Smyrna times., 1860-10-18
A Lecture on Tongue Tanning.

nc tOH8ue is an QDruIy MEMBER. OOme-
how or other 1t seems to be held responsible
for most of the mischief done in this world
And what is still more unaccounlable, women .
are almost invariably involed therein likewise {!
Putting two and two together, isn't just posi-.
Bile that the female 'ongue is under bad man
agement! No use in telling a woman to hold /
her tongue--she cannot do it any more than
she can hold red-ho: coal. We ask no such
lmPOsslblllles OF you. lsdles-but we do thnk
you might reform in cue or two Instances.
Talk as much a. you like, but let it be less
about people and more about things. Whcn
you once get on to the subject Of your dear
nelghbors, the temptation to allude to their
faults becomes absolutely irresistible. There
fore, your wise plan is 10 let them enlirely
aone-It you can!
Don't talk about your complaints and all
mcns-the dreadful tOolh,ache YOU had last
night, aud the headache you expect to have to.
day. The moment you feel these dangerous top
les trembling on the tip of your tongue, shut
your mouth rcsolutely, and keep it shut until
the grumbling tit is over
Do not give utterance TO the sharp, arcas.
tic little observation that arises, almost by ln-
stInct, to your lips, when you see a lady 60
past with tuded bonnet ribbons and an old.
fashioned mantle. 1t won't add to the beauty
and freshness of your own wardrobe, and It
mny leave very unpleasant Impression on
other peoples mlnds. Perhaps, If you knew
why those dIngy garments were worn, your
eyes might be the first to fill with plying tears.
For we should be sorry 10 believe that, with
all your tauls, you were not true woman,
tender aud loving, and quick to compassion!
Don't, we beg and mpore of you, get INTO
the abomlnable habit Of sprUgling your con.
versation with French words and phrases.
Isn't the EHglsh language broad and compre-
hensve and magnificent enough to press all
your ideas, without being patched by French
Idloins! WHAT Is the use Otsayng ceriSe when
you mean red, and groSeiHe when you mean
CRIMSON What Is the common sense OF being
ennuyee instead of good honest tired, and tai X
Ing about the beGur yeur of people whose
charms are none too raVishing to be described
10 plain Engiis Ifyou are scanted in ideas
they wont spread themselves over any more
ground III the French language than in your
mother tonguc-it not, DO soy your say in the
glorious syabcs Milton wrote in, nd Shak-
speerr found all sufficient! 1t is mere atlecla-
uon to talk bad French, or to borrow tbs hack.
neycd tecnnicalItles of modIstcs aud dry goods
clerks
, BE very CO ereful how you -idjcule the rest oi
the world Wit Is a dangerous weapon iu
; conversation. The WIsest person that epcI
lived Is not without an absurd side to his char.
acter. Nothing sharpens your neighbor's per
, ceptlon Of your own IJ.lica qucacr than when
you have been "making fur" OF his. People
> shrink, ins'lnctively, from witty woman fol
every satlrical thing she says, she may coun
! new enemy made.
: Do not pronounce judgment harshy on any
. of your own sex. Do not assert that Mrs
Green has Il bad temper, because you happened
, to have heard her speak pretty shortly. Yol
; would scarcely deem it far play were she tc
form her opinions of your disposition from th,
9 lectureiyou gave your husband when he tore
: up your housekeeping bills to light his cigar
would you! Nobody Is perfect IN tongue man
agement, and Mrs Green has as much rgh
to take refuge under this fact as yourself.
:. And, as closing caution, never let anythin!
= tempt you to forget that, the words once Ou
. OF your mouth, nothing can ever call then
:. back!
We not asking too much are we! Dea
= woman, we know there is any amount of forti
! tude and irmness in your frail, slender. lookn
= frame. If it can only be brought out. Didn'
> another stab herself to convince her timorou
" husband that &" it didn't hurt much Z" Can
!, make us behave that The same spirit is not i
- you, yet ready to be applied to the disciplin
- OF your tongues !-Li)e Illustrated.