The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-05

| AOU SuLu0 yOu " Do Wd1AlUX Will
that woman ~ asked my hostess a
soon as was seated. II saw you fror
the window, and could hardly beiiey
bmy eyes" said she. Don't you know
pthat she is not q real widow, bat
e58gorcee, and the scandal was in ali th
papers when she got her divorce?
never met her, but from all hear SD,
is no friend for you"
related my experiences to gentle
man Efend later in the day. Don
mind what the last-named woman
says" he replied. ''8Ae is the mo,
cruel-tongued person in.the world.
was IN Ter house once, andI vowed
would never go again, 80 she spohs SC
unkindly OF every one I kaew.r
This Is an absolutely trushful expert
ence which ! have related. and ID sad
commentary on the prevaiiing evil OF
the day. ..-,. -, -,
Not one of these people would have
dared say the words they said to me iH
presence OF the persons criticized. Nos
one of them accomplished any good by
their unkind words; not one Of them
would have been able to prove their &C
cusations if called to account! INK q
think the men are quite as much
given to gossip, perhaps, as women, but
they are more fearless In theifyIeethods.
have known, some most renBarkable
men goSsips Ia my day. .sas Ii tfs
A man came toaSaS lady onee in q
crowded room and warned her again st
meeting any advances from q woman
present. He told her his reasons and
showed her his proofs in black and
white. "She could and would only in
Jure you, he said land therefore avoid
her. ana willing to face her witArmy
own words il need be.p tl-a-5aaE ~
She took pains to investigate the
mans statements and proved them
true. This was as foreign to gossip as
the scarlet-fever sign hung over g door
Is different from a midnight attack by
highwayman. One waras, the other
assaults. $3.50. =
1t was once my laisfort tune to meet
and introduce to a friend woman WHO
proved TO be professional blackmailer
and mOnev-extorter. My confidence
and my friends pocketbook suffered in
consequence. l would not hesitate to
speak the evil / know of that woman,
if ! saw other friends in jeopardy; but
/ see no good or beneft resulting fronm
the criticism of our friends faults or
the unearthing Of Old errors or sins.
Let the dead past bury its dead. Moth,
ing belongs to US but the present. .E.
> The most wholesale gossip l ever
heard dealt out to suffering commu-
nitv was in the house of a clergyman,
and his wife was the dispenser. ~
could not but wonder whether by the
earnest labor of a lifetime he could
scatterI enough seeds of charity from
his pulpit to choke out the crop of
thistleS she was sowing from the hearth
stone. 1t seems to me it is always
easier TO speak good than evil.
If your friends faults annoy you,
tell him SO; but for heavens sake
keep silent about them in the presence
OF Other people. You will never re-
form him by calling the attention of
the world to his errors. -- ,,,4.-..
have made resolution which
would like to embody in an organized
society and call it the nti-Gossip
The resolution is this: Whoever
speakssill of another person to me must
meet that person in my presence within
a weeks time and repeat the words,
thus giving the accused an opportunity
to defend. explain, or reform his er-
ror.. I think few experiences of this
kind would deter people from coming
to us With unkind gossip. sal .ste
The receiver of stolen goods is held
to be equally guilty with the thief.
Therefore the person who listens with
out rebuke to scandal is equally guilty
Let every sensible man and woman
remember this, and refuse to listen to
evil of his neIghbor.
ELLA WHEELER Wilcox.