The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-12-06
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leaders Of society should set them
selves as resolutcly as they do against
other breaches Of decorum and good
manners. The vulgar among the midi
die and upper classes affect exaggcra'
ton in their explosives. Very good
and every bad are phrases that are
seldom heard, having been suppressed
by such words us awful and "dread-
full" A very pretty girl is an awful
ly pretty girl, or a dreadfully fine wo-
man. Our golden youth, male and
female, as well as the lower grade of
people who ape their manners and Ian.
guage, are at some times lawfully jol-
IT," at other times "dreadfully bored.
II was at an awful nice dinner party
last night" says one. = .You Should
see the new farce says another, "it
is screamingly funny" 81 am going
down to Brighton next week. says a
third; at IS 70 jolly 70 be by the
briny," while young lady accepting
bouquet from an admirer graciously
acknowledges the gift with the words,
"Oh thank you 30 much Ia! aw-
fully tai 1t is apoth@ characteristic
Of the present time that young people
at least in company or in the ordin-
airy current Of conversation-neyer
talk OF friendship" or "love." These
honest old words are sntiquated, and
1t is almost as contrary to good man
ners to mention them as il would I've
to speak Of the commonest functions
Of nature. Fashion often disguises
what it has to say in this respect I'M
der synonyms derived from the gutter.
81 am swfully bored in general socie'
w." said lady of title, "but enjoy
myself immensely among my pals. "
ale is great ally of mine" said one
member of Parliament to another, as
il he were afraid of believing in friend
ship and 10th to utter its name. Love
fares still worse than friendship in the
year 1873. ''Smith is awfully spoony
upon Miss JONES'" says one. "Well,
replies his companion, "she is an i'm
mensely fine girl, but she has no TIM
II can't understand says Snob the
first to Snob the second, chow a fel-
low can 60 spooning about u girl that
hasn't got a penny to bless herself
With" and Snob the second replies,
"Nor | either. Neither can | under.
stand how that awful ass (Jones or
Robinson, rs the case may be- can
spoon about his own wife as he does
after being married two years" = g i
Two words derived from the stable are
constantly heard from the mouths Of
men who may have studied at Oxford
or Cambridge, who may hold commits
sions in the army or the navy, or be
high in the civil service OF the Crown,
or who may otherwise rank honorably
in the estimation of the world and of
society. These words are "groom"
and "form." A fashionable newspa-
per, noted for its excellent caricatures
of the notables of the day, writes of a
lady, whose name shall not be repeat
ed: "Shes is fair, aud ,splended, and
has a proiusion Of hair, which she
grooms IN the plainest way, without a
fringe" Look at that little fly"
says a vulgar man in a ballroom,
"how nicely she isgrOoDed," Form"
in the stable signifies a state of health
and general condition of horse. The
word is of such modern acceptance as
to be unknown not only to Captain
Grose in the last century, but to COM
pliers OF Hotten's slang dictionary,
published so lately as 1863. 1t is no
longer confined to the race-course, to
Tattersalrs, or to the stables where it
originated, hut is constantly employed
to convey the idea of fashion, man.
ners, customs and polite observance.
late IN din,er b, d.nce with an;ma
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