THE COST OF COURTESY.
Courtesy costs nothing, people often say, but as a matter of fact courtesy, I think, sometimes costs a great deal. Forethought and pains are necessary to pick and present even a bunch of flowers. To be courteous is sometimes a tremendous drain upon nervous energy. It is easy to bo civil when one feels well; when one is in the vein, and to thfitio people.. But otherwise’' Imagine yourself a shop assistant smiling ami discussing the quality of ribbon when yo# have raging toothache. Imagine yourself rejoicing with a customer, in fine weather, when you have just seen your sweetheart passing by the window with another girl. Is it easy? Of course, it can bo done. In many shops it is done. But it is not done without cost.
The “ unfailing tourtosy ” that wc are expected to receive in shops deserves high praise, because it can only bo given at a great price—thb price of constant selfcontrol and a good deal of self-repression.
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Evening Star, Issue 18093, 7 October 1922, Page 9
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167THE COST OF COURTESY. Evening Star, Issue 18093, 7 October 1922, Page 9
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