Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1891 — Good Manners. [ARTICLE]

Good Manners.

Never try to outshine, but to please. Never press a favor where it seems undesired. Never intrude ill-health, pains, losses, or misfortunes. Never unavoidably wound the feelings of a human being. Never forget that vulgarity has its origin in ignorance or selfishness. Never urge, another to do anything against his desire unless you see danger before him. Do not ask another to do what you would not be glad to do under similar circumstances. Never omit to perform a kind act when it can be done with any reasonable amount of exertion. Never needlessly wound the vanity of another or dilate unnecessarily upon disagreeable subjects. Never talk aloud so that others than the one addressed can hear, in publio places or upon the street. Do not make witticisms at the expense of others which you would not wish to have made upon yourself. Remember that good manners are thoughts filled with kindness and refinement and then translated into behaviorl Be not ostentations in dress or deportment; nothing can bo more vulgar. See that costumes fit tjie time and occasion. The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old pathway of steady welldoing; and they who are most persistent and work in the truest spirit will invariably be the most successful. Success treads upon the heels of every right effort.