AN EVERYDAY GARMENT

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 7, 14 February 1907, Page 37

AN EVERYDAY GARMENT

Common courtesy is a phrase we often hear, but what does it convey to us ? -What obligations does it suggest as between ourselves and our most intimate associates ? Of course common courtesy is not expected to be anything more than elementary, even rudimentary. One who has no more than that would not be expected to display the manners of a trained .and finished courier. Far below the high grade of politeness would he be And yet, despite the easy phrase we use, the gentleness, the consideration, the grateful expression, whiclr ordinary intelligence and proper feeling would suggest to anyone, are seldom seen. As proof of this, observe the strong commendation, expressed in approvingglances, if not in words, when in public places- and among entire strangers there is seen ,a specimen of what might be called common courtesy. .Yes, common courtesy is very uncommon or else a bit of it would pass unnoticed when it comes out into the open ' -