The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1908, Page 8

cpa ii Wablishea Daily Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 58 to 8! Bye eS Se ISS Le = The Story of the Operas é r , New York. oa! we s a Me ertaes yas eden VA Lnoun ara, axscrn, 1 rot srt | By Albert Payson Terhune. The Evening World Daily Magazine, Saturday, January 11, 1908. = Eee eres = = ( Fr Bntered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Ma‘! Matter, ption Rates to the ~ Canada. v i and the Cone ening World for the +“ United Sti NO. 156,—-MASSENET'S ‘' THATIS.’" One year...cos. One an 30 | One month. .60 | One mont an VOLUME 48.,..,......0-s0.cceeeee sssseeeee NO. 16,944. ney PROFANITY ! | A CAVCURUCIAT AR AU NEOONTS CEE EET ROFANITY is a sign of a scant vo- Gioughis: to Nenvenand to the future cabulary. f exhaus sion of Thatw Prof. Lounsbury, of Yale, writes ms 2 an article for Harper’s Magazine on the intellectual as distinguished from nrevariiie a ant i the moral aspect of profane lan- aes hod guage. He says that swearing ani ee ae arises from a strong mental impulse ; ee SU SERAGLr eae ic i Thala arrived for the feast and Ni 1 : saving the which a man desires to express and | pe anels rau vin And wi er the beanied has no other adequate language to phan ueried give vent to his feelings. | Hitherto swearing has been con- sidered from the moral side. It is forbidden by the Ten Commandments. Until 1882 !t was made a crime by the penal code. In public it is still punishable as provocative of dis- orderly conduct. | None of the mandates against swearing has had such effect of dim- Ahishing its volume as thé growing belief that profanity ranks with a tolled collar, an unshaven face, or uncouth apparel as a proof of lack of breeding, cultivation or orderly habits. | AS a man’s reasoning powers develop and as he enlarges the scope/ and exactness of his vocaliulary he naturally ceases to be profane. Pro-| fanity is an inexact, turbid way of expressing feelings. The same exple- | tives are used indiscriminately for wrath, indignation, protest, resentment | NAY charge of Lady A change Instead of a c, ais! Whilo he jad and remonstrance. i rted’as though he were a hot-nend eae ies The uneducated man who is in pain swears, If he fs drunk he) ca nd sconrging gwears. If he stumbles on the street he swears. If he is dissatisfied with evans pean eee his job he swears. Whatever emotion or thought he has beyond a range sho Lie ee At Asics th che winds of a limited vocabulary he resorts to his stock of oaths. | of “ : veto eerat Profanity may be made artistic, but that is something which cer-| nae tainly ordinary swearing is not. The Western mule driver in the old i rn seine teaming days acquired by long experience a variety and gradation of | ee A piernes oaths ranging in successive octaves of profanity like a keyboard of | Kr mY , ralling ano. ne he murmured In ecsta “They T™ ! gt e! T love lis blasphemous words fel fears 7 7 I on deaf ears Thals was dead Lraving bestde ber oc The story of “Rheingold” will be published Tuesday, The Chorus Girl Tells Some Good New Ones on Dopey McKnight iys ‘Shovellin’ In Coal!’ allegra, Of., privacy of her own apartments, or | By Roy L. McCavdell, | Be AY said ¢ Cho a friend's flat, 60 into @ telephone } worst, ff she « by actin os th and | a list of disconnected teie- tts ws | H 1 pence back. For her motter rata ‘ 7 é 2 iy Always a lad said Mamma De E 1 a publle place that would gt reves pall A tough old sea captain whose crew could not understand the nice distinctions which the English language affords. accumulated a vocabu- scombe. ‘and a the proprietor lary of profanity in excess of the number of usual English words which ‘What has he done? What ain't } Ye A his crew understood. ‘on er fintsh what she had to say Tanai low th nd t The total number of words which many people use in r ordinary | Tife and conversation does not exceed 500, A man talking at the rate] : re a ineateucenttsl of 100 words a minute, which is slower than the average speech, utters Dy ays sk tft cigarette, and inter-| Tan a soM doing ne several thousand words a day to hi san affront to the as it was family