The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-11-07

The expe1 D6DOCO -
there Is time TO talk ana : IN" !"
keep silent -. hon vor
are in your own house, and sdrrounoeo
~ ,our own friends. 1t is worse thar
nseiess to waste your eloqnence on tbt
Litter Who are quite aware Of yon'
abilities and merits, without the same
he;nc demonstrated to them Itwonio
he al the same if they were not. as the,
viii in ninety-nine cases ont OF q hun
dred do inst as much for you if you ma
b;tually solk as they will if yon endan'
Ger vour health and put yourself into .
1Ie e in order to please them
The ;s 4 fact that should be remem'
4 time to keep silent is when you
have been asked ont to dine by host
Ohio has invited you in the full expec'
tatiop that you will help him to amuse
his other guests. In the event OF yoar
not doing this, you cannot fail to be
Greatly Charmed and grati6ed by the
look Of mingled chagrin and disappoint'
ment that win gradually overspread his
features. You may also derive much
pleasure from the contemplation OF his
nreposterous efforts TO talk himself and
to set other people doing so. Nothing
can be more amusing than to see q
rather stupid man endeavoring to en-
terrain a party, each one Of which
seems to consider it sin against good
taste to laugh or to say more than three
words at once, and to deem it the ac-
me Of good breeding to assume ster-
eotyped and CHASTITY smile.
i time to be silent is when You have
nothing particular to say. You will
find that this will happen so often that,
if you always observe the rule, you
would not be able to make yourself a
nuisance to your neighbors. Under
these circumstances, it may be remarked
that a man may break it whenever he
feels inclined to do 60
A time to keep silent is when you
are bathing. and party Of ladies un-
sit by your clothes and re-
main there for half an hour, the water
in which you are immersed being de-
cidedly chilly. This is recommended
as a means of Strengthening your pow
ers Of selfrestraint. You are not, Of
course, debarred from addressing such
trifing remarks to yourself as you
may deem fit.
4 time to keep silent is after you have
spent an evening with sundry friends,
during the course Of which You have
paid marked attention to a bowl Of
milk punch. After You have apparent
y fallen asleep on the pavement your
friends may ask how Won arc, and in
the event Of their receiving no reply.
nay display al amount Of anxiety and
ceiling that como. fail To be highly
gratifying to you. Silence under these
moreover, may result
n your being sent home in a cab and
he fare being betrayed by some one
Else.
A time to talk is when you are at
. theatre and one of the most interest
ng scenes in the play is being enact
ID. If you cannot think Of anything
Else to say, you can tell those who are
sitting around yon what is coming
next. Unless you have tried this little
levice you cannot imagine the looks of
gratitude which you will receive from
al quarters. and which will probably
AVE the effect of urging You on to
resher and grander flights-unIess you
ire summarily elected by the box-keep-
r, which, however, it may be remarked,
S an event not at all likely to happen.
A time to talk is when you arc as.
'isting at concert. By doing so you
will prevent yourself being bored by
be music. You will also, perhaps,
'ring yourself not only before the no.
ice Of a portion Of the audience,
whose countenances will show their ap-
probation of your efforts, but also be-
ore that of the performers, who, YOU
nay be sure, would reward you if they
,ould.
a time to talk is when you have
ome particplar hobby which most peo-
lie do not care two straws about. but
# which you are isudsbly determined
hey shall hear 4 great deal.
A time to talk i when you, who, nei-
her smoke nor drink, meet some one
Use who does.
A time to talk is when your next