Social Honor. Every person
should cultivate a nice sense of hon
or. In a hundred different ways
this most fitting adjunct of tho truo
lady or gentleman is often tried.—
For instance, one is a guest in a fam
ily whore perhaps, tho domestic ma
chinery does not run smoothly.—
Thore is sorrow in the Louse unsus
pected by the outor world. Some
times it is a dissipated son whose
conduct is a :.hamo and griof to his
parents, sometimes a relatlvo whose
eecontricitioa and peculiarities aro a
cloud on the home. Or, worst of all,
husband and wife may not bo in ac
cord, and there may bo often bitter
words spoken, and harsh recrimina
tions. In any of thoso cases the
guest is blind and deaf, ho far as peo
ple without aro coucernod. If a
gentle word within can do any good
it may well be said, but to go forth
and reveal tho shadow of an unhap
py secret to any ono, oven your
dearest f riend, is an act of indelicacy
and meanness almost uuparalelled.
Once in the sacred precincts of any
home, admitted to its privacy, shar
ing its life, all that you see or hear
should become u sacred trust. It is
as really contemptible to gossip about
such things as it would be to steal
tho silver or borrow the books and
forgot to return them.
