The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14

kindly disposed toward eacn olhei'
over suspicious and critical, so when
one of the neighbors passes by In a
carriage, they hiss through their teeth
and say: "Ah we could all keep car
rages if we never paid our debts!"
When two or three whisperers get
together they stir caldron of trouble,
which makes me think of the three
witches of Macbeth dancing around a
boiling caldron in dark cave:
Double, double, toll and trouble,
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of fenny snake al;
In the caldron boil and bake; ,.,
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind worms sting.
Lizards leg, and owlet's wing
For charm of powerful trouble,
Like hell both boil and bubble.
Double, double, toll and trouble,
Fire burn and caldron bubble,
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches mummy; nav and gulf
OF the ravind salt-sea shark;
Make the cruel thick and stark;
Add thereto a tigers chaudron
For the ingredients of our caldron.
Double, double, toll and trouble,
| Fire burn and caldron bubble
Cool it with baboon's blood;
Then the charm is firm and good.
l would only change Shakespeare in
this, that, where he puts the word
witch" l would put the word "whis-
perez" All, what a caldron! Did you
| ever get taste of it? l have more
respect for the poor waif of the street
that goes down under the gaslight,
with no home and no God-for she de-
l have for these hays of respectable
society who cover up their tiger claws
with a fine shawl, and bolt the hell
of their heart with a diamond breast
pin!
The work of masculine whisperers
is chiefly seen in the embarrassment
Of business. Now, l suppose, there
are hundreds of men here who at
some time have been in business
trouble. l will undertake to say that
in nine cases out of ten it was the
result of some whisperer's work The
whisperer uttered some suspicion in
regard to your credit. You sold your
horse and carriage because you had no
use for them, and the whisperer said;
sold his horse and carriage because
he had to sell them. The fact that
he sold his horse and carriage shows
he is going down in business"
One of your friends gets embarrassed
and you are little involved with him.
The whisperer says: 81 wonder If he
can stand under all this pressure?
think he is going down. think he
will have to give up" You borrow
money out of bank and a director
whispers outside about it, and after a
while the suspicion gets fairly started,
and it leaps from one whisperer's lips
to another whisperer's lips, until all
the people you owe want their money
and want it right away, and the BUSH
pack of wolves, and though you had
assets four times more than were nee
essary to meet your liabilities, crash!
went everything. Whisperers! Oh,
how much business men have suffered.
Are any of you given to this habit Of
whispering about others? Let me per-
suade you to desist. Mount Taurus
was a great place for eagles, and
cranes would fly along that way, and
they would cackle so loud that the
eagles would know of their coming,
and they would pounce upon them and
destroy them. 1t is said that the old
cranes found this out, and before they
started on their flight they would al
ways have a stone in their mouth so
they could not cackle, and then they
would fly in perfect safety. o! my
friends. be as wise as the old cranes
and avoid the folly of the young
cranes. Do not cackle.
II there are people here who are
whispered about, II there are people
here who are slandered, il there are
people here who are accused in any
circle Of life, let me say for your en-
couragement that these whispers soon
run out They may do little damage
for while, but after awhile their de-
traction becomes a eulogy and people
understand them just as well as
though some che chalked all over their
overcoat or their shawl these words:
Here goes a whisperer Room for the