Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-08
now SHE WAS CURED.

Ida, said Mrs. Harland, one morn
inc. Il wish you would give up that
very unlady-iike habit you have oil
using such slang expressions as You
bet and Not by jog-full.' They
sound vulgar when used by Young
nan. bat when lady descends TO
such expressions they are positively
revolving
.Why. mamma and pretty, black
eyed Ida looked up with mischieyaus
smile. its becoming quite the fashion.
Eyerybody-I mean all the girls use
them nova avs -
- Not everybody, Ida, replied Mrs.
Harland: mot those wi o are refined
and sensitive, Young or old. Il think l
have eftenr been 10 the company OF
weIl-bred people, and not a word OF
slang has been spoken. Consider for \
moment, mydear, howscoars'e ana vuigai
il would seem in your pa or myseli, u
our usual habit was to talk after that
fashion, =,
i don't know laughed Ida; 1T wo'd
be so cOmical-rather jolly. fancy.
Odd, too! ] just wish you wouid.
Then we'd be fraternity or slang,
wouldn't We. But there's the
clock-always on the strike when I'm
not half ready. Good morning, mann
ma. / must absquatulate! ana sne
laughed merrily again.
= Mrs. Hsrland sighed to herself. lda
was her only daughter, ana .lt palned
her to feel that she was under Inc IN
finence of coarse. .companionship. Alas
for the school girls of the present day!'
she murmured. What will the future
bring?'
When Mr., Harland came home to
dinner. his wife and he went into con-
FERENCE. and held long and interest
ino conversation, that seemed to result
in satisfaction and some fun, for ne
langhed heartily and declared that ne
wosld see what he could do, dor 1t was
worth irving. Ida's brothers were al
so let into the secret, and they too de-
clared that il was grand idea, and
might cure her. :.
Ida. coming straight from school, ran
into the sitting ROOM, as usual, ior
t;ss when she was greeted by her
mother with the exclamation-
tHplio. Pard! You home again?
Ida for a brief second looked her as
tonishment; then she answered mer-
rily- MIR
c.reI as they say on the China boxes >
T,b. cheese il. | don't chew any
ourn hut once replied her mother, re
straiujng herself by a violent effort,
though She could hardly keep a-grave-
face at Ida's surprise.
Nor either Ida sponded.with q
light and constrained laugh, and went
to the piano 10 practice new song.
sT sav. sis. shut that off y cried her
father who bad entered the room.
.We,U excuse the squesling just now.
Hash is ready snd let's waltz down to
IT,
Ida. with another faint laugh.
f. 81 saw. hasn't this been jolly day?'
exclaimed her brother Ned.
! ItHuukadory! San responded-the
lawyeI-like Sam, with whom
no.one dared to take a liberty. Did
lda;s ears serve her right, or was home
really getting topsy-turvy,i In her
own fayorite language?'
sRet your life,' added Ned, cOolly.
ssav. sis. how are you at scbool-up
tIeeY , rdo
longer laughing, but just little in
tRet your sweet life you'll fall soon
then,' wa, the courteous. answer: ..a,
sWell. It won't be your fall, viii it,
land Ida bit her lip. /
Papa, said Ida, after an almost ST.
lent dinner, for, some way. the slang
lessons OF Miss Parker, the new teach |
er9, - 3 She's awful sweet. and the girls
sre all wildsover her. =
= sAre iheyg Then ! snpposse pss 81, she ~, is
/ think me really knows her biz? If she
sonit MT Won, see,' I'd rather you wouldn't4
lsye any track with her; ,. hssss,s You See 1T !,
rhos f,asks 5 the bsst sort of teacher,
md ii tiSat k..rd Of thing Ia gauzy and
,layed OUT : d. 1.
x he isn't played out, ! Ietorted Ida, i
Nth spirit. ..ifyou could hear her
,lsv YOU wouldn't think So. +
sGIndoubtedly, yoa think 50, my