The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-01-21

NECESSARY 10 HA2F.%-56.
Life Would - --i~.sty Desaiate Ni,:rout
Sweet Words 11uch More Beautiful
Could We ,Ia;,e This =zirtcnce if NC
Took 1-oi- r,t., - T....iaz.
How wou.l you er.oy lie with sweet
words left out: ny L.-tlest one runs to
me and with both arms about my neck
pulls LIE &. "a u nli me, and Y..ll- rs
as if it u:er- Il rags scvre.: ''Para, | love
you. GA, how | just do love, love you."
What a pest il i 70 be pulled about 50
when one is busy. How it G~i>locates
ones collar aud ones thoughts! But
what wonll Won take for such nrattle?
How woull you Ike it checked, anI in
stead of such spontaneity be compelled
to imagine yoa are loved: Dear M, ed
man, but Why so fussy? Do you not
know o are loved? Do not actions
speak louder than words: Does not vour
wife cool your meals, and does not your
girl put OH roo.n in or0o~? Must You
also be mu>Sed over anu gaDbIed TO IN
order to be satisfied?
Then comes my oldest boy. z ~ranl
fellow, stout and wholesome ana Lraiay,
and before ! am aU.ar his arll is about
my neck. and he pulls lny mead over ca
his shoulder with a kiss and a Papa,
you are awful dear to me. P,IaU. what
is there IN words: a few soEHds-no,h-
ing else! am not 50 certain a,l0-s t...t.
Ionly know that | would no l...ean-i4V
of money for tnat small bouquet Of my
boys words. No, rot for the world would
/ have to guess at his affection and get
hungry for = solid certainty. L4qrai il Iut
enough such el0quence, as | have l9a.el
about the world. And vet il should lot
flow too easily. Tor@uy love is quito
another thing from open heartednass. IN
my opinion we should bring up Our
young folk TO easily and frankly express
their feelings. only not to express II
more than they feel. The art and trick
of speech is to be more eloquent than
true, and SO to turn love into = lie.
Somewhere | have lately read a good
story Ct a married couple ;haJ from
some spleen vowed not to speak 10 each
other. Well. if they had not really loved
tlCN Nobto liza 2 $Dj va NItt-BilA i-.-s4s Dlb
in this case they could not. 50 ~ happy
inspir" ion they used the household cat
as a go between. $50" said Betsy.
.and tell john that dinner is ready"
60" answered John, land tell Betsy
l am on hand" Here, puss," says John.
tell Betsy this pudding is remarkably
good, and | will take another plate of it
if she pleases.' Go tell John" answers
Betsy. that | am glad he likes this
peach shortcake. and he shall have three
pieces if he will"
So for years they kept their vows. but
told their love and got on famously. 1t
is a general fact that friendship grows
stronger by Il short separation and cor
r~espondence by pen. A man or w0lnan
will say sweet or true things in a letter
that they would not say first by mouth.
i do not quite understand this, but |
know 1t is true. Friends treasure let
tiers, and friendship never is quite itself
until a few letters have passed. | en-
courage young folk to write letters to
learn the art Of talking well. One would
suppose it would be the other way-that
good takers should write well.
How ans it about that the tongue
and adjacent organs got control of Ian
guage? Possibly Dido can explain this.
She leaps and bounds about me III over
whelming JOY. Her nose is in my face
and her paws on my chest. Al last. ut
terly unable to express all her emotion.
she throws back her head ana cApIoles
i'll a bark. 1t is nothing bit an explo-
sion, but it is Il great relief 10 her.
That Is the beginning Of speech il all
creatures-onlv a noise made bv the
rush oi emotion through the mouth.
By and by this noise is modified to ev-
press different emotions. Tho ,lo@ran ex-
press a dozen passions and rcsertlncnts.
and yet most Of these are told by the
tail and the body in general.
The next step is, or was, to modify
these sounds into musical roles. The
bird does not enunciate first, but sings.
The lower races sing well and talk
badly. The highest art is to sing well
and talk equally well. 50 language
slowly gets stolen by il certain set Of
organs that at first had little to do With
1T. The legs and hands come less into
play t. tell emotions: the tail. which
has done so much animal talking. is
aIortpl. | think it is aborted mainly
be.:uae is functions are mostlr passed
over to the tongue. | have not heard
whether the tailed tribe Of Africans wag
those appendages in friendly greeting
like dogs or not. would o W IL
tailless cat or have a horses tail even
clipped of its hair. Il is to abbreviate
speech; it is to lop off The organ If ex-
inroaSion