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Show I M SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR M Ed THE SCHOOL GIRL m 'nlways at hand when reading, so Ihnt 'whenever sn unfamiliar word i, notji-e.j I it may be hsked uj at once, and its meaning mean-ing thus be impressed upon the memory, ' while thi- word itself i unconsciously ab : so r b-d aud stored up for future use. !hnve had the most wonderful time of my jlife," The "most woudeiful time" docs I not come to many :irls four or live times la wis-k, nlihougii these nre tbe words with which the average party is now described. de-scribed. If Fngli-h is to lie as one of the greatest great-est of language,, which it now i. Its llf ! rests in Ihe bund, of thy young people of the present generation .r.-s.!y it if, piite the fasl.iou among the mol culturii elae, in America to usy Frem h iu all social intercourse. If these persons would only take the trouble, howr vc r, lo make u 1 practice of using Iheir own tongue in reason, rea-son, with a word lo suit every prude of meaning, then iheir English would be A (I I III. w ho speak, really correct and pure English is more ran- to-j day than one who has fluent coui- tiiano of three or more tongue,.; The average school pirl of this generation can converse readily! and prrfi-etly iu French or )er-man, )er-man, or perhaps both, but how many :onlJ I ilk loj'elher for live minute., without with-out using either slang or gms, exagger-j .MionV It seems impossible lo des ribe the simpWt orcurreii" e wiihoot the usi of word, ridiculously important or to cany on Ihe most everyday couversa- tion without such n free jiiteniiixiiig ofj slang that lo oue not versed iu Lhe.e es-j pression.s of the moment the whole lallil is quite unintelligible. j found quite different enough from the general talk of the masses to satisfy the j most exclusive. J That even school girl, are ambitions to he!p reform their native toi,gn,; js evident from the txisten.o of several go.1 Eiig-j llish Obits. These, clubs, each organil ' by eight or more girls, agree to hold :reg.i)ur weekly or monthly meeting, jwher, at luncheon or over the tea. cup ' ; only perf.s.t EnglM, is rn-rmitrd tn spoken, w ith a fine impose, f.,r o ery breach of the tll!... liatlit ,...,., is cats- d nt the rviuin.-n. enient wh, n it 'a found how wr- uIl it is fl, f.r niske an cxaggeratrsd .talerD,.,,t and to: empluy only g.s.d words to be futJd jn ,, , cl rot . r.l A. r , It nally hard for a girl Mossed will, many brother lo keep her convors.it lot: wholly free frmi school boy slang. Tin new words and cxpr'-ioii, seem so !; iighti'illy e'.pressive when they are first introduers, lejs Is it rot a. pity f..r a well educated gir' to p.-.ik the tame langaacr a, the little street urchin who day, h!s J marbles on the prm-niciil? And just tlo-re lies the whole objection lo slang. l'ratti:,!ly every slang wsrd or tnn that ever went the rounds of a city or nation had its origin on the stage of the cheap theatre and wis spoken by the most uneducated un-educated clas.es. The modulation of the voice and the nse of word, stamp taste more than anything else can do. aud it i, strange that so many girls liorn penlk-w penlk-w omen are still wiUinp P adopt each uc-w slang phrase which they luar. The present habit of exaggeration is another great foe to pood Enplisb, if the habit does not actually reflect upon the nutural standard of tniih. When the mnt couimouidacc sight i, "glorious" and the simplest party "grand" and tho most average good time "wonderful," what is left for the really 1-eautiful thing, the elaborate entertainment or the exceptionally exception-ally good time? Yet so fn-e.y are the strongest terms made us of that 1o ex-pres, ex-pres, one's self in words fined to the tca-sion tca-sion sounds really nnenthusiastie. The cure for thi, lies in the use of th'Toicy.' not in the employment of word,. Mike the voice more expressive, and the words ''I, hare hsd such a good time" will l. every i bit as ea-platie os tbc far k3 truthful -Jj ' "-, "pr w hatever is I , ::ig described. Some of the-e s,hj l,i.h clubs are so strict in their rub s that each' member must ke,.p careful cuar,j llf ,.r: spet-ch even Utw,n mni,;., un,i fr! every hv whicl, -.!, r,,,ic,.r B flj(v ,J paid. Even if the forfeit is not more thanl' five cents or a penny . ,he money tbns obtained w, easily poy fnr tllJ the tr,-Hnry sinks so low t,.t it ennot, P-y for tbe next week'. enfertaininrilt j the c ub may I. distended, for it I)a, served Its purp-ose. I There are only ,wo .ftl anJ ; way, of rooe frw versst.on and of using B ,im J thst w ill exactlv and r-,t. words. . . , , . 11 'ni'.T 'xpres their' mtende.1 Thc f t r to read only what is ncLnowbsle.j Ut l ' . ! , ,:p ,o,he firM s,-n,br, inl t,r.ltll,Un , ' hcseeonJ to have a Mli,u .-. ' |