The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-11-26
VARIETY.

II is no uncommon thing that hot words produce
coolness-
A policy Of insurance is often rendered void by
impolicy.
stitch in the side, taken in slime, may nine
spasms.
Chess play often ends as sword play always begins
with a draw.
What is the first thing young lady looks for in
church ? The hims.
As general rule. fashionable beau, like bow
In the sky, can't make both ends meet
The man who was behind the times" proposes
20 get round in front
At young ladies' seminary in our city, few
days since, during examination in history, not
one OF the most promising pupils thus interro-
gated '' Mary. did Martin Luther die u natural
death,' NO. wss the prompt reply, " he was
excommunicsted by bull 80
At debating society the subject was" Which is
the sweetest produciiOu, a girl strawberry 80
After continuing the argument for two nights, the
meeting finally adjourned without coming to a con-
ciusiOn-the older going for the Strawberries,
and The young ones for the girls
81 say, landlord. that's a dirty towel for q man to
wipe on Landlord with a look of amazement
replied a. Well, you re mighty particular. Sixty
seventy Of nv bOarjers have wiped on that towel
this morning, and you the first find fault
COOP TAsTE-Good taste is the luminous sha-
dow Of all the virtues 1t is social discreton-it
is intellectual kndness-it is external modesey and
propriety-it is apparent unselhshness. Ii wounds
no feelings-it infringes decorums-it respects
all scrupIes. A man thus gifted even though he be
not wit. spreads genial influence about him, from
the trust he inspires. The stiff can unbend,
the cold man thaw, the fastidous repose on him.
No one is committed more than he chooses-no
ungenerous use is made of unusual transient
impulse Good taste is practical though not deep
knowledge OF cbaracter-it is perception of the dis
tnctive points Of every occasion and thus it recon-
Giles and harmonizes. where bad taste perpetuates
differences and necessitates separations. And yet
We by no means wish to make good taste @ SYNONYM
either for virtue intellect it is rather that quality
which sets OF both Ct their best. Ii is Affair." in
degree, of social traning-it is one aspect Of
knowledge Of the world. Those who are little in
general sOciety-whO cOndne themselves 10 family
intercourse, to that of n set clique, Whatever
the position, whatever the intellectual moral pre-
tensions OF that clique-are almost fail in it
in new SCIENCES
All persons OF n single idea engrossed by one
object. are perpetuslly infringing the rules Of
good taste liz they religious, they prsgmat-
zeal and intoerant, regardless of sensibilties II
they useful they DO their work with unnecessary
fuss III they learned, deep, clever, they
make these gifts unpopular. IL they grave,
they are check and restraint. They fail in every
social criss-in every difficulty they take the wrong
way. They are forward when they ought to be
firing There is no knowing where such people are
to what length an emergency excited spirits will
drive them Ii IS the cause Of half the seeming
injustice of society.
The man of bad taste cannot comprehend rhy
things tolerated in him which are allowed in
others He is the last TO that the presence or
absence Of o correct taste makes the same practice
or amusement agreeable without taking the manner
OF doing IL into consideration He Is, therefore,
forever grumbling the inconsistencies snd partial
tiles of mankind. The fact is, every hinge with
some people CRATES and cresks, each jsrring
on sensitive nerves. while good taste is the oil which
keeps the machinery Of society, with the least
aud tear, nOselessly and proftably at work-London
Saturday ReUisr.