U.TTOFIAL:
( OF COURSE,there's no one on this post to whom
the following editorial.clipped from the "Camp Eustis,Va*
riew3-V/oekly",applies,but we reprint it anyhow* Perhaps
you on, a Anew a lad that it might have hit#)
” Behind the Times”
5 The trouble v/ith profanity is not so much that
j *: in wicked as that it is just plain dirty* It is
njt so much t;?at it shocks religious people as that
ic disgusts decent people# Swearers are behind the
tines,-they are a hold-uver from another century#
Nowadays,anybody who swears we put down at
once as being coarse and vulgar* The young man who wants
to succeed needs tc take advantage of everything that
may help him# And swearing will bring a hlack mark ag
ar ns t him in any job he may have* And if he wants to
associate with the right sort of girls,he must keep
hi s talk clean*- Nobody wants a swearer in the office
or in the shop,-around the company,in the train,or
ir the hotel* The only place where swearers used to
fit was in the saloon,and there being no more saloons,
sweating has no place at all to fit into# Swearing means
that you don't know hoc; to talk,-your vocabulary is
limited,-your repertoire of words is starved# It's a
sign of plain ignorance,-nothing else, Swearing means
weakness•You*11 notice that forceful men,whose speech
carries weight,use plain,simple,decent words* \7hen you
swear,you show that you simpiy don’t know how to ex
press your thoughts# As we said,-it!s just plain ignor
ance* If you can help a thing,-help it:- if not5keep
still,-anyhow,you don't need to swear about it* Swear
ing has bad kinfolk,-it goes with 1gnorance,bruta1ity,
cruelty,drunkenness,licentiousness,viciousness,and
anger#And you can tell your habits by the company you
keep#
Swearing that is a sudden,impulsive exclamation
is not so bad compared with the swearing that has be
come a vile habit. And when a man gets the habit of
sprinkling oaths through his speech constantly,he
doesnft belong in decent society,-he ought to be tied
out in the barn with the pigs. To abstain from swear
ing does notip-by any means,denote that you are a sissy.
It means simply that you are decent. To show that you
are manly,you don*t have to have a dirty £ace,nor
black finger-nails,nor greasy clothes,nor tousled
hair. You can be manly in spite of the fact that you*re
clean. 'And you donft show anj manliness by filthy talk,
ilven if you want to hurt somebody's feelings,-or insult
him in the worst way possible,-never mind cussing him
just use plain,^XPHrSSI7i3,English. You can hurt him a
v/hole lot more with it,if yon know the right words.
Altogether, -swearing is us ©less,unclean, and a
most offensive habit. Quit itJii 1 11.
( Camp Ytostis^a.-^News-tfeekly1*)