A NEW DANGER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 646, 25 October 1909, Page 4

A NEW DANGER.

:', For,sit. girl .to. say that., sheis ''just crazy" . '6ver : hcr new<Ko.wnj that acertaitt roan is "per-- ' .feebly -Hiat.-sh'e •jbever'a'aw. a : woman: '■ "so:'-.:perfectiy r. adorable", - :ithai she"-."almost; died" over a funnystory; that sho talked un- '. til sho. "was'.black in '•.the face"," that a play was "positively'■frightful/' or'ihat ;she ;was' in: "perfect agony, over it" j all, this ■ may : 'seom the harmless exaggeration 'of girlhood '..'speech. : Wo, nut' those common u«es-of the superlativo and abuse of the 'adjective down as matters: of ;minor, importance; ,;1 . But'; (says the "Ladies' ' : Eome>''J6'drnal'')'?phj'sician9'':are^ ; discovering 'that this'exceis'.in speech: has .a decided effect. 'upon: the'ti*rvotia of..our- girls,• that •' in exaggeration in'words '.causes a tension, and ■■.'a result in an' nb- '.' normal. 1 nervous: state.' .. In other' words, .'.wo overlook 1 , the I 'faot that' Nature "makes-? us pay '.fdr a {transgression of' the vocabulary 'as w.ofl . as-for a transgression, of .action. We; cannot be .excessive 'ih ( l'ahy;: ; fofra;;bnt that punishment ,'.follows^n'itsSfaKc,'''''.^''':-;•'>" :W ■:■■-''{■: ■'.' ■ If.a young man'wishes.to'enter.the Method-' 1 ist ministry, in Canada he must 1 ,be.willing to forego the use of'tobacco!': This legislation has occasionally, been regarded by some brethren, the "Christian. Guardian".'of: Toronto points out,: ai'very. advanced, and as not allowing" suf-. ficient.individual:liberty(',;Such;will find scant comfortin the recent action'of the Presbyterian . i General Assembly,-?.which, only just, recently, :at'Denverii:passed la'-resolution. declaring that /neither; .ministers , nor laymen; should use.' tobacco. The temperance committee.had 'reeo'm- . 'mehded".the.passage.''of;a ; plauso declaring.that .ministers shouldjnot use.tobacco, but the as(sembly(amended'iti;to, include laymen;also. .v.. : '. x 'EevV j;;H.' ! Jo'wett'is'the'subject of a warmly- '" appreciative 1 article t iff « the New, York ' "Ob-. ■ 'iseYver" by"Drl'-G. Hi. Morton, • .The writer, ; Jon'visiting to linquiro which 1 'amongHhe occupants of> the.platform was Mr. Jbwett,"andV'was". surprised to loarn that the' ; . ordinary prosperous-looking merchant in: the pepper-and-salt business suit, with a turn-down coflar-'and four-in-hand .tie, was the.-world-famed p7eache'i;' : of .Birmingham." Mr. Morton ' adds.:"'*Ho..baJa v ;a mobile face, an expressive a''reiponsivo ; body, :. and a voice' that ■ •"cndrnj'g'ono.'ftonv'tlijS very start, like the tones ;' "cl-.'a rich-'brgan.^,'But what is most important,. ;he carriesabout with -him the sense of God. 'He creates, the'atmosphere of worship. ... . There is nothing ahipslied or careless about, .him'from' his'olotheeand'Carriaje to his con- . character." '.'-..'' • ■■■ ''Are", you going to settle anything on your daughter?'.-'.:asked tho young-man with ''tfas Viftigaraita*.and 'languid 'air. "Well, it ; , rather lookij if eho marries yon, that iho is '. going to"'settlo: something on me," re- ' pli«a the parent.'.,'•.