Show conversation The power to converse well la 1 avery a-very great charm says Ruskin You think everybody can talk How mistaken you are Anybody can exchange ex-change Idle gossip Anybody can recapitulate re-capitulate the troubles of the kitchen the cost of tho last new dress and the probable doings of the neighbors But to talk wisely Instructively freshly fresh-ly and delightfully is an immense accomplishment ac-complishment It Implies exertion observation study of books and people peo-ple the receptivity of Impression Plato banished the musicians from his feasts that the charms of conversation conver-sation might have no Interference but In our later fashions many prefer music rather than the gossip of the hour which often degenerates Into trivialities wearisome and commonplace common-place As a mirror reflects the face so tho conversation reveals tho mind |