. Christian herald and signs of our times. vagantphrases that are so frequently used byyoung people, who are thoughtless anddo not place a proper estimate on the valueof their expressions. The good bishopsaid: Slang is one of the greatest dangersto which our tongue is subjected. Just ascoin is debased, so is a language. Thedialect story, with all its tenderness andpathos, is of doubtful value. There isnta woman who is not conscious of the dan-ger of giving vigor to expression by theaid of slang. I sometimes talk with youngmen, students at the most venerable col-leges in this country, and blush
. Christian herald and signs of our times. vagantphrases that are so frequently used byyoung people, who are thoughtless anddo not place a proper estimate on the valueof their expressions. The good bishopsaid: Slang is one of the greatest dangersto which our tongue is subjected. Just ascoin is debased, so is a language. Thedialect story, with all its tenderness andpathos, is of doubtful value. There isnta woman who is not conscious of the dan-ger of giving vigor to expression by theaid of slang. I sometimes talk with youngmen, students at the most venerable col-leges in this country, and blush to say thattheir language is often such that 1 cannotunderstand their conversation. And an-other trouble is that women often find thatsuch words on their own lips create alaugh among men. On the testimony ofyoung men themselves, you can wear nocharm greater than that of reserved, cul-tivated choice spe;ch. Use your eye, your careful study of the children in the neisborhood that noise at home is a good dbettter than sly wickedness AN INDIAN MISSION 1AMILY AT CROCKETT, TEX. : Papa, is your soul insured?Why do you ask, my son ? BecauseI heard Uncle Frank say that you hadyour house insured and your life insured,but he did not think you thought of yoursoul, and he was afraid you would lose you get it insured right away? Itwas true, and the tather was led to seekthe divine guarantee of his souls well-being. » • Clever Parsee Women. There is much that is n ible and worthyin the Parsees of India. The women speci-ally strike us, with their broad, thought-ful brows and firm mouths. You see themgoing about quite freely in their gracefuldress, and after a month spent among un-duly subordinated women it is refreshingto see husbands and wives walking to-gether, side bv side, or driving along thesea front with their children. There is aa quiet, strong bearing, and entire absenceof what strikes an observer so painfully ineven casual contact with non-ChristianHindu,
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