MENDING THEIR MANNERS

Evening Star, Issue 14184, 8 October 1909, Page 7

MENDING THEIR MANNERS

Ihe Now York ‘Times’ contends that thoTo is un improvement in manners in America, and, as instances, points out that railway companies are issuing manilestqes to their employees telling them not to insult more people than necessary, as such conduct takes up valuable time* that might be devoted to swelling dividends; that multi-millionaires are acquiring the habit of explaining that they menu no harm; that policemen, though they are more sturdy than ever, do not club total strangers quite as fiercely. Cooks are giving notice the night ’before, instead ot the morning of their departure ; tradesmen are now waiting two or three seconds before ringing the door bell a second time; even burglars are .removing their hats in the presence of ladies sitting up in bed, and arc using smokeless powder; wives are “boiling down” their curtain lectures; ‘summer girls” are returning more rings than heretofore ; and children of American parents with incomes of, more than £5,000 a year are often quite polite when addressed by a stranger.

AS IT SEEMS. There was a young woman named Wcmyse Who complained of her terrible dremyes j When) they called in the doctor. Conceive bow it shoctor When heeadd “ You have chocolate cremyee.”