The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-29

And Yef, I1i~ Cto<fng 0ratiop Did
No< Renect Much TO His
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"she is the limit said the young
woman.
what . beastly expression re-
marked the man; "where in the world
do you hear such things2 You have
no barroom acquaintancss that
know off,"
What would you suggest instead n
asked the penitent woman. Il sup
pose got that from my brother. He
uses miserable lot Of slang, and it
a 500 forcible. If you can suggest
anything chat will do instead, I'LL ac-
cept your amendment thankfully"
"Youmight say: she is impossible, /"
suggested the man, grasely, according
to the Baltimore Sun.
n believe impossible is slangy, il
it isn't slang. 1t was never used in
grandmother's day, and that is .
pretty sure indication that it is not
good English, for have it from grand
mother herself that slang was not
known in her generation"
They talked all right then" said
the man, regretfully. 'you can see
that when You 60 to play the scene
Of which is laid century or SO ago.
The women of to-day have no yocabu-
larry at all hear them saying to
beat the band and mot on your life,'
and he is the limit and dozen like
expressions, and it shocks me to
standstill. The other day my digni-
fed married sister told me quite Sc
riously that she had shipped her
cook, and a little later heard her tell
her husband that they would have to
sing for their breakfast hope she
would not talk so before any but her
nearest and dearest but one can never
tell what a woman is going to do in
this emancipated age"
Sing for their breakfast was not
bad. That is pure Mother Goose, which
is almost ais respectable as being pure
Shakespearean. Besides, when wom-
an has shipped her cook she is not re-
sponsible for what she says, and might
be forgiven for using those naughty
masculine words that begin with d.
Sometimes, however, my limitations
in regard to language do worry me.
This is generally when one of my prop
er friends has been to call ON me and
has talked book English. One came
the other day who had such words as
'supinely' and 'cursorily' falling trip |
ping1y from her tongue. She talked of |
baSsos who had the tenor tempera-
ment, and Of sociological problems,
and looked pleasant and said just as
little as was co-sistent with my char
acter as woman. only used one
dreadful word in her presence, and
that was when / said that a certain
small boy was a terror He is, in
Iced, very annoying she replied,
grave1y After she had gone / went
INTO the library and had seance with I
The unabridged dictionary excuse 'se-
ance,' for that is really what it was.
learned some beautiful words in an
hour, and quite patched up my dam
aged vocabulary ! am waiting to try
my new requirements ON some one
worth while. and that is why you note
40 Improvement in me-"
20, fudgel I did,not intend to roast
vou into this state Of humility" said
he man. 1T is not natural. and it is
not pleasant You are good child, as
! usual thing, and anyone who would
make You feel bad Is tough 'un. beg
'our pardon, my dear Alphonse; not
once, but many times. What ! want to
NOW IS. where you learn these express
ions. Certainly, not in the drawing
DOM. where any man who used them
would be made to go away back and sit
own. ! suppose you must, then, pick
hem up when you roll your little hoop
u the street, and I'm ashamed that
'ou should be so easily contaminated.
don't kick at much but | do draw the
Inc at slang. you may bet your last
ent on that"
And the woman only smiled a myste-
ious smile.
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