Identifier: oursociety00ives (find matches)
Title: Our society
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ives, Alice Emma Beecher, Henry Ward, Mrs., 1813-1897 Williams, Cora May. (from old catalog) Foley, John Samuel, Bishop, 1833- (from old catalog) Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, 1846-1918
Subjects: Etiquette Physical education and training
Publisher: Detroit, Mich., Darling brothers & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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careless as to throw thepeel on the sidewalk. One would scarcely like to considerhimself responsible for broken bones or a lameness for life, yethe is liable to be so every time he throws a bit of fruit skinwhere people walk. True Politeness.— The truly polite person will answerkindly all proper questions addressed to him in a respectfulmanner, wherever he may be. People asking for informationtake for granted that you are a gentleman, and as they pay youthis compliment, you should not lead them to believe otherwise. Some men seem to think they have a perfect right tokick a newsboy if he asks them to buy a paper, or growl at a IN PUBLIC PLACES. 41 little fruit vender for presuming to present her wares. Thetrue gentleman finds it just as easy to speak politely, and agreat deal more conducive to self-respect. The man whoswears at a bootblack, instead of making himself one inch taller by the performance, onlybelittles himself in the estima-tion of all whose opinion isworth considering.
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THE TRUE GENTLEMAN. To go through this life with good manners possessed,Is to be kind unto all, rich, poor, and oppressed,For kindness and mercy are balms that will healThe sorrows, the pains, and the woes that we feel. INT ROD UCTIONS. OU or I have a perfect right tochoose our acquaintances, there-fore we should remember that otherswish to enjoy the same privilege, andshould, in introducing people, rathererr on the side of being too careful,than not careful enough. Many very agreeable ac-quaintances have been made without the formality ofan introduction, and, under some circumstances, ancquaintance begun in this way is not an improper one. Aiormal introduction may be called a gateway to the beginningof a long and agreeable friendship, while the picked upacquaintance may be justly styled a short cut to a friend-ship, equally pleasant. Social Endorsement,— It should be borne in mind thatin introducing a person, we in some degree assume the re-sponsibility of a social endorsement of t

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