MANNERS.
TO Tttl BDITOB 0» TSI TOIUtr HIBU9, Sib, — My attention haa been turned lately to the colonial atyla adopted by our young men when meeting ladies m the streets of our towns. Instead of lifting tbeir hats m acknowledgment of . the graceful bow of recognition, they content themselves by clutching tbeir head-gear .by the crown, like an Indian trying to secure that muoh-priied trophy, a scalp, or like a boy eatohiDg butterflies with, his oap. fiurefy New, Zealand is far enough advanced for ah. improvement' taking place m this direction. It costs nothing to be polite j f s> little politeness and attention go far to making up the aurn'of happiness" enjoyed by families and indi.'iduiV . A young lady is never caught m an ungraceful act of this sort', j and surely tbe other sex ought to abstain! from such unseemly actions on their part. i I am, &c, ' Air Obsbstbb.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2408, 10 June 1882, Page 3
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152MANNERS. Timaru Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2408, 10 June 1882, Page 3
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