"Woman should be Man's Intellectual Helpmeet. Now and then a Man
may have a Passing Fancy for a Lizzie who talks Piffle and gets an
Attack of the Giggles every few Seconds, but when it comes to the
grand Hook-Up he wants one who is there with the Gray Matter--one who
can play up to his loftiest Ambitions and supply his Home with that
Atmosphere of Culture which is the true Ozone of Married Life."
So she put it down that it was her Cue to chop out the Twaddle and be
a sort of Lady Emerson. Incidentally she resolved to cut out all kinds
of Slang, for she got a very straight Line of Talk from an Amateur
Philosopher who was in the Wholesale Grocery Business.
"If there's anything that gives me a quick, shooting Pain it is to
hear some delicate Nectarine dealing out Slang," said Mr. Gentleman
Friend. "Now in England, where I spent Two Weeks once, the Ladies
never use Slang. They simply say that a Thing is either Perfectly
Charming or Most Extraordinary and let it go at that. They may be
Short on Vocabulary, but they are Long on Respectability. Besides, I
was reading in a Magazine the other Day that Slang is Vulgar and that
no one should take up with a Slang Word until Long Usage has given it
the right to break into the Lexicon."
[Illustration: _Rules of Conduct._]
Also this Girl with the Absorbent Mind would clip out Hints to the
Young, and Confidential Charts warning the Just-Outs against taking
Presents from Strangers and putting them next to Rules of Conduct
that would be sure to please and fascinate Proper Young Men.
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