Fine Manners.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 685, 4 November 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

Fine Manners.

It would be vain as it would be nagraaioM to combat against the favourable influence of charm of manner. Eovaging manner^ and bright conversation ma«t aad will al*rajr«, •way those brought under their attraction, and it is right that they shonld do to,' for they are good qualities, though they may "be only natural onaa ; and the enjoyment of' them in others may be accepted as one of 1 the amenities of our lot, if we maeb with them in the order of Providence, • and do not go out of our way to put ourselves under tbeif influence. What,* oatalogue of social virtues it needs to make a. nan genemlly beloved ! s *oetness of temper, g>>od na ui n , a yieiding will and ready, com* plianoo, — toleration of others' infirmities, and fo. bear%aoe uuier sinatl slights and hindrances ; sympathy with others' modes am) feeling, and doiicmy of adapfcatidov M»ny a nero, we may ada"m«ny as*iut, is without them, and thanes his grout ba'usA ta suffer from their absence. The rtward of hi* laboats is sought in a hlgb«r sphere,. uo| in the praise of men 5 and his greatest aJmtrers hsve often to become his, apologist* in the minor details or deportment and inan■er, ooncious that he who would stoqiQo* his life for the sike of religion,' or for th« gaod of bis fellowmen, yet failed to make himself agreeable to his personal acquain* tauces. But because, from the infirmity of our nature, great interest* and high aims often make men regardless of lever propiiaties, let us not esteem the want of them as other than a fault, nor grudg* ihd dooaaatio philanthropist, who cheers bit neighbours' fire-stdes, woo raises their do.U«4 spirits, whose presence brings refreshment with il, who enhances their erery-day joys, and sympathizes in the littlt trials that each day also brings in ita traiu— though it may be only through the impulse of a genial na. tare -his reward, in his indulgent host of friends, with their warm welcomes, hearty praises, affdccionate extenuatidns tanskr regrets.