Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1900 — Increase of Discourtesy. [ARTICLE]

Increase of Discourtesy.

Real eomtesy is seldom encountered in tlie business world, and uot too often iu social 1 fe.* Politeness is to he cultivated only "when it pays.” "Is it worth while?” seems to be a question that nearly every man and woman asks himself or herself when theie is an opportunity to do a kindly or a courteous act for a stranger. Every woman must look out for herself; so also must old age. Youth has no hesitation iu jostling either into the street if either happens to be iu his way. Nor is youth only at fault. If giv< nan opportunity woman frequently presume/* upon her sex. nr.d old age sometimes upon his giay hairs. 'Nie one has no hesitation in occupying two suits by spreading out her skirts and the other sometimes lias to be reminded that he is not paying for seatroom for liis bundles, sin* by example and precept teaches her children to le as selfish as herself. And this disposition to “look out for number one,” aud only for number one, is noticaalde iu practically all public places the stores the theaters ntul on the streets,-as well as on tin* cars. Everywhere there seems to he a growing belief that courtesy is something to be put on and taken off like a dress suit or a hall gown, something that is not for everyday use.