Girls
- Are known as ladies, if they are physically fit, gentle, and winsome.
- Do not loiter on a street to talk to one another or boys.
- If a seat is offered, accept it with a polite "Thank you."
- Do not use cosmetics during school.
Boys
- Are known as gentlemen, if they are "fine" and athletic.
- Do not detain girls on streets or corners, if you must talk, ask permission to walk a little.
- Must lift your hat when you pass a girl/woman you know, when you pass a man, and when you pass a man walking with a girl/woman.
- Do not spit on the street, use your handkerchief.
- In a street-car, touch your hat politely and offer your seat to a girl/woman or elderly man.
- Hold the door open for any girls/women or elderly people, and make sure it doesn't close in someones face.
- When dinning, draw back the chair for a girl/woman, then push it under her as she sits down. Then take your seat.
Both
- Do not rush ahead of others to "secure a seat in a street-car" or any other advantage.
- If you do advance out of turn, say "I beg your pardon" or "Excuse me please."
- Do not speak loudly in public.
- Do not chew gum in public.
- Avoid running in corridors.
- Avoid crowding.
- Keep hands out of pockets.
- Care for fingernails, face, and hair at home.
- When at school, and you want to be called on, rise quietly, face your teacher, and wait to be called on.
- Wash your hands before you eat.
- Eat slowly and noiselessly.
- Never laugh at the accidents or misfortunes of others.
- When dining, put your napkin in your lap.
- Hold your knife in your right hand.
- Take a bath at least three times a week.
From: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/digilib/
-Faith
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