The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
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CLEAN TOPICS IN THE HOME.
Impurity in Conversation Shout
Not He Tolerated

Impurity In Conversation Should
Not He Tolerated.
We read many articles upon cleanli-
ness. How to keep the kitchen clean,
| the dire consequences Of uncleanliness
In the dishwashins and many other
changes upon that virture that lies
next to godliness, but comparatively
little upon cleanliness Of the tongue.
In too many homes that member Is ac-
corded q liberty in filthiness when
would not be tolerated in any other de-
partment. The father comes home and
tells stories the Impure meaning OF
| which is obscured by ambiguity.
The children, those small pitchers
with great ears, wonder what father
meant and why mother laughed and
they are not slow to find out. They In
turn do as father does, and repeat
among themselves the vulgar joke, or
the openly vile language they hear IN
the home, and SO the eddying circle
spreads out and out into society.
wonder If anyone can measure the vast
influence upon society at large which
this habit OF iinpurity at home excrts.
| We cannot expect our children to be
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the natural order of things. If we by
our example set the moral standard Of
purity on low plane, how can we eX-
pect that our young people will have
high views of morality and honor?
wish that every young couple who
found a home might build there an
altar to purity. Begin right, dear
young people Let your conversation
be such that no one need blush to hear
1t. You will be surprised to learn how
quickly you will acquire the habit Of
leaving Objectionable words, phrases
and topics out of your conversation.
You will be surprised. too, to find how
quickly this sort of talk will offend you
In others.
The first years of married life, when
reverence and respect for each other Is
in the ascendant, is the best time to
form this habit Of pure speech. You
can hardly measure your influence In
that respect. l have in mind young
bride who. upon her marriage, went to
live with her husbands people. In her
own home she had never heard the evil
lest, the vile story rehearsed, but in her
new home tongues were not guarded.
She was young and too timid to re-
prove outright, but her silence alone
told its story, and in less than year
all had learned without open discus
sion that she and her husband did not
relish ilnpuf.ty, and such conversation
has been dropped in the family.
The man IN business has an oppor-
tunlty to throw his influence on the
side of purity. There are men who, to
judge from their conversation. are not
fit for Il pure woman to associate with.
Such men hare ever the story, the un-
clean reference or jest to repeat, but
the pure man has 1t in his power to re-
prove such. II not in words by the ST.
lenco, which Is eloquent. I know one
who las had his forgiveness asked by
unclean MEN for intruding yileness
upon him, aud yet he did not reproye
by SPOKEN word.
Let us have clean homes, dear
friends. If the fountain is sweet, the
waters will be sweet also, and not only
our own shall be benefited, but all
who shall come under their influence.
+. NJ. Howard in the Housekeeper.