The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18
ways in harmony with the rules or Gus
toms Of S0ciatv

ways in harmony with the rules or Gus
toms OF society,
which pertains to his person, the things
which characterize him, the impression
made by his person. Personality differs
from address. A man of good ADDRESS Is
q man who is well dressed and of courte-
Gus, free and gentlemanly speech. A man
OF pleasing personality is man the good
ness OF whose character impTeSses one I'M
mediately. a man Of strong personality
of will
Bourgeois-Pronounced boor-zhwah. This
word is commonly used IN the sense
of unrefined or uncultured. In France the
name bourgeoisie pronounced boor-
Zhwah-ze is used to designate the middle
or artisan class, as distinguished from the
stiltedNElevated and stiff as II on stills;
hence the word is used in the sense OF me-
chanical or unnatural; as, stilted Walk
a stilted letter; a stilted style; a stilted
speech.
Diplomacy-The art and practice Of con-
duct1ng negotiations between nations The
name Is applied generally in the sense Of
tact, or of deXterity and skill IN the man
agement OF men. We say that man is
diplomatic when he exercises keen 1udg-
ment and a cautious policy in securing the
cooperation Of other men. The word pol
itic is very similar in meaning, but refers
more to careful personal relations.
naisSanCe-Pronounced ren-nay-s -sahns.
This word means new birth, revival or
resurrection, and is applied specially to
the period of awakening in arts and let
teTs during the last centuries OF the dark
ages. The renaissance began in Italy in
the fourteenth century and spread gradu-
ally over Western Europe. The name is
applied also to the art and architecture
which belonged to that period of history,
as: The renaissance style of building
and decoration succeeded the Gothic ana
sought to reproduce the forms of classical
ornamentaton.
This series will be continued next week.
Let US turn now to a few suggestions and
cautions which will aid US in our written
speech.
When we speak of pure air, pure water
or pure gold we mean air, gold or water
that has been cleared of all eXtraneous
matter. Similarly, when we speak Of pure
language we mean language that has oeen
cleared OF all eXtraneous words and
phrases. The dross of language consists
of vulgarisms, words and phrases that
such as kid" for child, kick the buck
ct" you bet" etc. colloQuialisms, words
and phrases admissible in conversation,
but not suitable for written composition,
such as 'jiffy" for instant, sat upon for
censured, etc. Colloquialisms when used
at the proper time and place may give
force and ZeSt to conversation. A colo
Quialism which may be quite proper in the
speech of one person may be wholly out Of
place in the speech of another; provincial
isms, words confined to some particular
province or locality; obsolete words; for
eign words which have not been inCorpor-
ated into our language; newly coined
words We must not rid our speech of all
its spice and ginger and snap, but it must
be remembered that these qualities cannot
be introduced by words merely. Language
is simply the wire which carries the mes
sage.
Propriety Of language means the using
of words % in their proper senses, ~ in
proper connections. Any sense or connec-
tion Of words may be considered proper
that has the concurrent authority of stan
dard writer's who have lived near enough
to our own time to be regarded as safe
guides for present usage. We shall take
up for our lesson next week few COM
mon improprieties of speech.