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Show self of sa Inc; "a.n t,'' a word very distasteful dis-tasteful in Its sound to cars polite. Yet, no matter how boldly your ac-fiiaintance ac-fiiaintance may trample rouRhchod on the fclnKlbh yon love to speak in purity, pur-ity, your duty to pnid manners and to his or her sensitiveness is renter than the duty you owe your mother ' tongue l'nless you are brutally rude you will never correct o friend by Introduelns the word thnt has been m.sused or mispronounced, into your conversation and giving it In the accepted ac-cepted way. Let your friend sav "lawr" for law, or ' amatitre'' for amateur, am-ateur, or commit nny oilier blunders, but do not appear to observe the la pse. With children the case Is different. ' Always correct the mistakes of a child. child is in process of maU-.ug maU-.ug and must be tutored and trained. Nor shall we overlook the fact that children derive a great deal from association, as-sociation, and that I hey unconsciously imitate those with whom they live Therefore we should sedulously guard a child from companions who use pro-lane pro-lane language, this being much more detrimental than that which Is merely mere-ly inelegant. Sacramento Union. : I COMMON ERRORS OF SPEECH. In our common talk we must avoid over-refinement as well as over-famil- ; laritv. Certain delicate ladles think I It allude to the leg. though they speak openly of tho arm. Yet the human j being Is as dependent .on legs as on ' arms, and there Is no reason why we should balk at an allusion to I Bobby's fractvred arm. j Meeting a friemi on the street. It ) Is not elegant to inquire "How are . the folks?" That expression Ik pro- ; vinclul. But we may with propriety 1 ask, "How are all tho family?" - I "Hadn't ought" is hopelessly Incor- ' rect form, and negatives are vulgar.': A good woman with a heart of gold I has not learned In fifty years' Inter- ' course with her kind to pronounce ii married friend's title properly. She tulks of Miss Wells nnd Miss Tucker. ' meaning Mrs. Another lady for twenty years the principal of a prl- ' wary' school, has never broken her- |