The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-01-01
THE PRATTLER.

This is the day of the year when we
are all supposed to turn over a new
leaf. A great many who make the
turn, blot the page before the day il
done.
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If it was the right of every man to
make one law, and to him was given
the power to enforce it, [ would
make law against old men swearing
L don't believe there is any one thing
that wrecks more souls that the ugly
and wicked habit some old men have
of emphasizing their remarks with an
oath every ten or a dozen words
Gambling may wreck more fortune 8,
and whiskey may wreck more lives,
(put no evil example or habit in 9TH
ers starts adrift more young men and
finally wrecks their souls, THAI the
aforesaid pernicious habit of some
Cd men.
Young men are not so given to it.
| 1t il MOI the occasional outburst of
passion with them, or the embellish-
ment to a joke. And even when
overgiven to it they are not lost to all
sense IL shame, but will respect the
presence of age or any Well-knoWn
I can even excuse it more in the
young boy. He is generally some
smart-AIeX upstart and vents forth
his puny Oaths with such a garish
air. that commiseTatiOn for his fresh
ness and a well defined desire to
spank him, is the only sentiment he
can excite.
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But for the old man who curses at
all times and in all places, in his
business, at the Club, over his cards,
on the street, in the presence of these
young boys and when ladies are COM
ing and going and tonstantly~passing,
and must and dc frequently hear
hinI-for this aged 5wearer L WOULD
make law requiring him to stop,
and if he did not [ would cut off his
gray beard and pencil his wrinkles to
make him look young, that his
wanton profanity might not. disgrace
old age.
1 wish they would all resolve this
Happy New Year to stop Of their own
accord.
Then 1 would like for Columbia
society, en- n1USSe, to make one pig
resolve, and keep it; and that Is not
to be too ultra fashionable. 1t is easy
enough to induce people to be fash
ionable, but for the sake .of mOdesty,
/ would like to induce some not TO be
too fashionable.
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For young lady to lace her corset
so close and tie her skirt back so tight
that her abdomen sticks out foot in
no OF vii -
pretty, because it is immOdest.
For lady to have the skirt of her
dress cut so narrow and pinned back
so tight that the shape of her limbs
show plainly every step she takes,
may be ultra fashionable, but is not
pretty, because it is immOdest.
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For lady to go to an evening en-
tertainment, decOttete, with 50 much
of her burst showing as to alarm
some and embarrass others and have
herself the talk of the town next day,
may be ultra fashionable but is not
pretty, because it is immOdest.
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I wish the ladies would all resolve.
whether it is exactly fashionabie or
not, to be modest raepfy modest.
ApS among the German dancers is
II -nne field for good resolutions.
Nothing is prettier than the German
danced, and L think moth
ing more innocent. A few years
since fashion led to such close dancing
that many mothers withdrew their
children frG1AA the circle. Then a re-
action set in and the old time Eat
w. in vogue once
more, and the prejudice abated and
the German grew in favor. Now they
are drawing it close again, and the
prejudice is likewise growing again.
For young lady to lay up in u young
mans arms, with breast against
breast, and cheek against CHEEK, may
be according to the ultra fashiOna-
bles, but it is not pretty, because it is
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And at these card parties think it
would be well to limit the cost
of ..theI prizes. a prize that is
and yet nothing, a mere
baubIe 30 give to the winners of the
games, is a very pretty way of closing
the evening. But when you make it
some ten or fifteen dollars in value,
and have the remark passing around
that it Is something worth playing
for, then you are doing mighty little
less than gambling. And though
this may be the proper thing, and the
ultra fashionable in Nashville and
Memphis, we wish our society people
would resolve to keep the limit down
and to play cards for fun and not for
profit.