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mean it, of course. One can't expect children to be
thoughtful as their elders," and so on.
But one can expect their elders to teach them the
rudiments of behavior.
Have you told your children that the toothpick
should no more be employed in public than the toothbrush, or do you allow your representatives to parade
through public halls and sit on verandas and in drawing rooms, or even at table, and wield this disgusting
weapon?
If you have neglected this very important item in
their education, let me beg of you to instruct them
from this hour forward to attend to their toilet matters
in privacy and without compulsory witnesses.
If your children say that well-dressed men and
women commit this same offense against decency and
good taste, assure them that they were unfortunate in
having no well-bred parents to teach them better
manners, and that they are not to be emulated, but
pitied.
Have you spoken to your daughters regarding their
high-pitched voices, or do you hear them shriek
through house, hotel and street like the steamboat
whistle or the trolley gong, with no word of protest?
And do you smilingly say, "Mollie is so full of life,
you can always tell when she is around."
Do you train your boys and girls when at table to
wait until the process of mastication is finished before
indulging in active conversation?
Are your children allowed to stand upon the seats
of public conveyances with dusty and muddy feet?
Do they interrupt the conversation of older people,
with no apology, and enter rooms with the whoop of
wild Indians on the warpath?
