HOLIDAY MANNERS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2026, 16 September 1913, Page 2

HOLIDAY MANNERS.

m LESS HORSEPLAY AMONG THE LONDON TRIPPEKS. London, August 5. Lord Rosebery ias lamented *he decay of gooi manners A Daily News representative who went ont yesterday into the thiclr of the holiday crowd reports that nib lordship has ma e a mistake. bank holiday makers are qnite wonderfully polite, if politeness means patience an) good nature. If, on the other hand, it means raising your hat to a policeman, we have probably made no progress. One of tne noticeable things yesterday was the growth of the queue habit, which has done a good deal for national good manners. At fciie Charing C ess terminus of the Hampstea? Tube it was uecessary right through the afternoon to queue, if a verb may be invented, in or er to obtain a ticket, Of the thousands who booked here for the Heath, not one tried to break t' e line to snatch a turn from his neighbour.

TUBE POLITENESS. On the way to the Heath in the tube carriage in winch The Daily News investigator occupie J a seat, ten men, at various stages of the journey, gave up their seats to women. Four out of the ten raised their hats as they did so; three simply got up and pushed their way into the crowd of straphangers, looking sheepish. The crush in the lift at the Heath station supplied an illuminating little incident. A buriy fellow, with the air anrt green cap of a costermonger, trod reavily on the foot of a young foreigner probably Freno or Spanish—just as tt e lift started. "Sorry, ole sport!" he exolaimed, gripping him by the arm and grinning. The response was an elaborate bow, in which tLe hips and the hat share;!. Both men meant much the same thing, but expressed it in different ways, ON THE HEATH. The Heath itself is not a place where goo • manners are commonly supposed to flourish. Yet if the test of consideration for ot er people's feelings is apj'lied the con viution3l ere grow that our manners are really improving. It is safe to say that there was less horseplay at Hampstead yesterday than on any August Bank Holiday since the beginning of suc'i things Uhaff and igh spirits aboun ed, but they were ke t within limits that indicate i a rising standard of self respect.