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k U ST © f W M W A to o l M iss M anners (J u d ith M a rtin ) J k < y ■ j; G iv e s h e ro p in io n o n N ew Y e a rs R e s o lu tio n s ! rqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA ©^ w ii frightened, and ridden with bad habits, we have evolved into a people who are healthy, confident, and im possible to live with. Com m ands are barked at strangers. A person who is offensive to som eone else, whether on purpose or accidentally, is viciously reprimanded. These attacks, in turn, inspire counterattacks. It is not unusual for a m ere peccadillo- an accidental push in a crowded bus, som e harm less hesitation on the part of an autom obile driver- to result in the exchange of scream ed obscenities. This is dreadful. People who do no wrong are m aking the world unbearable for norm al people. M iss M anners asks that each person m ake it a New Year ’s Resolution to be responsible for his own behavior and worry less about that of others. If correcting is im perative, she asks that it be done with gentleness and hum ility. If everyone refuses to engage in verbal com bat, hostilities will soon cease. “ He started it!" will not be accepted as an excuse. If the society were not in a state of Etiquette Em ergency, M iss M anners would not attem pt to D ear Editor, m eddle with the ritual of the New Year ’s Resolution. She finds it sweet to hear people annually resolve to The “ subject ” w ill never be w on. You lose ten pounds and clean their desks- the air of w ill alw ays have people fo r and against. m odest m oral struggle this lends to the first three days of every January is charm ing. I think everyone should be able to m ake Tim es of crisis call for sacrifice. The national rudeness level has reached dangerous proportions. Each their ow n choices. Like you said in your citizen has to com m it him self or herself to behaving letter... the w orld is full of different him self or herself, or we will all soon have to be kinds of people and different view s. com m itted. The situation, as M iss M anners sees it, arose from just the spirit of im provem ent that leads people to the excellent resolves Y ou ’ re doing a great job. Keep up the associated with the beginning of a fresh year. There is good w ork! Dear M iss M anners: a m istaken notion abroad that if one does one ’s best, Last year, I gave up eating between m eals, and the one m ay be intolerant of those who do less. year before, I gave up sm oking. Can you suggest a Say, you have given up sm oking. Naturally, you will Yes, w e w o u ld a ll m iss the taU BW J. New Year ’s resolution for m e, for this year? It m ight take the occasion to be grum py and irritable in the be hard, not only because, as you can see, I am bosom of your fam ily. If you have stored up som e nearly perfect, but because, as you can also see, life Thanks, personal credit there, through years of cheerful is bleak enough for m e without giving up any of m y sm oking, they m ay accept this good-naturedly for a Aloha Adam s j rem aining pleasures. short while. If it ends there, M iss M anners has no objection. The successful nonsm oker will then go on Gentle Reader: to attack perfect strangers, or rather, im perfect Try giving up expecting the m echanics of life to work 1 st A nnual C om m unity C alendars strangers, who sm oke. If this were done politely, M iss sm oothly. For exam ple, give up expecting a store to m anners would still have no objection. The are herel They can be purchased get your order right, or the car ahead of you to start confinem ent of sm oky air to the im mediate and private when the light changes, or the m ail to be delivered at the Sm ith H ouse during © pen vicinity of sm oke producers is a valid goal. But what within a reasonable tim e. If you succeed in this, you M iss M anners sees is an atm osphere polluted with hours or call C© ry at 865-3310.. will be deprived of nothing you had before expect self-righteous insults. Nonsm okers, joggers, food frustrating rage, and you will be contributing to the $5.00 each. Please support y© ur purists, and other such im proved products feel they welfare of the world- not by im proving it, but by have a license to chastise the world. local historical society by getting ceasing to contribute to it your own dis-satisfaction. W orse are the people who have had one of these for your hom e or general self-overhauls, rather than specific repair It is never to late to give up jobs. Those who have newly discovered their office. personal worth through therapy, assertiveness y o u r p re ju d ic e s . Henry David Thoreau training, or other odd religious sects often becom e public m enaces. Their friendly behavior is to point out B ook Fair S uccess! that you are in bad shape, a fact only confirm ed by A h u g e thank you fro m th e B u tte F a lls E lem entary/M iddle S c h o o l. N o t o n ly d id w e earn your failure to realize this; watch out for their unfriendly behavior. From a society that m ust once m o n e y fo r o u r s c h o o l, w e earned c o u p o n s tow ards library m aterials, & th ro u g h th e have been, by its own testim ony, a depressed, s u p e r s u p p o rt o f p a re n ts , c la s s ro o m b o o k s w ere p u rc h a s e d th ro u g h th e c la s s ro o m w is h lis t p ro g ra m . T h a n k s a g a in to a ll th e p a re n ts , frie n d s li; & fa m ilie s w h o h e lp e d s u p p o rt u s !
