Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-19
Che family Girtle.
Greetings and Mechanics.

out Of the dust and WAS by chance wit
ness of the choice manners found where
they should not be to-day. Two we'll
dressed girls of thirteen came in. whom
know belong to the best families in the
Society. and met on their way to the gal
cry. where our young folks like to have
the full benefit of the organ and view of
the congregation. These girls were pref
ty and nice in appearance. from the trim
French boots to the checked silk and
pale chip hats they wore. which matched
in blue, ruillcs and trimming. They
carried themselves we'll which means
that they walked straigh. and easily, with
out being so shy that they seemed made
of wood. or holding their heads 80 high
as to look haughtv But rs the elder put
her dainty foot on the stairs, the greeting
that passed between them was. Z" Halo
Sid from her. and " lIollo. Tudcn' from
her friend 1t was just what two loung-
ing Young men might have said, or two
stable BOYS. for that matter 1t would not
have been eut Of the way for them. but it
sounded odd from a pair Of well-bred girls.
There was nothing else coarse or fast in
their manner; but they use unconscious
Iv the words heard from the rest Of their
mates. Ii sounded Us it does TO hear 4
beautiful gray and ro,e-colored bird begin
to swear with croak in his throat Or it
was us little in keeping As if one had found
an end of soiled tape hanging outside of
their delicate dresses. 1t is common
enough TO hear girls say ''llallo at meet
inc but one cant like it, or get used TO
It's 4 tribe. but YOU might aS we'll leave
off going to school and leaning manners
ut once. if YOU de>pise tritles. They make
all the difference between nice things and
common ones Iou ought to know bet
ter; and YOU DO know enough to prefer
sweet lively, gentle people to those whp
arc rough and careless. Girls fall into th,'
irce and easy WAYS of their brothers be
cause they are easy: and one habit leads
to another, till it is no longer sweet and
quiet compare we find in tn III. bat the
rapid WAYS and short speech of Young gen
tltmen in tlounces The WAYS of boys are
pleasant enough in their place; but there
was meant to be i difference between them
and grs, for the sake Of giving u. 4 vari-
ETY., suppose. And if girls try TO be Ike
boys where will We get our swrrth"artS.
/ please? You can't swcctcn with :.lspcr
and cloves.
OF course. when You meet 4 friend You
see cverv da1. Won don't want to say
"Iow do Won ,o?" rs formal rs to a per
son Won see less often but wouldn't il
sound lust as pleasant to pass with a"Well
>idncv.' and ''Wcli. Gertic, ~ to ''llallo
like teamsters? If YOU want to be a little
more precise. Good Morning always has 4
kindly sound when You think that ii means
one i wishing good to YOU that day. 1t j.
a little PRAYER of good viii for everybody
we say ii to. and each one needs II IN this
irving world. We don't need to ask PEG
pie whom we see often, How do YOU do
because we know pretty We'll With Ut ask
inc: but when friends have been away
from u> uWhi,c.lt sounds lndltf, rent TO bow
them a rood morning without carin. t,
ask if they are better OF worst in feelings
OF body since they left Us. How do Vol
do. doesn't mean 10 ak merely if one j.
sick OF in health; but it wishes 10 know i
all i we'll within him. All The forms oil
politcnc>> have the trlrndIlrst meaning
and If we can only feel All that they rN
press. we shall find ourselves the politics
people IN the world without any more
trouble.
While You are thinking of these thing
pray make up Your mind to drop tn,
stupid nicknamcs that girls seem 10 dc
: light in. | say stupid ones, bat va AZ,
, not to think. Il some good people Ito, I'll |
all nicknames are scn>elcS>. Nhcntvtl
we are familiar with any one. II Is an in
| slincl to soften and shorten their names
l and nicknamcs often express some prcu
: liaritv Of /" person with a good deal "
pith. Trudc is 4 softer name than Ger
; trude, Gcrtic is a shorter one; and some
how ii is nature among all the nations il
the world to turn 4 friends name short
, en- it, and pet it. 10 make Il special mann
of it for those who love him. Pet name
and nicknnmcs are pleasant hectu~c the,
} belong only TO ones family and intimate~
But there are some names 50 harsh an,
; uncoulh. without any meaning or fun
that there is no excuse for using them
, | know girls whose favorte nickname 70
) Gertrude is " loot, or " ;ute. as You
like TO spell it. Besides making one thinl
: Of iish-horn, 1t isn't i'll the least like tn
name it is taken for. any more than Cad
, die, or Cad, is like Caroline, or Wede j
like Louisa: for which I've had the I'm
happiness Of hearing it used. The wors
and most sickishly silly of all is Man
, for Mary, in any but n very little girl VIII,
, cannot speak plain. Are names any sweet
cr for bcin. spoken as toothles> babie
might m"mblc them in trying to talk
Don't make dumplinys out of your friends
names, or gnaw them out of all shape
| Boys have their whims that are past en-
,lurancc. Gcordie always sounds like
habysh nickname for that manly mann
, George 10 hear Il boy called Dodc, whel
his real name is Theodore, gives most PEG
pie Il disposition to think little Of the speak
er and of the boy too. In the country,
believe, it is the height of manlines> for
boy who goes t. :, district school to b,
called Hank, if his name happens to b,
IIenry-for what reason | cannot tell, un
less because it is the least like it of an,
name in the spelling book. You mus
have the least grain of sense in your fool
ishnesS to make it fun. just rs we have pa
u pinch of salt into ice cream to make i