HOME MANNERS

New Zealand Tablet, 11 October 1906, Page 37

HOME MANNERS

Parents (says an exchange) might well insist • up6n- * lu ers treatm g their sisters with a good dfeal more '■ of the superfine politeness which, they bestow on other ■' people's sisters-; and young ladies might beam- - on'" Their^ Iwothers considerably more, with immense effects in <the way of prbmo-ting joy at the household fteartn.. It is a sham politeness which is not sufficient to go round ' to one's own sisters and brothers,

and which is only reserved for "strangers. Besides, it never fits one properly when one puts it on for a special occasion. Home manners are worthy of a good _ deal more attention .than 'many, people .are apt , to believe. The world outside is made a" much more agreeable place by the exercise of them. ' Inside the home there is plenty of scope for them. No one need be ' afraid -of' wearing them out. People- who feel any alarm a/bout that, and who think they are more polite outside for being ill-mannered inside,-- might ponder on what happened to -Snell's parrot that 'Max- Adelertells of. SnelU taught his. parrot some beautiful phrases for „ public recitation, but, . someone , suggesting . that the parrot might get tired "of their cohstantrepe-ti-tion, Snell taught him some sailor language for his . private use. The worst >of .it was that' the parrot always forgot when he was in public and when in pri- ; vate. People with one set , of- manners will . find them « become second nature. People with the two sets will forget, -like Snell's parrot. " ■ "