THE ABSENCE OF FINE MANNERS.

NZ Truth, Issue 612, 10 March 1917, Page 6

THE ABSENCE OF FINE MANNERS.

Th« "Htunburger Frcmdonblatt" la dlsffuatod with the rudeness still displayed In irumrars and other public conveyances "after tho lessons of moro than two ymrn of wtir." Vuuntr and robust people of both Hox*jt remain glued to their seat* whon uijotl and Infirm persona aro mandtng:. and never dream that It Is their duty to r-Ivo tholr places to theuo persons. Still morn dls. masted Is tho paper with tho nttltudo displayed In churches. The writer of tho urtlclo from which wo quoto has noticed «inlerß of morey and wounded »oldl< 4 rs sumdlng: In the ul»lo!j of crowded churches while th* jm»\vk aro rtllr*rl with jHronff. able-bodied youth* and pirlK. TliM« yovuiff twoplo srem not to | r^allJ'os v.hat their duty m, H may bo j thouKhik*«siU'»s. but It \n Mniftacvtul, ! and dlnpluyn a w»llou»neH» wlnlch >co*« to Justify some unfavorable rrlilctanui of ihe fnciny- ll W «- H ;i " v **">' w <-"> *hl« jiori of hobbledehoy cunduct b«tort the war. but tin* rdlnlnsr Influence* of 2S monthi) wf war should have made an end of It.