One big man, with an air of proprietorship, kept his hands on the wrench that controlled the flow. Another stood by as second-in-command of the water. All around them, and along the course of the water to the sewer mouth, a crowd stood watching. A dirty little boy caught a scrap of paper skittering along the sidewalk, fashioned it into a crude boat, and launched it in the gutter. All eyes followed the craft with interest, seeming to wish it luck as it shot perilous rapids, as it snagged on a twig, spun free, shot into the swift, deep main flow, mounted a crest for a triumphant instant, and plunged into the sewer.
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As Kroner often said, eternal vigilance was the price of efficiency. And the machines tirelessly riffled through their decks again and again and again in search of foot draggers, free riders, and misfits.
Everybody did. The band, wearing summer tuxedos, struck up a medley of Meadows favorites. The music faded. The quarter-spheres opened a trifle at the top, freeing a beam of light that shot through cigarette smoke to the deep-blue heavens. The music stopped, machinery underground grumbled, and the quarter-spheres sank into the earth, revealing:
Now, Paul stood by himself on a dark walk, bewildered by the picture of, as Kroner put it, the men at the head of the procession of civilization, the openers of doors to undreamed-of new worlds. This silly playlet seemed to satisfy them completely as a picture of what they were doing, why they were doing it, and who was against them, and why some people were against them. It was a beautifully simple picture these procession leaders had. It was as though a navigator, in order to free his mind of worries, had erased all the reefs from his maps.
Kroner looked lovingly at Paul, caught him as he bounded past, and carried him in a bearlike embrace toward Anita. Paul squirmed free in the nick of time, and off he went again, leaving Kroner in tears, urging Anita to follow him into the out-of-doors.
If the conversation is general, speak loudly enough tobe heard by those around you, but, at the same time,avoid raising your voice too much. If the company isvery large, and you converse only with the person immediatelybeside you, speak in a distinct, but low tone, thatyou may not interrupt other couples, but carefully avoidwhispering or a confidential air. Both are in excessivelybad taste. To laugh in a suppressed way, has the appearanceof laughing at those around you, and a loud,boisterous laugh is always unlady-like. Converse cheerfully,laugh quietly, but freely, if you will, and whileyou confine your attention entirely to your neighbor,still avoid any air of secrecy or mystery.
Letters of Advice should not be written unsolicited.They will, in all probability, even when requested, beunpalatable, and should never be sent unless they canreally be of service. Write them with frankness andsincerity. To write after an act has been committed,and is irrevocable, is folly, and it is also unkind. Youmay inform your friend that, "had you been consulted, adifferent course from the one taken would have been recommended,"and you may really believe this, yet it willprobably be false. Seeing the unfavorable result of the[128]wrong course will enable you fully to appreciate the wisdomof the right one, but, had you been consulted whenthe matter was doubtful, you would probably have beenas much puzzled as your friend to judge the proper modeof action. You should word a letter of advice delicately,stating your opinion frankly and freely, but giving it asan opinion, not as a positive law. If the advice is nottaken, do not feel offended, as others, more experiencedthan yourself upon the point in question, may have alsobeen consulted. Let no selfish motive govern such aletter. Think only of the good or evil to result to yourfriend, and while you may write warmly and earnestly,let the motive be a really disinterested one.
It is, in general, a wise rule, and one which will tendmuch to insure your comfort through life, to avoid disclosuresto others of family affairs. I do not mean torecommend reserve, or art; to friends and relations, toogreat frankness can hardly be practised; but, with acquaintance,the less our own circumstances are discussed,the happier, and the more dignified will our commercewith them continue. On the same principle, let the concernsof others be touched upon with delicacy, or, if possible,passed over in silence; more especially thosedetails which relate to strictly personal or family affairs.Public deeds are, of course, public property. But personalaffairs are private; and there is a want of truegood breeding, a want of consideration and deference, in[184]speaking freely of them, even if your friend is unconsciousof the liberty taken.
