CORRESPONDENCE

Southland Times, Issue 18973, 21 June 1923, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE

Letters must be written In Ink anfl on <»• side of the paper. Unless a signature, not necessarily for publication, accompanies • letter as a guarantee of good faith it will not be considered. An asterisk »..,iached to the signature to a published letter denotea that some portion has been deleted by the Editor, a right which Is rzercised in questions of public policy, libel, good taste and fair play. OBSCENE WRITING ON WALLS. To the Editor. Sir, —It seems as if a mystery hangs over this peculiar weakness in unregenerate man. I have not at any time seen a person in the act of writing the result of his filthy mind. At the same time it is almost a certainty that w’here there is a smooth wall, and paint that makes the pencil clear there is evidence of the filthy practice. Certainly it is usually in some place where the writer is not likely to be disturbed, but he seems to be anxious that what he has written will be read because although hiding his tracks he leaves his mark. The Railway Department has shown what can be done if there is a will to stop this practice by sanding the wet paint of all the station conveniences—but where the waiting rooms are not much used, and these are not sanded the culprit seizes the opportunity to distribute his mental poison. I often wonder whether those who are of this mind ever regret the evil influence they have exerted when perhaps they have come to understand God, and take stock of their lives. I would suggest to all those interested in the moral welfare of our people to consider this matter and clean up the mess enemies have made. Then when painting is to be done adopt the method of the railway department and have sand sprinkled on wet paint. I am, etc., EDUCATION.