WORTH REMEMBERING by Christian Work

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 49.

WORTH REMEMBERING.

By Christian Work

It is no easy matter to enter and to leave a room properly, and boys and girls should learn the art in their youth. One common fault, and by no means confined to young people, is a habit of saying, "Well, it's about time I was going," and then settling back in one's chair for another ten minutes or half an hour. Worse than this is a habit of keeping one's friends standing, perhaps at the door where they are exposed to a draft, while the guest says "just one thing more."

There is no need of being abrupt, but when ready to leave, go at once, without any long delay. We know of a ladies' school where the teachers had the excellent plan of acting the part of hostess every now and then, in order to give the girls a chance to practice how to enter and leave a room in an easy, proper way. It is always well to leave a good impression, if possible, behind you wherever you are, and in order to do this one must know how to go as well as to come.—Christian Work.