Politeness to Neighbors

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 6, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 10.

Politeness to Neighbors

It is much easier to be polite and neighborly than to fly into a passion when things do not suit you. Take this note, for instance, addressed by a lady to her neighbor next door:

“Dear Madame—Your children, who are numerous and appear to be disorderly, no doubt deserve the frequent floggings you give them; but as my nerves are weak, I write this to ask if you can't do something to deaden the sound.”