. 14. Beware of meddlers
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . 8. Learn to speak in a gentle tone of voice. 9. Learn to say kind and pleasant things when opportunity offers. 10. Study the characters of those with whom you come in con-tact, and sympathize with them in all their troubles, however small. II. Do not neglect little things if they can affect the comfort ofothers in the smallest degree, 12. Avoid moods, and pets, and fits of sulkiness. 13. Learn to deny yourself and prefer others. 14. Beware of meddlers and tale-bearers. 15. Never charge a bad motive, if a good one is conceivable. Courtesy, charity and love are one, and, when all good deeds aredone the warning comes: If ye have not charity all is : A sweet, attractive kind of grace,A full assurance given by looks,Continual comfort in a face, The lineaments of gospel-books. Do ye all things courteously, founding precept and practice uponthat old rule, the Golden Rule, which is the Alpha and the Omega ofall good manners and the very Essence of all Etiquette. /^TRODCCTIOM^. NDISCRIMINATE introduc-tions are always in bad taste,yet, since the sweetest of ourfriendships are wont to reach usthrough the medium of a formalpresentation, it is well that we understand how, when and where theseintroductions should properly take place. As a rule, introductions, to be agreeable, should be desired beforebeing given; and since we are, or should be, in a measure, theendorsers of those whom we present to our friends, a due degree ofcare should be exercised in so doing, lest inadvertently we force uponanother what may prove an undesirable acquaintance. Introductions are given in cases of necessity, such as business trans-actions, or emergencies that may arise in traveling, as when we wishto consign some friend to the care of another. They are given atballs, that partners may be found for all the dancers. Here, however,care must be
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