e.

Do guard against a profusion of slang that would do credit to a
pickpocket.

Do be determined not to use profane expressions in the presence of
ladies, children, or ministers, or anywhere else.

Do keep your lips from uttering coarse and unclean things that you
would blush to have overheard by mother or sister. More than this, do
not listen to them from the lips of others. A pure-minded boy will be
a pure-minded man.

Do take care of your various belongings; do not expect mother or
sisters to pick up your necktie, your gloves, your schoolbooks, your
hat, from as many different places as there are articles, and put them
properly away. It is quite as necessary for boys or men to have some
neatness in their habits as for girls or women. Do learn to help
yourself occasionally. It is quite possible that you should be able to
arrange a necktie, comb your hair, or get the articles together for a
fresh toilet without calling some one to your assistance. Quite
possible and vastly convenient for other members of the household.

Do close the doors without slamming; don't tear the house down.

Do lower your voice sometimes; everyone is not deaf.

Do be neat in personal appearance; collars, handkerchiefs and cuffs,
should be spotlessly clean, and hands and finger nails receive careful
attention.

Do not fail to use three brushes every day--the tooth-brush, the
clothes-brush and the blacking-brush.

Do break yourself of disagreeable personal habits. Do not yawn in
people's faces, lounge in your chair, scratch head or person, or clean
finger-nails when others are present.

Do not forget to use your handkerchief, and that quietly as possible.

Do decide that temperate habits are more manly than intemperate ones,
and don't think that it is one of your "rights" to smoke cigarettes.

Do learn to say "No," to lead sometimes instead of always following.

Do be careful of your manners. Remember that as the twig is bent, so
the tree is inclined, and that the polished boy will be the polished
man. Polish, it is to be understood, is not inconsistent with
strength, but rather adds to it. The strongest machinery is of the
finest polish, and the Damascus blade is of the surest mettle.

Do be sure to give up your seat in omnibus or car to a lady. Even if
she be not sufficiently grateful, you have shown your good breeding.

Do remember to remove your hat when you enter a house, private office,
hotel elevator (if ladies are pres