FRENCH CHILDREN.
“PATTERNS OE ETIQUETTE.” According to a well-ltnown English society woman who recently returned to London after a tour of the world, tho children of France were easily- the best-mannered that she had found anywhere on her travels. Always, and even with no adults in sight, they behave with the utmost decorum, and were little patterns of etiquette. The excellence of French children’s table manners—the traveller attributes to the common practice of French parents of taking their children from very early ages to dine in public restaurants where they easily and naturally acquire poise.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 13
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95FRENCH CHILDREN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 13
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