Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04

spSng OF folly and iudoIence -!
lestSw I'd is wrapped the secret NJ
villsinous practice. What Mrs. 81
Bethany cslls, in en- Admirable Nv
lately published-"Our Duty IN 0
Mother-tongue"-is among the Ivy
considered obligstions in the cslarsms,
our boys and our girls. Il is e,s}s, !
lay hold of resdy-made p5r,.s q.
lies nesr the tongue than TO flrmri..
thought into correct and io,.
bic words. Just as censure Is cho,.r
than discriminating praise and ore d.,,s
than dirt. A child should be tsugh, .s
the forming ct his earliest sentence. ~.
language is the vehicle Of ideas. and -,
he dishonors the thing carried by rep.a
OF that which bears it. Thought !, -
speech what the soul is TO the b1dy NJ,
girl should dread 10 cast discredIt ma.
her intellectual powers by rObIpr ~.
she thinks (Which is what she Is = IN =,
ond-hsnd rags, "a much ss she wn,g
shrink from debssiDg her c'eSn bodv ,
apparel picked up in an old clothing NM
in Chatham or Baxter street.
The habit Of slang is so srFull7 -,
tsgious, and so nearly inc0rrigible VIII,
fairly contracted, that one is sm;zd !.
the number and character of those V,'I
yield to it. The sloveuly thing coma, a
the lips against the will OF the sresks
who has iattered herself thst she ur1
uses It In the deshabille speech ps-ior.
b On her estimstion) when she is Es
hSr familiar friends. 1 sm contiuuJ,
reminded OF the fable of the usu,11
child, from whose lips dropped tosds u,
lizards, while hearken to the acCr.
pang" prsttle of our pretty "societY gtLH
She Is on her promotion, and would Al,
express herself in neat and dsinty tenn,
that would commend her to the admin.
ton OF her auditors. In effect, a,
best she can do Is TO u.g
stilted platitudes, altogether h
adequate to convey her mariY
and unchsrscteristic of what m,y !
vivacious idess. Thought is Wild
thicg, that requires long srd p.a:E
drilling. Oar Girl may be deCorOus d
tongue while on her guard, sltlcugh ra
fluent. She may not hope to emulste II
brilliant woman st her side, who hn
thought 1t worth while to study cO1rs
sstion as one Of the fine as well IS usetI
srts, but she plods on reasonably vel
until she becomes animated or enthut
sstic, when tout fiies," not IS trup,n
but the slang which is the everyday hlaf
Of her speech. Bitter modification b Z
herself and those who love her is so IL.
quently the result Of the experience aG
wisdom might be bought by it.
Msdane Recamier is reported to hiH
assigned as the secret Of her gel hf;i
elegance of department her rule Of BE-
having while alone as il under the eye: d
others. II Our Girl would lay 10 be-
speech with her family and intlnii
friends the rule and plummet she essyi
TO apply when cOnversiDg with cOrnsit
tive strangers, she would successfully
overcome habit which degrsdes be-
more than she dreams Of. she 0ugii
not to feel 1t 10 be irksOme TO absnt',
slipshod talk, but she does, and, By ta
very admission Of the feet, ANNOUNCES 1s
slavery to Whist sober reason c0ndsmr;
She may be sprightly and graceful, h,H
q sweet voice and clesr articulation, Sa
this enc defect is fly in the slaoi;ta
vase of ointment. When she yields y
the trick of tongue uncOnsCiOuslyI u
case is still more hopeless.
Cynosura did not mean TO ssy 10 d
yesterday ths,Ishe was "all broSe up
over Amelie Rivers "Virginis Of w
giDia," or that Ter brother Hss "qda
gone on" Baltimore belle. N9r dl1a
know that she was guilty OF the stIocioai
Of speaking Of this attscnnet
So "mutusl mash"-surely the mo:tuf
suggestive figure that ever =
ceived the stamp Of the mysterious ~
Conservatory of Slang Bl
all these batrachians did slip through y;
ivory gates and rose-red portiere;' ~
the imagination Of the 'imsshed" Ia
still pervades my memory OF the in's'
view.
II "silence be golden, snd speech ..
vern," SLANG must be the orassleS
and the passage OF suca q.
should be treated as socisl mku'
meznor. MARION HARLAAp