The Jersey City news., 1892-04-14
SLANG IN COLLEGE,.
One Defiant Newman Stu
dent Owns to Using 1t
a Hab1tually.
A TARDY BUT AMUSING COURTSHIP
How the Dividing Lime Between
Two Lovers, Was Finally
Disposed Ut.

at NEWMAN, who is reported to have sara
that she habitually spoke 1t and heard
many others do the same. will hnd many
sympathizers, says the London IeteGrdpt
The time for protest in this matter seems
to have gone bv--except. of course. In the
Utopia by the side OF the Cam-and the
amused listener to feminine conversation
will find many opportunities of adding to
his acquaintance with his mother tongue.
The word lawful" has long since, like the
word gentleman, been soiied with all
ignoble use. and IL may be doubted
whether single vestige OF its original
meaning remains in the current COLO
uuialtsms of the day.
The necessity for superlatives appears
to be always present to the emotional sex;
if they desire to describe a happily-spent
afternoon they rarely fall short OF such
significant adverbs as wildly" or "crazl-
ly," or "rapturously." whereby to qualify
their en- njoyment, just rs the resources OF
English are obviously inadequate 70 ex,
press the beauties of Il dress-"Rarment."
we believe, is the proper term-whlch Is
"Juite too perfect"
No doubt, even studious Young lady,
when she goes to the halls OF Oxford or
the colleges of Cambridge, carries some
of these marks of original fraility with
her; and though she may not, like her
emphatic sister in Chicago. "be just dizzy
upon education" she probably lnterlards
her conversation with some gems which
are not 10 be found iu Lindley M urray or
Johnson's dictionary.
Some years ago it was found necessary
to draw up few simple rules for under
graduates as to their proper behaviour
while undergoing examination. and we
believe an Oxford professor devoted HIM
self to the arduous task of compilation.
The time, perhaps, has not yet come for
some similar treatise for the benefit OF
academic young ladies; yet even now
few obvious suggestions might be found
to be not out of place. 1t would be I'M
wise, for instance. for any girl student.
when face to face with an unsympathetic
examiner to remark, ASK me another,
when baffied by some recondite question;
nor do we think that it would be quite Jil-
dicious for her to say that she took tea
with her judges, or mad them on toast,"
when the ordeal of vive voce was over.
Perhaps, TOO. the expression, "fhat takes
the cake, p" is only strictly applicable to
some bon mot round the afternoon tea
table, and shoult not he casually EN-
poyed as expressive of only ordinary
wonder or surprise.
There are, no doubt, certain phrases
which are found highly appropriate in the
mouth of fair American helress, but are
who do not enjoy her advantages. II q
girl has not inherited fortune made in
pork or petroleum. it might be little
rash for her to say that MA would De
stiff" or "Pa" rendered bald headed
right off," by some act of unusual ex-
recon- mend as genial fashion of putting
q visitor at his ease the invitation to some
embarrassed Adonis IN the drawtng-room
"to find a seat upon the floor and let his
legs hang over.
Too Patient by Far.
For fifty years Caleb Binkley and Maria
Sutton had lived neighbors iu q double
house on a pleasant street of q little old
New England village They had gro wn
up together there, and they had seen all
the members of their families carried To
the graveyard ou the hill, leaving them
one in their houses. For twenty years
they had lived thus, and their days went
by peacefully and happily.
Que morning in May Caleb was in the
garden back OF his house proddng away
with his hoe, and Maria was i'll hers fix
ing a flower bed.
"It's Il fine morning, Maria" called
Caleb across the fence.
"Beautiful," said Maria.
"Seems ez ef the sun was shiuin' jest
for our benefit, don't it?" remarked
Caleb, dragging tangled weed from the
hoe handle.
Eyes, Caleb. guess it shines down on
my side about like 1t does on yours"
Caleb looked up at the blue sky for
fence.
II say Maria," he said. "pve been
thlnkin' about takiu' down this fence.
Your pa and mine put 1t mp here forty
years ago, but 'twan't never much use.
WHAT do you say To taKin' it downW
-alt I a ~
assented Maria, without changing her
position.
A minute or so later Caleb, with an axe
in his hand, was back again.
"Maria," he sald, II guess If thing
hez got to be done it might ez well be
done right off, hadn't ita'
II guess it might. Caleb"
Maria went on with her digging while
Caleb hewed and chopped at the wooden
fence and AT last the work was done.
"It'll make good tirewood, Maria," ne
said, as he surveyed the wreck. "and If
you'll tell me whore you want your half
put FL pile it up tor you handy"
f"It looks summat strange not to see q
dividin' liue between us, don't 1t, CalebT'
she remarked as she stood up and looked
across both gardens.
II was noticin' that myself, Maria,p he
said quietly.
.uIwant no use, was it?" she inquired, !,
doubtfuily gazing at the fence prone Oh
the earth.
Never was" he answered. Then he
came nearer. "Ain't much more use III
two people livin' in two houses either, Is
there, MariaS" he said.
None that 1 can see, Caleb" she re-
piled, with a faint glow of color in her
chez ks and neck.
Caleb seemed to be trying to swallow
something that would not go down. He
attempted to speak ana failed. ana then
he tried to go to her and that was an
ignominious failure also. AT last he made
a successful effort at speech.
Maria" he said, pulling himself up
straight, where do you want your half
of the old fence piledW
"Caleb," she almost whispered. as she
came and laid her hand on his arm, "pile
it up with yours"
Aud that was their courtship.-Detroit
Free Press.
"Many Worser Girls.'
Prof. Chapman, professor Of rhetoric at
Bowdon College. was the bright particu-
...f -