Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-05-09
LANGUAGE rs SWEEP
EXPRESSION sy The ro.a,
NECESSARY no HAps,sel ,osaul IS

!" iaiking.
How would you enjoy ljfa Ill,
words LETT outf My littlest o,' WIN sweet
me and with both arms o.e aha.' runs to
pniis me down to kiss ne, and nd n.l. 10y neck
as II It We're a new secret: ..p,as Whispers
you. Oh. lIow Just do a. Spa' ' loYs
what q pest II is to 10 hi. 'yvo Your
when one Is busyl How n ,,,1 ,a.oat 50
ones collar aua ones thar ulslocates
what would yon fake for such Iar, as..Hl b!
How would yonlske it checked p,a,tle'
stead OF such spontaneity lie ce,". = "naln
TO imagine yon are lovedy Das. snpellsd
man, but why SO fussy? ~ 'ne' Old
know you are lovedy Do - - you not
speak louder than words? Does ' e, aV'lons \.
wite COOK your meals, and does ~. ~. your
g,ri put Your room in orderp Mns,' us 'ouf
also be mussed over and rabblaS You
order to be satisfied? ou 70 In
Then comes my oldest ho,,
fellow, stout and wholesome a,,s ~, = grand
and before am aware hi, am - |. olalny,
my neck, and he pulls my head ara aOout
his shoulder with kiss and ,,rr ~ on
you are awful dear to me- Pslan .apa,
Is there In words? A few sonnds "' wnas
ing elsei am not SO certain hs-noth. ahl
! only know that would not taks as y ma. may
OF money for that small bououat :, ,',u' a
boys words. No, not for the wnrId Z "
l have to guess at his affection "oaia
hungry for solid certainty Tbera; aa ges
enough such eloquence, as have loo,.ss 10y
about the world. And yet It shor,s ,yyssa =,
flow too easily. Tonguy love a + an;. ao'
another thing from open heartednessa s1'I0
my opinion we should bring s'' ~ =. 4
young folk to easily and frankly ar,s y ~
their feelings, only not to express .,n ,,as
more than they feel The art anS "a tsy auy
OF speech is to be more eloouent 'sa thsa
true, and so to turn love into ia 'AAA
Somewhere have lately read a ro.,
story OF a married couple thai t.s' svu
some spleen vowed not to speak ID each u.,,
other. Well, if they had not really ,orsa esa
they could have got on without tail l..
IN this case they could not. So by bannr
inspiration they used the househola y.
as go between. 60" said Rstss ss'
"and tell John that dinner is ready
Go, answered John, "and tell Ratsv
| am on hand" "Here, puss,' saws .Iohr
tell Betsy this pudding is remarkahly
good, and will take another plata ~ !,
if she pleases." go tell John" answsrs
Betsy, "that am glad he likes tbis
peach shortcake, and he shall have tbres
pieces if he will"
50 for years they kept their vows. but
told their love and got on famously n
is general fact that friendship grows
stronger by short separation and cor.
respondence by pen. A man or woman
will say sweet or true things in Letter
that they would not say first by mouth
l do not quito understand this. but /
know it is true. Friends treasure let.
ters, and friendship never is quite itself
until few letters have passed. en-.
courage young folk to write letters to
learn the art of talking well. One woun
suppose it would be the other way-tbat
good takers should write we'll
How came it about that the tonpue
and adjacent organs got control of Ian.
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.
terly 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 great relief to her.
That is the beginning of speech in all
creatures-only noise made by the
rush of emotion through the mouth.
By and by this noise is modified to ex-
press different emotions. The dog can ex-
press dozen passions and resentmens,
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. So language
slowly gets stolen by certain set Of
that at first had little to do with
it. The legs and hands come less into
play to tell emotions; the tail, which
has done so much animal talking. is
aborted. | think it is aborted 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
tailless cat or have horses tail even
clipped of its hair. 1t is to abbrevlate
speech; it is to lop off the organ oil ex-
preston.
You will see that my theory about the
development of language accounts for
many abnormal forms of speech. Pro
fanity is a mere explosion OF sound
closely allied to the dogs bark and tae
cats squall. 1t is not so wicked as IS
oeastly. 1t is the natural language ora
vulgar fellow who has no art OF hsn
language. Half the world talks by eS-
olosion and expletives. The more oeas'
" q mans habits the more protane 40
becomes by necessity. 1t is his natuF"
language. What stretch 1t Is irom
;uch man to Coleridge or Emerson ~
LOWELL
heard of a man the other day, An
le is great scientist, TO be sure, put ns
s also such splendid talker. Inc ".
If saying fine things finely you cai,no'
afford to be without. Live with woNe'
Ind you viii learn to howl, says ,ae ao
Spanish proverb. We ought to Do aDl1 ,'
% add, Live with men and you WIN
earn to talk WE'LL" But that is noe so'
There are too few really good takers
'eally wise and witty tongues =
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