at his home, to his associates at his work and to casual acquaintances, ; i Mane tnament end else Place Man Monevton said ‘B ess my heart, does ae lve ene here’ ane A list of a hundred will include four-fifths of these words. An) Rae ae e ASoaU Ree He EaN Raden ici cmeutaten ina uiactrts fo nae paper pill let her wait she gets f ea ae eae ‘one can test this by keeping count of the number of times in ordinar ‘ a es ue y ieee os OM) Ca conversation a, an, the, is, are, was, were, to, this, that, and, but, or and PUSEOLOGS GL sees rer tent Pease iad ed ia me the like occur, Add to this the stock of every day nouns and verbs de- d T ao 6 0 BM 6.6 5 sat pea i pr Le oa scriptive of food, motion and | ywe S we y wW George M anus ath SSRN Nea A IED work and the result will be a list of | 5 56 sOaeerD a OBODEAMAAOAIO ava was the 300. that a cold The use of “cuss” words, like the Goanataness Varn > 1S PRECIOUS aid 5 ers z excessive use of adjectives, weak- BARE DERR , OuT HERE, mut w NSCS es GEO SERIE te éns the force of speech. The iter- ‘ou 2 . <3 LOVEY P ae 1 Mamma De Branscombe told him ation of a statement invites its = a 1 pireleae ones bie tienda uestioning. e g on of su- Fens abel n pers that th q a nin 3 ae pit mM Of St SWEETHEART, Gira ee ny tiene thas Gn Boxers Perlatives dims the unde HE WAS IN Woden | ACU ehting game to mix ft mes ment of fa THE. ROOM nrehyinenniey i ch t always resulted in the boxing All ajectives have WITH YOU } BOHER Nene acaer ers i ust wondering If Dopey t< a or just spoofing, priate use sometime he sure t® the laughndicutous ki where, Go After Girls With Money. | By Edmond Rostand. The simp! : are more forcefu 1 FAR Blorritz, In his splendid up-to-date Basqu livesithenpoet 6wear words. A line lakespeare to fit any ev Ri nd, a recluse. To Rostand came two rela a youth and his fath love, writes dvice, The young man desired to marry a poor girl for eclal correspondent of the Pittsburg Despatch, The gin the vale of Cambo, From his high-perched terrace «d Swam out to where the golden light turns rose and emotion. Any man use of profanity dimin Letters from the People. sun wa reat soul of Ro: t books will fin } ack and spoke | \ serious family question. The bey has not enough for himself, To marry poor girl n for both; and, preoccupled by work, he will not be able tlvate the lovely But ngs money to the partner- p. she has an Z of aid tor; where springs enduring ed lov, » France ts full of lovable girls with money."" » must ear Grippe Under Other Nament itherenteat en siane "VE LOOKED VER BETTER ), a The young relative of Rostand acquiesced—he liad been Iaiie realtor G Ee x ‘i ’ Uae E w € (ie WY OH LOVEY \ profession. Among the French bourgeols youths are : ca EVERY WHER END FoR ( , t ; _boure re prepared for matrle Li wish aoes old é ane ands on KIMI IM { SEND NEVER MIND! ‘ny instead of for work, as carefully as are girls in other lands! memory would tell as 1 wi Kk f FOR M1 THE POLIce i Physically they are not foothall players. | 'T! hese smart young fel- the gripne was wave Sour the a GETTING aw ae HERE HE 1S aN ws Still limit themselves to horseback riding and fencing. Horsobaok ais Amer stom 1 dor enEC TU, WORRIED ! HIDIN' FROM PAPA | ct ich howeve obligatory and daily from childhood up, produce a type of a as “A 4 qe Perna oa) 4 ‘ mlthy, Hvely and y satisfying to the ideal of the French Ry pean ee girl and mother, by whom she {s guided in technical ma i Subway State SAC eee dience ths ; Too Much for Her Chief. enlighten h bia y 1 % ton w a long time was greatty SUF k c i n motion preferred by a young Qaever Case of Deafness sn el y hk s ie ah lepartment who was a friend of his funtt fo the F rr weve Wor puna oY a plekp s an fternoon last winter she en red #reat man's offies with the agua My case x As y i 1D) OUEL to be | 1pp ni prtunately theghu of the deparunent was in anything But @ ont A A leeaa was too m sa ; re age f resi CON HIANU sy oe ‘*Mountain Nowriters speak of High” Waves, nly lh herely inéotgtas eight is seldom ea \t reached @ height ae * "MARYLAND GIRL. For Further Adventures of ‘(The Newlyweds, Their Baby,’’ See Suuday \Vorld Comio Section of 44 to 45 fest, but that