Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1888 — Lack of Courtesy. [ARTICLE]

Lack of Courtesy.

Trifling discourtesies of speech and manner constantly indulged in do more to destroy the peace of a household than an occasional war of words which lasts for a brief period and is then at an end. Chief among the causes to create a murky home atmosphere is the habit of “nagging” one another. Husbands and wives give expression to every petty feeling of irritation, and bandy words back and forth till some molehill assumes the proportions of a mountain. A tendency to nag goes unchecked among the children, and almost before the parents are aware there is a chronic condition of unpleasantness in the home. Young married people, especially, need to learn control in this direction. Another disagreeable trait to be garded against is the habit, peculiar to some people, of always being on the opposite side of a question. Call attention to the good points of a book, a person, a public movement, a work of art, or what not, and this individual is ever ready to interpose, “Yes—buL” Conversation in such a home gives one the chills.—Congregationalist.