The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

That the dirty cess-pools of slano
should empty themselves into the clear
river of classical English is our result of
modern manner which is much to be
deplored, and against which the leaders
of society should set themselves as
resolutely as they do against other
breaches of decorum and good manners.
The vulgar among the middle and
upper classes affect eXaggeration in
their expletives. Every good and
very bad are phrases that are
seldom heard, having been superseded
by such words as awful'' and " dread
full" A very pretty girl is an awtatlly
pretty girl, or dreadfully fine woman.
Our golden youth, male and female, as
well as the lower grade of people who
ape their manners and language, are at
some times "awfWliy jolly" at other
times " dreGdfuILy bored. 81 was at
an awt~Ily nice dinner-party last
night" says one. You should see the
new farce" says another, " it is scream
t1'gly funny" 81 am going down to
Brighton next week." saws third.
:. it is so jolly to be by the briny."
While young lady accepting a bou-
quet from an admirer graciously ac-
knowledges the gift with the words,
go, thank you so much! Ia! awtaslly
ta" 1t is another characteristic of the
present time that young people-at
least in company or in the ordinary
current of cOnversation-never talk of
g friendship or Glove" Those honest
old words are antiquated, and it is
almost as contrary to good manners
to mention them as it would be to speak
of the commonest functions of nature
Fashion often DISCUSSES what it has to
say in this respect under synonyms de-
rived from the gutter. &c am awfully
bored in general society,"" said a lady
OF title, 60 but | enjoy myself immensely
among my paIs." "He is a great ally
of mine," said one member of Parlia-
ment to another, as if he were afraid
of believing in friendship and 10th
to utter its name. Love fares still
worse than friendship in the year 1878.
" Smith is awfully spoony upon Miss
JONES'" says one. "Well," replies his
companion, "she is an immensely fine
girl, but she has no ti,a." 81 can't UNI
derstand," says Snob the first to Snob
the second, chow a fellow can 90
spOoni'ag about girl that hasn't got
a penny to bless herself WITH and
Snob the second replies, "nor l either.
Neither can | understand how that
d'cfW ass (Jones or Robinson as the
case may beg can spoon about his own
wife as he does after being married
two years!' Two words de-
rived from the stable are constantly
heard from the mouths of men who
may have studied at Oxford or Cam
bridge, who may hold commissions 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" Il fashionable newspaper,
noted for its excellent caricatures of
the notables of the day, writes of u
lady, whose name shall not be repeated
IS She is fair and splendid, and has u
profusion OF hair, which she gr00n,S in
the plainest way, without fringe"
" Look at that little fILy," says vul-
gar man in a ballroom, chow nicely
she is gr0Omed." Form in the
Stable signifies a state of health and
general condition of a horse The
word is of such modern acceptance as
to be unknown not only to Capt Grose,
in the last century, but to the compilers
of Hotton's slang dictionary, published
so lately as 1864. 1t is no longer con-
fined to the race course, to Tattarsall's s,
or to the stables where it originated,
but is constantly used to convey the
idea of fashion, manners, customs, and
polite observance, 1t is not good
g form to arrive too late to dinner, to
dance with animation, or to applaud
heartily at the opera, etc. 1t is good
FORM" however, to call hat tile,
child kid, money di6S, father a
referring officer, a mother or wife an
old Wonldn, a cigar a 2Ceed, clothes toys,
a pocket-handkerchief a 1Cipe, cravat
a choker, shilling a bob, E25 POM,
etc, etc. hat men of superior culture,
by frequenting low society, should
pick up the words of their associates is
Ineligible, but that when out of such
society they should repeat and be proud
of the vulgarity which they have
caught as they would catch fever, is no
more to be understood than that a gen
tleman should like to be considered a
costermonger, or a chimney-sweep.-
Charles MdckdY IN Social Notes.