The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-26
Fashionable Sins.

Among the fashionable and far from the least of
crimes pecadilloes which daily committed in
cieyand by those, too, who in other respects are al
most free from spot or blemish-is that OF taking, and
talking about other peoples affairs. In this dlsgracefu
and mischievous employment, some seem TO be more
earnestly engaged than in any other pursuit OF lfetha
of laying up treasure in another and better world not
excepted. Among these, do not mean to include those
wholesale dealers in scandal and malice whose breath
passes the face of society like sweeping tornado
prostratng everything which happens to be in lis pro-
gress; but mean those petty retailers who deal out mar
velous stories, conlecues, and surmses in small guam
es-like the pedars who, too poor TO pay rent Tor
shop travel about the town and bring their two penny
commodities to our own doors mean those people who
seem 10 have mint in their own imagination, where
they coin such small change best suits their pur
pose, and manufacture such tales they think may
cite little wonder in the hearer and enulle them to the
reprehensble indulgence they often wound, deeply
wound the characters and feelings OF those persons in
whose welfare they are SO busily engaged Reader !!
what would you say you told that from the single
circumstance of gentleman changing his place IN pr-
circle of friends, in order TO few moments
with lady, whom he then saw, perhaps for the first
lively engaged to marry her that every preparation Tor the
ceremony was making; that hundreds were anticipating
the delights Of wedding eve But you will say this is in
credible human being could be foolish, SO base
thus TO trfe with the feelings and happiness OF another
no could be inconsistent, and 50 indifferent to
truth and his own Iepua'on' as TO utter such iasehood
and mpIobabllly Stop moment II you please. agree
with you in part Perhaps, such an occurrence as the
above should happen individual person would be en-
titled 10 the h0f0r OF Deng lis sole auhOf III sucn
thing should hereafter take place, will tell you how II
might be brought about and it is not impossible but that
similar process may have already been carried Sup
pose shoald gentleman speak 10 a lady-ths Is
perfectly innocent, well as perfectly natural-and sup
pose tell my friend that saw MIR. A. speak to Miss
and suppose, with sort OF innuendo, add that Mr. A.
and Miss b. would make excellent match now thi.
is nothing very wicked ii ii is stopped here But my
friend thinks that cannot tell story half well as he
can therefore, in repeating, be embeshes the story
little TO make i, pleasing to himself and more
vellous 10 the listener My friend tells has friend thai
Mr. A. and Miss B. talk walk, and ride together very
frequently and, if he is not very much mistaken. tha
will ultimately be match. To make things go on bet
ter the aforementioned person dashes away Mrs Busy
body, and cries out great news" MIR. A. Is engaged
| to Miss b. ORe of Mrs Busybodys domestcs, hearing
this exclamation and thinking that secret is not worth
hearing unless may be told to about dozen OF he
particular friends. therefore tells dozen OF her fefow
crafts that Mr. A. going be married 10 Miss B. the
first Sabbath in next month Reader you will say this
is but Fancy's sketch" Be it SO; but have only
fancied what may to pass, il my sketch should
prevent what might otherwise have come TO pass, my
fancy will have been busy TO some good purpose and
shall be entitled al least 10 the thanks OF those whc
may be saved from the commission OF very fashionable