The Feminine Tongue

The great peouiiarltv of the universal foniiniiie lomruo, says a wrlter in tlo New York QraiMe, ín an appnronteoaterapt fox paragraph and punoiuation and utter ignontiioe of thu artlule koowa as tbc final dush. There is not oven the 1 no "lo be Cont nue I" at tlie cío of tbe utteranceè, for the verv goud reason tlmt the stop 3 invariablv accidental, and, therofore, at the middle of a BüDlenco; and tho listoner is thus obilged to sweop asiile lus appreoiative cmot ons and roplace thera with a look of blank eonjecture wfaioh gives his countenanco the appearance of a Chinese puzzle that nobody can hopo to solve. Th is is embarrasa'og, and if the neomploted sentence is of considerable moment it leaves an arony of doubt that tan not be eas ly relieved. "And' i usml as a conneoUni; link botwuen the lust sentonceand tbe one to follow 1. It is getierally accompanied by :ii 1 Upliftotl hand 'j' wnv of w.-uniíioa.s ranch is to say: "Ho ld ooi It isu't youi' turn yi't. I havo pau-iod merely to calch mr brenth, I Btiall resume iu a moiDont, :ind wil! sav beltor tliins Iban I havo saiil vet. You just koop stil and you' 11 seo!" With the use of the "iind comes a long breath, a sudden release of the tonino (rom tho roof of the moiltli w th a lillle reninrk, a brief pause for renVction - and Ibero is a rosumption of business w th is viroroits animation as if tho tonguo hadn"t had MIV t )iinr Ut do for siinonths. Wiiile a man 81IVS one good tüiiig an honr and pauses to let h s companlon enjoy it and make the propoi responso to it, a wonian gays two in tho .same space of tune and rallies right along, loaving her listener in the d Bcomfort of having contemplated somethting worthy of the occasion and being utteiiv hamlicupd -d as to 1I10 place to put it in. Tho hushes to talk are not in other works, altogetlier nnworthy of cons.doi ation. A eonso ousne8ij of worth ness is due to tlie other party, that he may give nonio slight evldtmoo of his apprectat on; bat a wonian nevor sa's a rood tlüng exoept j by a' -e 'denl, and she doosn't know it is i good 11 11 til the tact is iraUul to I hor Ibrongh soniuaritlnnote il proeess, of tbe dota Is of which she s cqiia.ll signomnt Sire is a delightful fraud; hut she is as tickled w 1I1 Ihe sound of I her voice as is the other party, and tho matter of sense gunerall. aot's up to meet the aiieulu the moment her atholel o vocal niembrr beginü iis intolerable exore sos. This it is that is sa.l.