The San Francisco call., 1899-10-16

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 a man who is we'll
dressed and Of courteous. free and gentlemanly
speech a man Of pleasing personality is a
man the goodness of whose character fmpresses
one Immediately. man of strong personality
is man with strong and effective power Of
Bourgeois-Pr Pronounced boor-zhwah This
word is commonly used in the sense of unre-
fined or uncultured. In France the name bour-
ceoisie boor-Zhwah-Ze) is used TO designate the
middle or artisan class as distinguished from
the arstocracy
StiIted-EIevated and stiff as II on stilts,
hence the word is used in the sense Of meehan-
ical or unnatural: as, stilted walk stilted
letter: stilted style; stilted speech
DiplOmaCy-The art and practice OF conduct
ing negotiations between nations. The name Is
applied generally in the sense of tact, or OF
dexterity and skill in the management of men.
We say that IS diplomatic when he ex-
ercises keen judgment and a cautious policy
in securing the cooperation OF other men. This
word polite is very similar in meaning, but
refers more to careful personal relations
Renaissance Pronounced ren-nay- -sahns. This
word means a new birth, a revival resur-
rectiOn and Is applied specially to the period
OF awakening in arts and letters during the last
centuries of the dark ages. The renaissance
began in Italy in the fourteenth century and
is applied also TO the art and architec-
as: .The renaissance style Of building and
decoration succeeded the gothic and sought
to reproduce the forms OF classical ornamen-
tation."
This series will be continued next week.
Let us turn now to q 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 been
cleared Of all eXtraneous words and
phrases The dross of language consists
Of vulgarisms words and phrases that
should be avoided even in conversation
such as kid for child. kick the bucket"
YOU bet, etc; colloquialisms. words and
0ct suitable for written composition, such
''jffy" for instant, sat upon" for cen
sUred. etc. ColloQuialisms when used at
the proper time and place may give force
and Zest to conversation. A colloquial-
ism which may be quite proper in the
speech of one person may be wholly out
OF place in the speech of another; provin-
cialisms, words confined to. some parttcu-
lar province or locality; obsolete words,
foreign words which have not been tncor-
porated 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. Ian
guage is simply the wire which carries the
message.
Propriety of language means the using
proper connections. Any sense or connec-
ton of words may be considered proper
that has the concurrent authority OF
standard writers 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
common improprieties of speech.