The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04
NO MORE LOUD TALKING.
Least Pleasant Of American Girls
Possessions Are Her strident -
Tones and Harsh Voice.

American girls are pretty, chic and
attractive. They have cultivated the
art of looking their best, and now why
not let them turn their attention to the
art Of sounding their best? For they
do not. At home as we'll as in public
they raise their voices until the tone
becomes a shrek which CRATES ON the
nerves as we'll as on the ears of all
who hear.
This loud talking in public places is
an offense against good manners as
well as good taste, for it makes the
persons talking most conspicuous, as
well as interfering with. the talk OF
others. A stranger does not wish to
hear the thoughts. opinions or troubles
of another, and to be forced to assist
in a revelation of family affairs sim
ply because one is in the same car is
not pleasant.
One reason of this loud talking I'M.
doubtedly is that the noises Of the city
are 50 great many persons try to talk
above them. 1t is not in the least nee
essary to do this, for If one will only
try it will be found far easier to talk
below them. That is to say, If the
voice is pitched lower instead of high
er than the noise it will be quite as
easy for the person addressed to hear,
while strangers within ordinary ear
shot will be unable to know what is
being said.
It is perfectly good form to talk lit
tie when one is surrounded by loud
noises. To compete with the subway
is trying both to the talker and the
person who is listening, and the con:
ditions are not conducive to converse
ton. If girl is out in the evening
with man and they take the subway
to reach their destination she need not
feel that it is incumbent upon her to
talk all the time while in the train.
Chances are that her escort will feel
far more comfortable If he is not~put
to the strain of listening.
There is less excuse for loud talk
ing in surface cars, where the noises
of the streets are not overpowering,
and yet it is in them that one is most
confidential things to friends with
| voices so raised that people directly
about hear all the details, and trouble
has more than once been the result of
this when some one present has known
the persons being talked about. It Is
always to be remembered that, aside
from bad form, it Is the height of in
discretion to gossip or repeat con-
demnatory things in public about a
person, for it is always within the
bounds of possibility that there may
be some one present who is acquainted
with the individual, who will prompt
ly repeat it.
Calling names in public places when
a person is being talked of should
never be permitted. If conditions are
such that a personal matter must be
discussed in the presence of strangers
the names should never be mentioned
Much trouble may follow, and It Is
quite simple for the person addressed
to understand who is meant without
the name Of the person being used in
every sentence.
A person innately refined shrinks
from making herself conspicuous. In
her dress, manner, and all she is the
best of form, but never in any way
makes herself noticeable at the cost
Of attracting unpleasant attention.
Especially is she to be admired in pub
lie places where the force of her good
breeding is shining example that all
may copy to their improvement.