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| Title | Good manners for boys and girls (title page) |
| Author | Learned, Ellin T. Craven, d. 1940 |
| Publisher | Frederick A. Stokes Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | 1923 |
| Notes | Printed on title page: By Ellin Craven Learned (Mrs. Frank Learned).
This book emphasizes early training in manners and proper conduct for children at home and in public. The author states: "Their instincts tell them to scream for what they want. They must begin to learn self-control and take life bravely and serenely, instead of selfishly and with irritability". Advice for manners at the table: "The feet must be kept together, not hooked around the legs of the table. Bad manners are finding fault with food, or talking about perferences and saying, "I hate this", or "I love that". It is inexcusable to touch anything and not take it. Girls are served before boys. Brothers are expected to show courtesy to their sisters". Advice for girls: "A girl is never charming who assumes an independent, self-assertive manner"... Conduct of that sort shows crudeness, ignorance and a lack of intelligence". On behavior in public: "A person who knows the rudiments of good manners does not eat in the street, or munch candy, or chew gum. The practice of chewing gum is so reprehensible that it cannot be too forcibly condemned. It is simply vulgar." On grace in movement: "There is an art in sitting and rising. It is very bad manners to drop into a chair. When going toward a chair to sit in it, enough space is allowed to turn when near it. One foot is kept in advance of the other, and the body swings around easily, the weight resting on the foot nearest the table. The hips and knees are bent deeply and thus one glides into a chair." |
| Contextual Notes | Ellin Craven Learned was a writer who was born in New Jersey. She was on the editorial staff of "The Churchman", "The Delineator", and contributed to "The Ladies World" (1907-13). She was anti-suffrage and also wrote "The Etiquette of New York Today" (1906). |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Etiquette for children and teenagers |
| Category | Manners and social etiquette
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0412 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. BJ1857 C5 L4 1923 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 119 p.; 20 x 13 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
