Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-21
PETTY GOSSIP.
Bah Wants to Help Crush Out This
Growing Evil.

ARE HEROES SCARCE NOVA
DAYS-ENGLISH GOVERNESSES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE
NURSERY-THE MODERN NURSE
AS A THOROUGH REFORNIER OF
CHILDREN-A SURE CURE FOR
GREEDY TOTS-FRENCH NURSES
UNPOPULAR-FANCY FOR REAL
LACE IS GROWING EVERY DAY
THE LITERATURE OF LACE-RE-
NOWNED WOMEN WHO WE'RE
SEPULCHRED IN COSTLY LACES
CARRYING OUR FADS INTO
THE GRAVE.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
The world, it is said, is growing more
and more cultured. But did you ever
happen to think how it is given over to
petty gossip? When we pick up the
diary of Mr.. Pepys we laugh, in a semi
pityiing way, at the minute descrip-
lions he gives of the daily life OF the
people among whom he went We for
get, however, that those were the days
when the newspapers were OF little
worth, letters were a long time in go
ing from place to place, few people
travelled, spade was very emphatically
called a spade, and art, with a capital
A, was not thought Of 1t is true that
in those days there were heroes, and
nowadays heroes are scarce. AS the
world grows larger it grew broader, and
men and women counted it an evidence
of ill-breeding to indulge in gossip
about little things. Probably human
nature did not change, but there was a
day of dignity when ladies did not chat
ter so much after the fashion of mon
keys. and men found them less good
comrades, but very much more celestial
beings, to whom great respect must be
shown.
Possibly the woman OF to-day is more
interesting, but
HOW SHE CAN TALK!
She has very little fear Of anything, or
anybody, and as gosSips and scolds are
no longer ducked, or put in the pillory
she can give vent to all her small dis
likes and in the most positive manner
OF course, there are many women who
find no pleasure, either in listening to
or indulginig in this small tattling;
but the clever gossip who is a bit vic
ious has her place to-day, and is feared
as much as she is laughed at. Same
times this type OF gossip wears mascu-
line clothes and claims to be man,
then he is that much more contempti-
BILE; for small sins, especially sins or
the tongue. have been at various times
conceded to women when they were
counted mean and low in man. The
best way to down a woman OF the VIC
ious gossip type is to listen to her with
a look of perfect Indifference upon your
face. This makes her furious. She
doesn't mind if, by speaking Of friend,
she makes you angry; she doesn't MIND
if. when she rattles the bones Of your
family skeleton, she hurts you; but she
does long to claim your attention and
force your interest. 1t requires some
courage to look at her indifferently, and
as if you were sizing her up; it may
make her hate you, but it will force her
to confess that you are beyond her and
her type since you do not care in the
least for their malicious talk.
A woman Of this kind seems to delight
in hurting young, defenseless girls. AT
a reception this winter, to the horror OF
everybody. Mrs. Hurtful said to the de-
butante: How and where is your moth
err" The girl almost tainted, but she
had good blood in her, and she had that
wonderful something called pluck.
which stood by her, so she held herself
ND as we'll as she could, and sald:
"Thank you. she's quite well; she's on
the Continent" The truth was that
three years before the mother OF tnis
girl had been the heroine in dreadlui
scandal. and it was a well known TACT
that she was living a horrible lie IN
paris Some one did have the courage
IN ask this woman why she said what
she did. And she answered: .Oh' Well
those people are always SO lar ABOVE
everything that's little human that l
thought I'd give them a hit II was
true they we're above mean acts, put
oftar all the world is not 50 bad, TOT
among the women who were present
when this happened, at least five took
Mrs. Hurtful's name oil their llsI' anu
her enemies were increased.
ENGLISH IDEAS IN OUR NURSER-
les.
Nowadays, except with very little
children. you no longer see the French
nurse. In her place with the children
of the rich, is the English nursery gov
or,ose She is ant TO be rather gaunt
looking. but she is certain to be wo-
man of gentle birth, gentle manners
and with sufficient education to answer
mill tbe children are ready to go I'M
der a regular governess. This autocrat
of the nursery brings with her, IN ad-
dition to a perfect English accent, pro
nonnced English ideas on the subject
of cbildren's parties sweet meals
baths clothes, waiting on one s sell,
lessons and spanking. In this last ART
Che is an adept. She teaches the chill
dren that they must eat and eat prop
erlv and they learn, very early in thelr
acquaintance with her, that she oDeys
King Solomon's order, and IS not
economical with the rod. She is abso-
E,te monarch In the nursery. or course,
Che really does no real mental work
hut he absolutely regulates the llyes
If the children, hears their simple les
eone and cultivates in them those man
ners which, for centuries, well behaved
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