Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1916 — IF YOU ARE WELL BRED [ARTICLE]

IF YOU ARE WELL BRED

If you ara well bred you will be kind, says the Irish World. You will not use slang. # You to make others happy. You willnot“be shy or self-con-, scious. You will never indulge in ill-natured gossip. - You will never forget the respect due to age. '■ *■ <t You will not swagger or boast of your achievements. —You will not measure your civility by people’s bank accounts. You will be scrupulous in your regard for the rights of others. You will never make fun of the peculiarities or idiosyncrasies of others. You will not forget engagements, promises or obligations of any kind. You will never under any circumstances cause another pain if you can help it. You will not think that “good intentions” compensate for rude or gruff manners. You will be as agreeable to your social inferiors as to your equals and superiors. You will not have two sets of manners, one for “company” and one for home use. You will never remind a cripple of his deformity or probe the sore spots of a sensitive soul.