Good Manners for Boys and Girls

Title: Good Manners for Boys and Girls
Genre: Etiquette/Children’s
Author: Amelia C. Krug (1882-1950)
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Missouri.
Year: 1937 (fourth revised and enlarged edition)
Pages: 68
Format: Booklet with staple-bound cover.
Provenance: Name of previous owner inscribed inside front cover. It also contains a small sheet of paper with four perfect circles drawn in pencil, each with “50¢” written inside.
Dedication: “THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY ASCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED MOTHER, ELIZA KRUG”
Chapter Titles: At Home; At School; At Church; On the Street; Table Manners; Introductions; Reminders; Letters of Recommendation; Funerals; At the Library; Bible Class and Young People’s Meetings; At Concerts and Entertainments, Etc.; At Parties; At the Telephone; At the Table; Dress; Correspondence; Notes and Short Letters; Business Letters; Autograph Verses; A Real Lady; Which Was the Gentleman?; Punctuality;
Opening Sentence: “‘Honor thy father and thy mother.’”
Random Passage: “Telling secrets in the presence of others or whispering is extremely ill-bred. Never laugh at, or allude to, anything which all present do not understand, unless you wish to explain matters. Never tell, or listen to, stories that for any reason whatever you would be unwilling to repeat to your parents. Never, never, be guilty of using a bad word of any kind! Read Eph. 4, 29.” (from At School)
Notes: A youth-oriented guide to manners and etiquette done in practical (if loaded with Christian dogma) terms. In the foreword to this fourth edition, Miss Krug notes: “May this new edition be helpful to our dear children and may God bless them all!”