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Dear uriA uvoli slang There are 40
many rvuuns why you should not use
d, nnc only ond excuse in its favor that
ihayc ever hoard from any reliable IA.
n'ority, Hrtc u ist
Oliver Wendell Holmes. IA ono Of hts
raCy hrcdlflnat tnbln talks, sayai Don't
t1llils luudor,aluo Tho proper use and
picailoncf q can't word or phrase. Il
hida idquancy 10 conversation a. q
nnshf0,in docs 70 aucor That this
- The idcn most young people have
when they lrst begin 70 use " all win
p,lnit. but unfortunately Il n liko mod
etale titihhing Ia lie tendcncy, 20 insin.
rullns ~ iis .r0wth az q habit, and they
iocomU so "ndlicicd to ~ TO follow
eat The alniiiel, that II seems impossible
% make themselves intelligiblo without
n. hare heard young ladies % talk
iig who ee,med 20 bavo an entire 70.
esbulary composed Of slang which
1uld be MS utterly uuintelligblo 70 a
we'll bred English OF Scotch girl aa
tines, or Greek.
foqaotc thcyoleran Philosopher again,
"theee expressions como % ho nlgobraig
symbols ~ minds which have GROWN TOO
weak or indolont 70 discriminate. They
nre tho blank checks of intellectual
bankruptcy. You may fill them up with
whatsoever idea you Ike Itmakea no dif.
fcrcnce, for there nUc no funds IN TIE
treasury upon which thcy nrc drawn"
That OF course 4 very severe, bat
have often heard quito clever and well
educatel yOnng l,dies using those oiioua
blank checks - such an extent that
any one not knowing them intimately
might readily have supposed thoir sim
tellectual bank' empty.
! wonder what Dr. Holmes would have
Thought of nn actual conversation be.
tween two young ladies in good society,
20 called, who sat bol.lnd me IN thocrniid
f.ard az baseball match Inst summer.
can ,,iyJ Ii ulino.t verbatini
.'Say, Jen abbreviated form Of Jennie,
Fiio u too short to uso tho whole OF a
p'rson's nainrJ ri,O Is tie ny looking
''uide ~ thc yellow s.rip'i s~t Wy"
"oh, 'coiue on the roofr To pretend
you Cont know Cob, C.. o. y. are the
young gcnilemans initials wittily con.
vtrtod into 'Cob.) Alter tho way you
went for him at the ball last woehi
You can't 'stuT mo with that kind Of
gag, Miss Innocent"
"Oh. - that Cobf To must be OF his
nut 70 'rlg himself IN such 'swaggor'
way
"Qly. Jcn. look at Cob nowl lie Is hor.
ribly ratified. Mabe (s,iort for Mabel)
'slung glance nt him, and lac lost his
head ~ well ns his hase."
"ls slie naehcd' on CobyH
"lin. bal Pull down Your vestr DO
you think Mnbe Is off her bisor She Hikes
hifl TO trot her round and stump upthe
ncedfur ~ 20 cream, etc, but she likes
Alf Jcnes batter all tins saine.ee. You
en- bet youI sweet hfo slio won't marry
Cob"
look at him now. You bet he's 'hua-
tlinsr"
Get there, Elil7 "Ruddigorci" THAT
was boss runl" and no on al iinituln,
al nauseum. All this IN perfectly audi.
blu veice, and they were seemingly un-
aware that there was anything vulgar or
ont of the usual IN their conversation.
Probably there wns not. aud yet those two
young ladies were college graduates and
were possessed Of more than average abil-
ny.
II you think this description exa gFer.
ated, listen critically 10 the next un-
restrained conversation between two
younR ladies whom yOu know to DO
guilty Of using slang freely. fancy I
hear you say, "Dut never could talk
Hike that" Take carol Just ~ conf.
dent ones az you have begun by using a
fcw slang worls-''thoy are 80 cute and
expressive, you lrnowr-and ended by
forming vslgar and enslaving habit
which took great strength Of mind aud
frm perseverance, to break. Tho worst
stage Of a slang devotee Is when she
grows utterly unconscious Of or indif.
fcreut % the habit. There Is very little
hope Of improvement for her The only
safe way u never 10 form the habit at
alA
Dear young girls. on you tho 'lan-
Ruage of the future" In great measure
depends. You are the coming mothers
and teachers and win have an MI pow
rrfnl lfuonco in mOlding the language
Of tho next generation 20 come and num-
berless generations after that. See 10 II
that II is q language Of intelligence.
gruce and purity. .--Aliss Frank Davis IN
Wives and Daughters.