The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06
LANGUAGE is SWEET.
EXPRESSION BY THE TONGUE IS
NECESSARY TO HAPPINESS.

Life Would 30 Mighty DesOlats without
Sweet Words Much More beautiful
Gould we Make This Existence II We
Took More Pains In Talking.
How would you enjoy life with sweet
words left out? Ny littlest one runs to
me and with both arms about my neck
pulls me down to kiss me, and whispers
as II 1T were new secret; Papa, love
you, Oh, how Just do love, love your
What a pest ii is to be pulled about SO
when one is busyl How 1t dislocates
ones collar and ones thoughtsl But
what would you take for such prattler
How would you like it checked, and in
stead of such spontaneity be compelled
to imagine You are lovedP Dear me, old
man, but why so fussy? Do you not
know you are lovedY Do not actions
speak louder than wordsH Does not your
wife cook your meals, and does not your
girl put your room in order2 Must you
also be mussed over and gabbled to in
order to be satisfied
Then comes my oldest boy, grand
fellow, stout aud wholesome and brainy,
and before am aware his arm is about
my neck, and he pulls my head over on
his shoulder with a kiss and "Papa,
you are awful dear to me" Pshaw, what
is there in words2 A few sounds-noth-
ing elsel | am not so certain about that,
only know that would not take mint
of money for that small bouquet of my
boys words, No, not for the world would
have to guess at his affection and get
hungry for solid certainty, There is not
enough such eloquance, as have looked
about the world, And yet 1t should not
flow too easily, Tonguy love is quite
another thing from open heartedness, In
my opinion we should bring up our
young folk to easily and frankly express
their feelings, only not to express any
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 of married couple that from
some spleen vowed not to speak to each
other. Well, il they had not really loved
they could have got on without talk, but
in this case they could not So by happy
inspiration they used the household cat
as go between, "Go," said Betsy,
"and tell John that dinner is ready
"Go,n answered John, land tell Betsy
| am on hGnd." "Here, puss," says John,
'tell Betsy this pudding is remarkably
good, and will take another plate of il
If she pleases." "Go tell John, answers
Betsy, "that | am glad he likes this
peach shortcalge, 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 short separation and COR
respondenee by pen. A man or woman
viii say sweet or true things in letter
that they would not say first by mouth.
do not quite understand this, but |
know it is true. Friends treasure let
ters, and friendship never is quite itself
until q few letters have passed, en-
courage young folk to write letters to
learn the art of talking we'll. One would
suppose it would be the other way--that
good takers should write we'll.
How came it about that the tongue
and adjacent organs got control of lam
guage? Possibly Dido can explain this
She leaps and bounds about me in over
whelming joy, Her nose is in my face
and her paws on my chest. AT last, ut
tarly unable to express all her emotion,
she throws back her head and explodes
in bark, 1t is nothing but an explo-
sion, but it is a great relief to her
That is the beginning of speech in all
creatures only q noise made by the
rush Of emotion through the mouth.
BY and by this noise is modified to OK
press different emotions. Tho dog can ex-
press q dozen passions and resentments,
and yet most of these are told by the
tail and the body in general.
The next step ID, 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 we'll. So language
slowly gets stolen by a certain set Of
organs chat at first had little TO do with
il. The legs and hands come less into
play to tell emotions; the tail, which
has done SO much animal talking, is
aborted. | think 1T il ahorted mainly
because its functions are mostly 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 not own q
tailless cat or have horses tail even
clipped Of its hair. II is to abbreYiate
speech, it il to lop off the organ 81 ex-
preston.
You will see that my theory about the
Development Of language accounts for
many abnormal forms Of speech. Pro
fhnity is mere explosion Of sound,
closely allied b the dogs bark and the
cats aquaIl Il - not 50 wicked as IL ii
beastly II Is the natural language Of q
vulgar fellow who has no art Of high
| language, Half the world talks by ex-
plosion and eSpletiyes. The more beast
" a mans habits the more profane he
becomes by necessity. It is his natural
language, What q stretch IT Is from
such man to Coleridge or Emerson Of
LOWELL
heard Of a man the other day, 3Ah,
ha Is d great scientist, TO be sure, but he
Is also such q splendid talker.R Tho art
Of saying fine things finely yon cannot
afford to be without. 'eLive with wolves
ANA you win learn to howl says the
Spanish pToyerb We ought to pc able
to add, Live with men and yon will
learn to talk wellR But that ID not so.
There are toe few really good takers
really wise and witty tongues.-E p
Bowell u st. Louis Globe lJelnocrat
ne Knew.