The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-16
FALSE KIHDNEss.


From he Philadelphia Ledger.
Now said u Shrcwd man OF busl-
ness, who had Just consented 10 receive
a new employe, now tell me what ais
hlmT The person who was the sub.
JeCt OF the conversation was not present;
and the friend who had negotiated for
him looked disconnected q. the ques-
ton. But the other persisted. Come,
have engaged TO employ your protege
but l must know Whist ais him.
Something lB wrong with every body.
What alls hing After some hesitation
the recommended admitted fanlt in
the peraon-And q iRult, too, which
might have led 10 his rejection with
most people. Very we'll, said the EN-.
ployer, shall ] try him, aB said, Now
l know what's the matter with him,
and how to take him. You may only
say 70 him that twice Is the limit to
which shall let him transgress.'
Something does 'alr almost every
body; and the safe and proper way 10 10
be honest In stating Il, And often,
with this knowledge, we can safely
deal even with q faulty person, because
We know how 10 take him. Unreseryed
recommendation are uncandId and
dangerous. Yet nothing IL more com.
mon than letters Of Introduction, given
upon importantly, and sometimes even
Of Single. request, which open 10 the
bearers privileges which the writer's OF
the letters .wonld themselves never
think Of givlngto them.
A portion Of the evil Is Rverted, by
the tAct thatthe general run OF letters
OF introduction have no more weight
with people Of experience than the
words Your obedlent Beryant,' ut the
end Of o letter. Yet, this 10 q pity.
Words should mean what they purport
10 convey. for. everybody IL not In the
secret that words mean nothing. Con-
Bequently the best hearted and most
kindly people are grlevouSly imposed
upon. We shall come 10 Chinese POI
Likeness at last. In the Celestial Empire,
1t u pollteness on your part 10 entredt
. friend TO come and spend a month
With you. But II IL gross ill.breedlng
on bis side TO take even an invitation
TO dinner in earnest.
Endorsements for applications for
ofice are among common false tokens.
In this way many poor official IL
created, and the public II Wretchedly
served, from the facility with which In.
compelents can procure credentials.
But perhaps the nuisance Of bad do
mestlcs Is the worst result OF false kind
ness. A person ls dismissed for inca.
pacity, or discharged because intolera.
BILE, but Is at the same time furnish
ed with O Character or reference
This opens q new field for the
incorrlglble and iutolerable to perpetu.
ate their diBagreeable practices, or to
annoy their employers with actual Vi
cloueness, In q recent number ofAn
English paper which lies before us,
correspondent complains that chiid-
nurse communicated an Infectious dis.
ease TO q family Of eight children. She
came upon the recommendation Of her
former mistress, who charitably wish.
ed to secure for her good food and
change Of air. which the poor thing
could not find In the home 10 which her
discharge sent her. 30 instead OF keep-
ing her In her own house, or giving her
the means to take suitable board, her
mistress generously furnished her with
Character to obtain o new place Of
service, n
Dishonest or Incorporate persons are
often foisted upon new Victims by the
tacit consent II not open assistance Of
their former employers. Il Is hard to
pursue an offender for one fault, or for
even one bad habit which 10 OF possible
amendment. But truth Is truth, and
we can all do much better by q friend,
or an employee, il we know what ails
him, Candor IL always best In the long
run. And there. can be no true kind
ness In falsehood, written, spoken or
acted. The suppression OF the truth Ii
often equivalent TO the utterance Of