"Mr.Elliott had better give our young men a safer example than he does.

A little gay! A little drunk would be nearer the truth." "Oh dear! such a vulgar word! We don't use it in good society, you know.

It belongs to taverns and drinking-saloons--to coarse, common people.

You must say 'a little excited,' 'a little gay,' but not drunk.
That's dreadful!" "Drunk!" said the other, with emphasis, but speaking low and for the ear only of the lady with whom she was talking.

"We understand a great deal better the quality of a thing when we call it by its right name.
If a young man drinks wine or brandy until he becomes intoxicated, as Whitford has done to-night, and we say he is drunk instead of exhilarated or a little gay, we do something toward making his conduct odious.