The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-27
SAYING HATEFUL THINGS.
BY A. u. HARRIS.

Men uon 4 no II. ~ least the men
know. do not
What Is it. Aunt Kitty, that men don't
dog"
"They don't say hateful things: A man
may call another one a scoundrel. in
good. out-and-Out. unmi>takable words
or order him out of the house; but men
do not say those little spiteful things
that women are guilty OF towards one an
other
Not az women. let us hope. Aunt
Kitty Not the majority Of them. surely.
Not educated. not Christian women, am
certain"
TOO many too many" rejoined the
iraie spinsicr. proceeding To tell her eN-
pericnce after this fashion,
Why. | know three houses on this very
street which some of the neighbors dread
10 20 into. because they are liable 10 hear
some petty SUR. some Hing. such a YOU
cannot meet in any WAY bur IN silence.
Amd some ladies' in good society. some
cultivated ladies. are guilty Of this very
thing.
This afternoon was in Mr.. Hyie's:
and Anna was making over an old dress.
She cannot have many new things since
her fathers failure: but she has taste and
economy. and faculty." and she will
take an old suit OF her own or her moth
er's. turn il upside-down or wrong--ide
ont. or have il dyed: buy bit OF silk or
something else. and remake and trim il;
and when she we=lrs *. she looks a well
as anybody: and she has mind that j.
superior - little worries over what she
cannot help. She was in the midst OF her
work. when who should call but Miss Tut
tie. who j. worth a half million for aught
know. but who never looks well. and she
knows it. She east her eyes around; and
then. : l. il one OF the new 'diagonals
you are making upy" said she. She
might a well have asked il il was new
'scamel's iIair = for she knew Anna Hyde /
could not spend - much as five dollars !
for dress this winter.
~Oh. no, Ny old empress cloth dyed I
over" waS the answer.
OH said Mis- Tuttle--and that Oh /. /
was a most msoleni One-.-tho>c were very I
pretty rhen they trsrc ,c0ra.r
Anna received il in silence. but after a 4
moment said. - II l. not pleasant 10 b. 4
obliged 10 economic 30: bur there i no 4
help for it,
II am sure" said Mis- futile. ..you
have more elegant clothes than /. Where
you contrive to get them don't know
What do you think Of that for pure
malice and envyt Ii takes a roman to say
such things. Miss futile j. in the highest
society. thinks herself lady. and calls her
self Christian, But she said il. heard
hear. IL does not sound well To repeat,
and il would not look well on paper
| can tel ron another experience which
| have up SD this time kept to myself. Ii
happened last summer when we were up
ia the country boarding with Miss Gin,ler.
One day she told u that n lady. an old
schoOl-mafe. was coming on a brief visit.
The house Wa full. and she was under the |
necessity of making some change in the
sleeping arrangements. She gave up her
own room and otherwise ''put herself
out. as housekeepers say. for the comfort
Of the expected guest.
When the latter arrived. some of u no
tioed that she expressed no pleasure AZ the i
appearance of the house or grounds. or
anything else. And il struck me that find
ing her old acquaintance better situated
than herself, or than she mad expected. her /
envy was reused and she was determined /
not TO praise anything or even approve.
Certainly no other construction could be \
put on her manners or conversation that \
evening. She seemed anything but friend |
the most ungracious Of guests; and vet |
she too was lady, scholar. anda Chris /
tian.
The next morning a Mrs. Burt-that /
was her name-seafed herself at the break
fasi-table, our hostess asked if she had
slept we'll
= can't say that I did particularly |
well !" with spiteful emphasis on the second
syllable.
OF course the mistress OF the house was
covered with confusion: and she began to |
explain about the mattresse, having be-
come matted and uneven.
sleep on hair mattress at home"
said Mrs. Burt sententiously; and that set |
ted the matter. But the en0rmity Of her |
rudenes> became more apparent TO us
when. afterwards. ii came out In her. |
versation with one OF the lady boar,lcrs |
that she WAS never good sleeper.
This was only the beginning Of things. |
She seemed to have special small spite to-
warts her hostess on account Of her being /
happy and well situated. To the rest OF
US che was gracious and lady-like. agreca- \
BILE in her ways and words: bur towards /
Miss Girier IN a constant state of antagon- /
ism. which broke out in the most unciyil |
things that ever were said. III that lady |
liked person who happened To be named. |
the other did not she found some fault |
with Miss Girtler's friends. and approved |
Of nothing proposed by her. Little word. |
Of disparagenent. small sluA. harsh iudg- |
ment- fault-finding, seeing a flaw in every !
thing, characterized her remarks.
On the second morning no one asked
her had she slept. She might have sat in |
her chair all night. for aught any Of us
knew or cared. But the breakfast was not
allowed to pass without something I'M
pleasant being said. We had excellent
csfee-so specially excellent that almost
every one spoke Of IL, because they could
not help if--and IL does the heart Of hest
ess good 70 be- assured that her guests ap-
prrciate her feod-light. good rolls, baked
potatoes. slices Of cold ham. and boiled