THE STREET
_Remember this,--that there is a proper dignity and proportion to
be observed in the performance of every act of life._
--Marcus Aurelius.
1) If you are well brought up, girls, you will not loiter on the street
to talk to one another; much less to boys. Street visiting is taboo.
2) Boys, a gentleman does not detain on street corners a girl or woman
friend. If he meets one with whom he wishes to speak more than a moment,
he asks permission to walk a little way with her. During the moment that
he does detain her, a gentleman talks with his hat in his hand.
3) You know that a boy should lift his hat or cap in recognition of a
girl or woman acquaintance whom he meets on the street. But perhaps you
don't know that the same courtesy may well be offered to a man, and must
be, if the man is walking with a girl or a woman.
4) To spit on the street or sidewalk is likely to endanger the health of
others, and to make you seem vulgar and "horrid." Use your handkerchief.
THE STREET-CAR
_Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want of decency is want of sense._
--Earl of Roscommon.
1) Avoid rushing ahead of others to secure a seat in a street-car, or to
secure any other special advantage. Some one must be last; why not you?
If advancing out of turn is necessary, a little deliberation accompanied
with, "I beg your pardon," or "Excuse me, please" will most quickly and
pleasantly open the way; otherwise, respect "the line.
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