A sandwich eaten leisurely in the carriage is better than a whole dinner bolted at a railway station.
Take with you a month’s supply of patience, and always think thirteen times before you reply once to any supposed rudeness, insult, or inattention.
Do not suppose yourself specially and designedly neglected if waiters at hotels do not bring what you call for in double-quick time. Nothing so distinctly marks the well-bred as waiting on such occasions.
Comply cheerfully and gracefully with the customs of the conveyances in which you travel, and of the places where you stop.
Respect yourself by exhibiting the manners of a lady, if you wish to be treated as such, and then you will receive the respect of others.
Travel is a great leveller; take the position which others assign you from your conduct rather than your pretensions.
Good Reasons for Learning Singing.
The following eight reasons why everyone should learn to sing are given by Byrd in his “Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs,” etc., published in 1588:—
1. It is a knowledge easily taught and quickly learned, where there is a good master and an apt scholar.
2. The exercise of singing is delightful to nature, and good to preserve the health of man.