Politeness Pays

In the schoolroom, on the playground,

     In the street and everywhere,

Be polite, and kind, and noble,

     Unto all you meet with there.

When you’ve grown to men and women,

     Men who’ve seen your kindly ways

May make room for you in business,

     For they know politeness pays.

May 1^st, 1895

Pub. in Boston

Standard, Jr.,

June 5, 1895