Repose, in Conversation.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2039, 1 August 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)

Repose, in Conversation.

Thk leading quality If bs cultivated, if voa won 1!! have an agretanlcnnannpr in conversation, ia rcpoee. If jou ft <- uslli -a and veuemc>nt you will be co j; kl ren wi>!<. So yia must not fidget in your cimir, nor rnn yont fini'ers through your Law , nor orack your finger-joints, nor gesticulate liko a CBrbp^i n orMor. All of the«p ui:d^3 are in n?.d f)wi, md make peoplo wkh you h r .d Bent n.i.'rct*. Yju must avo»d interrupting other t^lktr-j, also, and ler.rc to control your temper, ami e»y &n little as po-sinie about yourself. No matter how bored you may be, assume the virtue of being interested, p.nd look pleasaut at any sacrifice of sincerity and self-respect. Politeness exaots that you do unto others at such times as you expect them to do unto you when your turn comes. Your language shoi^d be ri'iatJe ar<i . 'r-* \ > L > Lar and comprehen'ivf, iij'J froe from iS<"v . Do not eesk to »">l!jp ne u hurn-nst m). n yoa are very confidont that the co-npany ia an easy ona to r.tni^e; but if another pernon ma!<es snch a ye. lure it is your duty to laugh, efen if h:« j iki a arc bo thin a»,d fl->* that you long to btrr.ngle him. The Fin cities of bocialconversation do not permit, the introduction of political or religioua topics, for tbe reason that they can nuiely be di^atwed ia a calm and kind spirit. — The .If- nor.

Everybody kno^rs the history of the fifihtin- 1 Quakers dnnug the Evolutionary "Wat. PJ^-ny of thf> ptaid sons of staid sireg of tsia same faith slipped out of meeting during the la e t war to shoulder ft musket. One venprnMo eld Fiipnd in Germantown, P»., found that thrrp of hi 9 sens had pone to thi? conflict RPaiTi which his creed arrayed him. The youn 'Pt hit that he, too, must q«, but fearing to t''l bn family, he took his gun one day arifl b-qin to clpr.o It, placing himself in hia fiuL^'o way. The oIJ gcntLman saw him, ai.rl p.vced Blowlv up and down, but said nothii „'. Presently he approached the young ro<Vi!. "Charles," he said, deliberately, "if the (levil has maele thee feel thsl thee needs one of those worldJy instrnmrnfs, ?pare not thy lrso^ey, but get the best. — Exrhanqe.