Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-10

dignified people into Ne meSt ingenE
ously inconRFuous tetms Of euoear-'
ment sometimes. And this in defiance
of the fact that Tho real.loSe words: OF
every Language are the most musically
sible.
So sweetly nie4odious arer Suf: tVSn'
"darlipSse f'dfaFe9k" "sweetheart,"
that one is fam to pity him Or her who
has never lAenrd theK6fenderly uttered
With , special application. While tn,
F1eneh "mon; ami y ,hsTfets aslnu
nt61snne.".te arp spoken music, and
I 6oSH the Eefman dm6nS siebste"
might glorify that strong language,
Honey" "dealie," sweet" are still
on the rightside of thefjdfctloqs! Even
pet" In admissible, though it once oc
CURED to me that to address a swarthyy
aix-foot, ;ss0-poupd. Cuban ut a publ.
dinner appetite" might be just on thu
borderland..l
But where the divine passion is real
lyssdominanti all these expressions arc
quite too commonplace. .....,.,, Co. {
l know a;%eIibGiltS4 we'll kro6mcd
man Of the world, with a strong, mascll-
line faces q splendid, athletic figure:'
standing six feet three inches i'll his
stockings, and stately and dignified irr
his bearing. His enraptured wife finds
10 word SO expressive of her appreeia
tion Of his 'charms as "Kitten:"s She
by the way, is Juno, and he, not to be
outdone in matt of the. heart, .alsp
calls her Kitten" So it is Kitten and
Kitten, until am sure they have for.
gotten that the English language po:
sesses proper nouns, in general usage
in polite society.
Then there is n fat man with pudgt
face and protruding figure. Nothing
seems to satisfy the soul Of his dot:ng
wife but Birdie. Birdie he is, Birdie
he must be though all the world woui&
blush for it. .
Then / cannot forget one of my dear:
friends whose husband, 20 years her
senior, is n hard-headed business MA.
who is said sometimes to wardsl'
into ways that are dark, and tricks;
that are vain" Happily, / do not know
just what she calls him during these
periods. But I do know thatJddriE !,
his temporary lapseS into virtue sh't
is :: most devoted, loving wife, and that,
when her passion for him is atsmoder4
etc height she contents: herself with
mail tweetness," and "cunning
single" but when it rises to food tide!
she casts upon him the most loving
and languishing glances and calls hinr
Grow" 49,
Another rtall. gannt, .raw-boned, ills
favored friend is also worthy of passing
mention. His hair is carrot-colorea
and scraggly, his neck so, thin. that IL
resembles nothing so much as a snarI
of strings, while his hands, feet and
anatomy generally call up visions. Of
lchabod Crane. His affectionate spouse
could find no name for him that SO
pleased her fancy an "Puddin." Ste
scolded him as "Puddin" and loved him
as "Puddin." AS "Puddin" he was
cowed, driven and bullied, and as "Pudl
din" he was coaxed, wheedled and
.caressed. =
There is n well-known editor of one
of this country's great papers, a man OF
stalwart frame, keen ,countenance, bril-.
liant intellect. To his wife he is "Itty
one," and she to him ~ .'Preshy" (pre;
cious). 7 $3.50 I s T9s<.E
It is surprising that delicate, re-:
fined, high-bred woman could best ex:
press; her ardor for her husband in the
words ".Snooks' and "'Shoppy," yet
/ have known such to be the case; and
it would seem Ms though q digniled
professor might object to being called
Hubby" but j hare seehihimi resp ond
20 it with, smile 80 wide that the
Cheshire cat wasn't init
! One promii1ent HtASsry man rarely
addresses his tiny young wife as any1
thing but ::.Kjdr which isSaaot inaps
propriate il somewhatnnmusical. But
IL is usually tho yerY little man with the
enormous wife WHOSE ebulitiona otIsen,
1imentaI tenderness SSiln only And, ex.
preston in calling .hee Baby" !:
% These are by NO means the yARayies
Of youth and inexperience. Il was ones
travelling in one of the western states,
when q groom Of about 20 came aboard
with blushing bride of perhaps 81.
| They soon became oblivious, and this
| conversation was heard: