Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-27

not the courage 10 say No"
Furthermore, We make ourselves
disgusting spectacle when we becom
busybodles. What diabOlical enter
prise those undertake who are eve
looking for the moral lapse or down
fall OF others AS the human race
most imperfect race. all such hunter
find plenty of game. There have beel
sewing societies In churches whicl
tore to pieces more regulations thai
they made garments for the poor. Witl
their sarcusms and sly hints and de
probation OF motives they puncture'
more good names than they had nee
dies. With their scissors they GU
character bias and back stitched ever.
evil report they got bold Of. Meeting
Of boards of directors have sometimes
ruined good business men by inslnua
tions against them. The bnd worl
may not have been done so much by
words. for they would be libelous. bu
by twinkle OF the eye or shrug o.
the shoulder or n sarcastic accentua
ton Of word. "Yes. he Is all righ
when he is sober" "llave you inquir
ed into that mans historyY DO yoI
know what business he was in before
he entered thiS?" Il move that thu
application be laid on the table unit
some Investigations now going on are
consummated." II Is easy enough tC
start suspicion that will never down
but what despicable man is the one
who started 1t.
Slain ny Interrogation Points.
There is not an honest man in Wash
ington or New York or any other city
who cannot be damaged by such IN
fernalsm. In Il village where ! once
lived a steamboat every day came tC
the wharf. An enemy of the steam
boat company asked one day. 81 won
der If that steamboat Is safer Ihe
man who heard the question soon said
to his npigllbOr. '"rhere Is some sus-
picion about the safety Of that steam
boat" And the next one who got hOlu
of II said. There is an impression
abroad that there will soon he an acci-
dent on that steamer" Soon all that
community began to say. That steam
er Is very unsafe" And as a conse-
Quence we all took the stage rather
than risk our lives on the rive ~
steamer was entirely sOun%i 100
but one Interrogation in o."
started suspicion the regaru ~ ne,
tho stea,nbont CONT went on until
procIse,v co no,pany was ruined.
1aoI Sn,ornniso, ole regulations and
-. soor ara and useful styles Of
e,,. 60, slain by Interrogation
~ ian,h.o,,, ju imagine any creature
sI",s ~ M as the one who feels
IN ,,, ,~.,.. erself called to question
all ability. all honesty. all
rion. pu@@"'u u' '0oA'"" 'O
While :
believe enough in human
-. H. TO he orthodox. | tell you |
orc dot most of people whom ! know
On vlg the best they can. FaultsI
bavees: all people except you and
g +, faults. But they are sorry about
-, epentant on accountof II end are
ling TO 10 better About all the MIR
I'd people know Of are married to
~ one person best suited. Nearly all /
le parents with whom am acqualnt-
d are doing the best they can for their
hildren. All the clerks in stores. so |
ar as know. are honest. and all per- ]
ons in official position. city. state or
atlon. are fulfilling their mission as
veil as they can. The most Of those
Who have failed in business. so far as
know. have failed honestly. The
ingers are singing their best songs
he sculptors chlsellng their best stat
les, the painters penciling their best
,ictures, the ministers preaching their
est sermons Take any audience that
ssembles in any church. and If there
re 500 people assembled think at
east 450 are doing the best they can
nd if there be 5000 assembled nj least
800 are doing the best they can.
Hunting For Vultures.
All people make mistakes - say
hings that afterwaN they are sorry
or and miss opportunity Of uttering
he right word and doing the right
hing. But when they say their pray
RS at night these defects are sure to
10 mentioned somewhere between the
lame of the Lord. for whose mercy they
Head. and the amen that closes the
THAT has not been my
says some one. Well, !
I'M sorry for you. my brother. my sis
er. What an awful crowd you must
lave got into. Or. as is more proba-
de. YOU are one Of the characters that
nv text sketches. You have not been
lunting for partridges and quail. but
'or vultures. You have been micro
,copizing the worlds faults. You have
leen down in the marshes when you
ought to have been OIL the uplands.
nave caught you at last You are "a
1usybody in other mems matters.
How is it that you can always find
.wo opinions about any one and those
.wo opinions exactly OppOSiteF ! Will
ell you the reason 1t Is because there
ire two sides to every characteristic
best side and the worst side. \ well
lispospd man chiefly seeks the best
side. The badly disposed seeks chief
" the worst side BE ours the desire
10 see the best side. for 1t Is healthier
for us so to do and stirs admiration
which Is an elevated state. while the
desire to find the worst side keeps one
In a spirit Of disquetude and disgust
and mean suspicion. and that Is pull
ing down Of our own nature. distig-
urement or our own character. am
afraid the imperfectlons OF others Will
XII, rs vet
The habit I deplore Is apt to show
Itself in the visage. A kindly man
who wishes everybody well soon DEM
onstrates his disposition in his looks.
His features may fracture all the laws
of handsome physiognOmy, but God