FINE, OR REFINE?
[An Educational Journal recently suggested the formation of a "Guild of Courtesy," with especial view to refining the manners and language of the youth of the working classes.]
Hail, noble Guild! By all means drive
Expletives from our highways;
They are the ruin of our roads,
The byword of our byways!
And rowdies too—to teach them grace
A philanthropic art is;
These subjects for the Guild may well
Be called the "Guildy parties"!