| Show silence not always well tho tha virtue of silence has often been overrated it la Is rarely instilled into a young girls or mans ri antt mind that ehe she or ho he has no right to be silent when they cou d be amusing or to accept hospitality without making any effort to udd to the pleasure of the other kuksta of their hostess for there are tines when the most reckless rec klosa of talkers cannot do so much harm or wound RO so cruelly as the person who bo holds his peace the old proverb hath bath it khat ahat speech la Is silver and anti silence Is koldon golden but nov silence in lx not binaya golden it sometimes partakes of 0 a leaden quality and descends with crushing force upon an assembly theoretically it is a quality that commands the highest admiration but practically it Is a virtue that la to sometimes better honored in the breach than in the a says the providence V there la Is certainly much to be said for the woman who chatterer chat terr as blithely as at a calarry ca narry and thero there are many times when ehe she ie Is to bo be preferred to the one who raps herself in an awful hence silence under whose baneful influence nil cheerfulness dies behind the power and knowledg knowledge 90 which make any one capable of en fiebing social life with ith reviving con vers atlon must lie as a foundation the earnest desire to give pleasure in dependent of what one may receive in return and a sense of duty regarding those whom we meet la in the world the young woman who goes into the world of society to which circum stances civit her the open door with the capability of interesting and roue rotis ing a cheerful flow of pleasant conversation has an assurance of enjoyment wherever she appears |
