You and I; . top. On board a steamer, people have betteropportunities, and are brought into closer social contact witheach other, than in railway travel; it is therefore even morepermissible to speak, and enter into conversation with a fel-low passenger without being introduced, as it is always under-stood that such acquaintances are not necessarily continued;and it is not only permissible, but right, that each one shouldcontribute his mite toward the pleasure and entertainment ofhis fellow passengers, who thus meet, for the time being, onan equal footing. The steamer piano, like the hotel ins
You and I; . top. On board a steamer, people have betteropportunities, and are brought into closer social contact witheach other, than in railway travel; it is therefore even morepermissible to speak, and enter into conversation with a fel-low passenger without being introduced, as it is always under-stood that such acquaintances are not necessarily continued;and it is not only permissible, but right, that each one shouldcontribute his mite toward the pleasure and entertainment ofhis fellow passengers, who thus meet, for the time being, onan equal footing. The steamer piano, like the hotel instrument, is a muchabused thing; pray dont torture it often, unless you can bringreal music from its strings. In that case, it will agreeably MANNERS WHILE TRAVELING. §\\ break the monotony, and amuse those who are trying to killtime. Never allude to sea-sickness at the table. It is in bad tasteat any table, but is still more so on the water when mostpeople are more squeamish than usual. THE AWKWARD AND AN in society is like aflower blown in its na-tive bud. It is therealone his faculties, M expanded in fullbloom, shine out;there only reach their proper use,says Cowper, the bashful man, thusexemplifying in himself the fact that those who most fullyrealize the benefits to be derived from society are often theones who most shrink from is naturally gregarious. If it had not been meant thathe should be so, he would not have been endowed with theorgans of speech and a vast wealth of expression. It is bycontact with humanity that we become more tender, moreunselfish, more sympathetic, more .wise, and less egotistic. Granted, then, that it is a good thing to seek the society ofour fellow creatures, and that we ought to do so, if not frominclination, from a sense of duty to ourselves, the next ques-tion is, how shall we meet them? This query will soundabsolutely absurd to the easy, affable man, who has never, inthe whole course of his comfortable career, had to propoundto
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