The riding-dress, or habit, is best made to fit the figuretightly, with tight sleeves. It may be open in the front,over a neatly fitting chemisette, or buttoned close to thethroat, with a neat linen collar and cuffs. The loosesacque is ungraceful, but a basque is most becoming onhorseback. Gauntlet gloves, of leather, are the mostsuitable, and must be loose enough to give your handperfect freedom, yet not so loose as to interfere with itsmotions. Do not wear the skirt too long; it will bedangerous in case of accident, and it may prove annoyingto your horse. Your habit must be made of a materialsufficiently heavy to hang gracefully, and not movetoo much with the wind. For a winter habit, a warmly-linedbasque, trimmed at the throat and hands with fur,is an elegant and appropriate dress, and a round cap ofthe same cloth as the habit, with a band, and pieces to[194]cover the ears, of fur to match the dress trimmings,makes a handsome and appropriate dress.
To return to the position. Stand a little to the rightof your partner, that, in clasping your waist, he maydraw you upon his arm to his shoulder, not his breast;the last position is awkward. By observing the first,you have your head free; turn it a little towards the leftshoulder; need I say, never lay it upon your partner'sshoulder? Throw the head and shoulders a little back,not too much to be consistent with easy grace, place onehand upon your partner's shoulder, and the other in hisdisengaged hand. So, you are ready to start.
The German ladies have constantly on hand a pieceof netting or other fancy work, which they carry fromplace to place, and take out when conversing; and sofar from entirely engrossing their thoughts, they chatmore readily and freely with their fingers thus employed.
"Servants' sympathies are with their equals. Theyfeel for a poor servant run off his legs, and moped todeath; they have no feeling for a pains-taking mistress,economical both from principle and scanty means; theywould (most of them) see her property wasted, and herconfidence abused without compunction. It is the lasteffort of a virtue in a servant if, without any privatereason, he should discharge his duty by informing youof the injury which you are enduring at the hands of hisfellow servant. It is an effort of virtue, for it will bringdown many a bitter taunt and hard word upon his faithfulhead. 'I never got a servant out of a place by tellingtales on him,' will be said to him. Directly a servantdeparts, we all know, tongues, tied before, are[234]loosed, to gain our favor by apparent candor. When itcan avail us nothing, we are told. We all know this, andhave said, 'Be silent now, you should have mentionedthis at the time.' Supposing, then, you have the raraavis, the servant that 'speaks at the time,' be chary ofhim, or let me say her, (the best servants are women.)Oh! as you value her, let her not suppose you cannotpart with her. Treat her with confidence, but with strictimpartiality; reprove when necessary, mildly, but decidedly;lest she should presume (power is so tempting),and compel you, if you would retain your freedom, to lether go.
"It is always desirable to have, if possible, servants ofone faith. But if it so happens that you have a RomanCatholic servant and a Protestant in your service, youare bound to allow each the free exercise of her religion,and you ought not to respect them if, out of interest,they will conform to yours. An exercise of authorityon this point amounts, in my opinion, to an act of tyranny,and it can only tend to promote insincerity, and,perhaps, engender scepticism in its object. Nothing is,indeed, so dangerous as to unsettle the faith of the lowerclasses, who have neither time nor opportunity of fairlyconsidering subjects of religious controversy.
"I do not blame the parents who instil into theirchildren of both sexes a desire to be married. I thinkthose who teach the young a different lesson deceivethem. Marriage, with all its chances, its infelicities, itssacrifices, is seldom so infelicitous, so uncertain, so fullof sacrifice, as the single state. Life must have someobjects, and those objects must be progressive. The[247]mind is happier and healthier with such interests, evenif sorrow comes along with them, than in its solitude, itsdesolate freedom from care, when having, as the phraseis, no troubles of the conjugal sort to disturb its tranquillity.I therefore do not censure those who desire tosee their daughters happily and suitably established inlife. It is the indiscreet and vulgar haste, the indelicacy,the low mercenary views, and the equally low ambitionto compass a splendid match, which is blameable and revoltingin the parental conduct.
"In the formation of those habits which are necessaryfor the preservation of health, another circumstance,which, from its importance to health, cannot be deemedtrifling should be mentioned. It is a general practicethat beds should be made as soon as the occupants have[273]left their rooms, and before the air has been freely admittedto play upon the recent depositary of the humanframe; but this should be avoided. The bed-linen andblankets should be taken off, and the windows opened, sothat, for an hour or more, a thorough ventilation shouldbe procured. 2ff7e9595c
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