[Illustration: Woman with two children] ETIQUETTE FOR LITTLE FOLKS. SUSIE SUNBEAM’S SERIES. BOSTON: G. W. COTTRELL, PUBLISHER. 36 Cornhill. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, BY J. Q. PREBLE, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. _Stereotyped by_ NESMITH & TEALL, 29 Beekman Street. ETIQUETTE FOR LITTLE FOLKS. RULES FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AT HOME. Never enter the house with your hat on, and always bow to any strangers you may meet at home. If you pass by your parents at any place, where you see them, either by themselves or with company, always bow to them. If you wish to speak to your parents, and see them engaged in discourse with company, draw back, and leave your business till afterwards; but if it is really necessary to speak to them, be sure to whisper. Never speak to your parents without some title of respect, as Sir, Madam, &c. Dispute not, nor delay to obey your parents’ commands. Go not out of doors without your parents’ leave, and be sure to return by the limited time. Never grumble, or show discontent at any thing your parents appoint, speak or do. If any command or errand is given you to perform, do it with alacrity. Bear with meekness and patience, and without murmuring or sullenness, your parents’ reproofs or corrections, even if it should sometimes happen that they are undeserved. Never make faces or contortions, nor grimaces, while any one is giving you commands. Never take another’s chair, if it be vacated for a short time; it is impolite. Never quarrel with your brothers and sisters, but live in peace and amity. Use respectful and courteous language towards all the domestics. Never be domineering nor insulting, for it is the mark of an ignorant and purse-proud child. AT TABLE. Come not to table without having your hands and face washed, and your hair combed. Sit not down until your elders are seated. It is unbecoming to take your place first. Offer not to carve for yourself, or to take anything, even though it be something you much desire. Ask not for anything, but tarry till it be offered to you. Find no fault with anything that is given you. When you are helped, be not the first to eat. Speak not at table. If others are discoursing, meddle not with the matter; but be silent, except when spoken to. If you wish anything from the servants, call them softly. Eat not too fast, nor with greedy behavior. Eat not too much, but moderately. Eat not so slowly as to make others wait for you. Make not a noise with your tongue, mouth, lips, or breath, in eating or drinking. Be sure never to speak with food in your mouth. Endeavor so to eat, that none may see your food while chewing. Stare not in the face of any one, especially your elders, at the table. Lean not your elbow on the table, nor on the chair back.