The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-01

Nothing marks more sharply the differ.
ence between the thoroughbred and the
half-bred than the fact that the latter
have company manners, and the former
have not. Or rather, that the company
manners Of the former go all through
their own ilresides and their friends draw
ing-rOoms seeing no difference between
them; while with the latter they are tenn.
porary and removable, put on with the
company clothes, and like them, unaCCus.
toned in cut and uneasy in the Dit.
The first thing that dresses itself for
company, after the body, Is the voice.
The company voice is thing sui-generis,
and quite as easy to understand as CON-
pany clothes. With women Of the in
lensely feminine kind II is apt TO be rem
dered thin in tho quality or minclng In
method; or both, when pitched In the true
company key. Or II may be presented
simply smooth, level, waXen, with as little
variety Of emotion as there Is in the tink.
ling Of a musical snuff box. With others
of the man.apiug kind-it Is sent TO the
lowest depths o! the chest, in Imitation
of the. bearded bArytOnes. some have .
lisp when they are seeing friends; and
some have the daintiest little dash Of &C
cent. Some, Who-Are Of the arch and
playful order OF feminalities, fling their
voices up to Tho top Of the throat Nhmce
It iHsues in q piping treble, Is fdina high!
ly.attenuAted flute. AT home these voices
are comfortable, round commonplace {;
coming from q natural point, and neither
dug out OF o cavern, nor ierked from q
small. holed flute, like ihasRtna through
keyhole. And al home the lBpG sounds
ali her SIS clear md sibilant and the
I pretty accent has Esn''hed'at l'H not a
One person-lstEB suppose 9 lady for
the occasion-Rssahe6 as the COMPANY
manner that best Bdconhl her, tibsllht
gayety. She has been coldplimanted on
her brightness" on the Ytvacity Of her
face, conversation bearing; on the enor-
nous amount Of vitality she must have 70
float hOE Us Il has done, over her troubles
perhaps over her forty ,yean old; On itha
delightful sparkle Of her eye; on her ex-
quisitely ripping, delicious, hearty or
jOcund laugh. HenceIorth brightness Is
put on with the pearl necklace and the
pink bows. At home she may be as
gloomy a. the dullesI old crow that ever
croakGd; but no sooner does company ap.
pear than she drO1les her lace and de-
mCanor In SMILES and brightness; and only
those who know her understand the real
meaning OF her show. Another invests In
grace and sweetness; another In sympathy.
Another puts on tho presence Of sorrow.
Ethereal and refined melancholy goes as
part OF the dress which marks company.
The company manner Of some is TO
pose as statues. You wonder how they
look when they arc asleep, or how they
would act If the house was on fire; Wheth'
CT they would lose their classic graces
then Ia the wild demonstrations Of fear,
or pass between the smoke and flames
like Dido deserted, or Ipheguia on her
way 10 sacrifice, As 1t Is, they put on the
slightly parted lips, the Bonded brow, the
curved arm, tho three-quSrters lace, %
trimmings TO their long, limp robes which
simulate the flow OF Phidian draperles
When they move, they move rhythmlcal.
ly; every attitude is studied 90 Rs 10 fall
into harmonious Lines; and they know the
exact value Of each position and all the
beSt views. The whole Of ii & company
manner, without one shred Of spontGnei.
" or natural iovellness. At home, be.
hind the protecting curtains al their phi.
vacy, they sit croSs-legged, coll them.
selves upRrscefully In the easy chat, slope
without regard 10 line against the chin.
ney.piece, lean their elbows on the table
with their arms at sharp angles, neither
graciously curved nor nobly posed; and