A Child’s Lesson in Politeness by Richard H. Metcalfe

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 14, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 27.

A Child’s Lesson in Politeness

By Richard H. Metcalfe

A FATHER carrying a sweet-faced child not yet three years of age, stepped upon the rear platform of a street-car. The car was crowded, and several women were pressing for places. Some of the men were not displaying great gallantry, and as the father started to enter the car, every one was startled, as well as amused, when the baby, with his arm encircling his father's neck, leaned over and looked him in the face, saying: “Let the ladies in first, daddy; let the ladies in first.” It was a lesson — from a babe — in politeness; and it produced immediate results in that crowded car.—Richard H. Metcalfe.