THE National Association for the Suppression of Bad Language is setting out on a great crusade. With Lord Wolseley as its president, and a host of bishops, artists, soldiers, and magistrates on its list of vice-presidents, the association has commenced operations vigorously in London, and has issued in large numbers a card for hanging on the wall, bearing the legend in large type, “Bad language forbidden.” Many of these cards have already been hung up in factories, workshops, social clubs, and servants’ halls.
Dr. Greville Walpole, the secretary of the association, has received letters from footmen in Belgravia complaining of the disgusting language used in the mews, and have received in return copies of a pledge, by which the persons signing it undertake not only to set a good example by abstaining from swearing, but also to discourage it in others. Over a thousand persons, principally workmen, have taken this pledge, and Dr Walpole has received from the King a letter expressing his sympathy with the efforts of the association.