through a simple little air of Theodore Lack’s or a
song by Nevin. The result is marvelous. All are
eager to find out what it was that so pleased them.
Unconsciously they were attracted, and, prejudiced
as they were against it, they appreciated the better
sort. It is not, therefore, that our tastes are music
ally corrupt but that we are willing'to tolerate any
imposition without the slightest attempt at criti
cism or judgment.
Although the January number of the College Student arrived
late, it nevertheless contains some good material. In the “Win
ning of the West” the writer reviews the history of our own
western acquisition. “Cheap Literature” is also good and timely.
February brings us a new exchange, the Columbia Monthly,
the first edition. It is published by the students of Columbia
University.' Besides containing good literature it is profuse with
illustrations. One of its articles, “The Simpson’s Creek Tragedy,”
is especially good.
It is wiser to speak one’s own language correctly,
than several others badly as so many smart people
do. —The Idealist.
To be able to converse properly is one of the first requisites of
the cultured man or woman. As time advances the qualification
becomes higher and higher. In an article, under the title of “The
Art of Conversation,” the Gettysburg Mercury gives some inter
esting reading matter from which we extract a paragraph:
Among the educated conversation certainly flows
with greater ease than among those who have had
fewer advantages. It is a fact that, no matter where
one lives, who has been well educated, the world’s
interests are his interests, and, as a result, he is
acquainted with those interests. He is more at ease,
broader-minded than his less fortunate brother,
.since he has studied about the great deeds of men