. American etiquette and rules of politeness. the most sensitive parent would havethem act at the house of a friend. Manners areawkward things unless they are natural. They areunnatural if we are conscious of them, and especiallyif they cost us some effort. VALUE OF MANNERS. We should not think of good manners as somethingfostered solely to cany with us when we go have a permanent value in themselves. Homelife is where, most of all, they are needed. Manners 42 AMERICAN ETIQUETTE. tend to preserve mutual respect between brothers andsisters and parents and children. As we naturally
. American etiquette and rules of politeness. the most sensitive parent would havethem act at the house of a friend. Manners areawkward things unless they are natural. They areunnatural if we are conscious of them, and especiallyif they cost us some effort. VALUE OF MANNERS. We should not think of good manners as somethingfostered solely to cany with us when we go have a permanent value in themselves. Homelife is where, most of all, they are needed. Manners 42 AMERICAN ETIQUETTE. tend to preserve mutual respect between brothers andsisters and parents and children. As we naturallydespise ill manners, so those who bear them becomethe object of our contempt. Good manners preserveus from too great familiarity on the one hand, and toogreat reserve on the other. By them we are able tohold others at a distance, and at the same time wintheir esteem. Make the family life a model of courtesyand good manners, and the sons and daughters, whenthey go out into the world, will be in no danger ofattracting the ill-bred and CHAPTER V. CULTURE AT HOME.
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