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Title: Everyday manners for American boys and girls
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Philadelphia. South Philadelphia high school for girls. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Chewing a wad of gum is not necessary, Make a special effort to see that you are not the ag-gressor. Keep to the right always. If you are walk-ing two or three abreast and feel that you are likely tocrowd some one who is approaching, the member ofyour group who is at the outside of the walk shouldstep behind the one next to him, thus making it pos-sible for that person to step to the edge of the walk.If this does not give room enough, the one who is nowat the edge of the walk should fall behind the one infront of him. The responsibility rests on the personwho is at the outside of the walk. As he steps back- TROLLEY CARS AND THE STREET 87 ward, he may, if necessary, touch the arm of his com-panion to guide him or her to the edge of the walk.If you do inadvertently collide with some one, sayExcuse me/ or Im very sorry. Meet suchannoyances with good grace and forbear to displayanger in tone or look. Remember that, as Chesterfield
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while chewing a cud is. tells us, A mans own good breeding is the best security against other peoples ill manners. If you meet some one to whom you think you must talk, do not stop on the sidewalk, but walk on in the direction in which your friend is going. If it happens that he is a fght ^ont f*cef j . i i i ii forward march. boy and you are a girl, he should walk with you toward your destination — having firstasked your permission to accompany you. Boys, be careful to raise your hats, not merely toolder people, but also to girls of your acquaintance 88 EVERYDAY MANNERS whom you meet. If you are walking with a girl andshe speaks to some one, raise your hat, even if you donot know the person to whom she speaks. Remember always to speak to the parents of yourfriends, and to all older people of your acquaintancewhen you meet them or see them on the street. Whenyou pass their homes, take the trouble to see if they

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