t way for all to be satisfied. If boys and girls are waiting
together, every gentlemanly boy will wait for the girls to drink first,
and the girls should accept his politeness in a polite manner.

The same remark applies to conduct in the dressing-room before school.
Scholars should quietly wait for others to hang up clothing and use the
looking-glass, instead of pushing forward to secure the first chance.

These early habits of courtesy or rudeness will cling to us through
life. When we see people rushing for the best seats in cars or
steamboats, and crowding others aside at counters and railroad
restaurants, we may be reasonably sure they are those who, when boys and
girls at school, pushed others away from the looking-glass and the
drinking place.

In speaking of occurrences, we must not say, "I and James went." We
ought to speak of ourselves last in all cases, except where mischief has
been done, when we should relate our own share first.

LESSON III.

OUTLINE FOR BLACKBOARD.

MANNERS ON THE STREET.

_Why especially important._
_Noisy and boisterous conduct._
_Calling to any one across the street._
_Obstructing the sidewalk._
_Meeting and passing persons, crossing over,
and taking leave._
_Returning salutations._
_Carrying an umbrella._
_Eating in the street._
_Throwing things on the sidewalk._
_Marking walls and fences._
_Looking at windows of private houses and
pointing at objects._
_Staring at or laughing at infirmities._
_Answering questions._
_Offering assistance. Incidents._

LESSON III.

MANNERS ON THE STREET.

MANNERS on the street are especially important, because many see us
there who never see us elsewhere, and they will judge us and our home
and school training by our good or bad behavior there.

Noisy and boisterous conduct on the street is always unbecoming. No
well-bred boy or girl will ever try to attract attention there. To make
one's self conspicuous in public is a sure sign of ignorance and
ill-breeding.

If we wish to speak to a person on the other side of the street, though
it be only a schoolmate, the proper way is not to call to him, but to
cross over quietly and speak. If we wish to look behind us, we should
not twist the head around, but turn the whole body.

It is extremely rud