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The Courteous Woman

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 13, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 33.

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The Courteous Woman

SHE is not the woman who has one tone of voice for her friends and associates, and quite another for her servants and tired people behind counters who wait upon her.
Nor is she the woman who bids visitors an affectionate farewell in one breath, and in the next expresses her thankfulness at their departure.
Certainly she is not the woman who discusses with one friend the follies or secrets of another.
A truly courteous woman indulges in none of the petty shams and deceptions which make life insincere. She has one gentle manner and voice for all, high or low; and she never lowers herself by personal comments behind people’s back which could not be openly said in their presence.
So much a matter of gentle heart is genuine courtesy.—Selected.