enest souls that ever lived. Christ was
courteous, even to His persecutors, and in terrible agony on the cross,
He cried: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." St.
Paul's speech before Agrippa is a model of dignified courtesy, as well
as of persuasive eloquence.

Good manners often prove a fortune to a young man. Mr. Butler, a
merchant in Providence, R. I., had once closed his store and was on his
way home when he met a little girl who wanted a spool of thread. He
went back, opened the store, and got the thread. This little incident
was talked of all about the city and brought him hundreds of customers.
He became very wealthy, largely because of his courtesy.

Ross Winans of Baltimore owed his great success and fortune largely to
his courtesy to two foreign strangers. Although his was but a
fourth-rate factory, his great politeness in explaining the minutest
details to his visitors was in such marked contrast with the limited
attention they had received in large establishments that it won their
esteem. The strangers were Russians sent by their Czar, who later
invited Mr. Winans to establish locomotive works in Russia. He did so,
and soon his profits resulting from his politeness were more than
$100,000 a year.

A poor curate saw a crowd of rough boys and men laughing and making fun
of two aged spinsters dressed in antiquated costume. The ladies were
embarrassed and did not dare enter the church. The curate pushed
through the crowd, conducted them up the central aisle, and amid the
titter of the congregation, gave them choice seats. These old ladies
although strangers to him, at their death left the gentle curate a
large fortune. Courtesy pays.

Not long ago a lady met the late President Humphrey of Amherst College,
and she was so much pleased with his great politeness that she gave a
generous donation to the college.

"Why did our friend never succeed in business?" asked a man returning
to New York after years of absence; "he had sufficient capital, a
thorough knowledge of his business, and exceptional shrewdness and
sagacity." "He was sour and morose," was the reply; "he always
suspected his employees of cheating him, and was discourteous to his
customers. Hence, no man ever put good will or energy into work done
for him, and his patrons went to shops where they were sure of
civility."

Some men almost work their hands off and deny themselves many of the
common comforts of life i