Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-10-08
THE sgsErrINc SIN OF WOMAN

Many besetting sins has woman,
but the greatest of all is her ire
sistable desire to ask questions !.
Curiosity does not figure in the
penal codes, but if a few of its
otfenses were made punishable
with fines or-say enforced retire
ment from society-it might soon
serve good purpose.
To ask too many questions even
of your dearest friends is i'll bred
and aggravating, and the number
of aggravating questions that even
your dearest friends can think up
sometimes is almost beyond belief.
There are usually circumstances
even in the life of the most forum
ate about which a tender spot fes-
ters in both mind and heart; and
yet the inquisitive friend can't
seem able to keep from treading
on the spot.
There are even family affairs
where GOODNESS exists between near
relatives; and to a sensitive nature
nothing is so painful as to have to
hear any allusion to the subject;
yet the tactless, question asking
friend is always the one to probe
the secret to the bottom aud let in
the worlds side lights on every
phase of the dispute.
1t is usually on forbidden sub
jects that thequestion asked touch
es. Old sweethearts part, some
times each with an arhing heart,
that tried unsuccessfully to forget,
when along comes the dearest
friend, asking $4,000 questions
ever one of which cuts into the
flesh like surgeons knife.
If you ever resent such an i'm
pertinence all sorts of excuses ar,
made, and the questioner insists
that no harm was meant. Ant
very probably it was not, but tn,
probing hurt, all the same.
People who know and like anC
trust you are very apt to tell yol
all that they want you to know
They will even go into minute de
tails if they want either your sym
pathy or your advice, and if the,
do not need or want either, bu
merely desire to entertain you the
will tell you as a matter of interest
| If disagreeable shadow tina
| lurked over life has been dis
PEELED, they will tell it that 70
may share the happiness of
brighter day. If a love affair ha
terminated joyously they will th
more quickly tell it, that your cor
gratulations may add to the glor
of the hour.
If anxieties or impending disas
tiers hover, the friend who trul
trusts you will want and seek you
sympathy, and will find perhar
the only comfort in trusting
your confidence.
A good listener is an added glor
to good woman. Many a woma
: has held hearts because she ha
sense enough to listen, and not il
terrupt with senseless question
or expressions of sympathy.
The friend who forgets you fo
thirteen years, and then takes u
an interrupted friendship wit
old time zest, is perhaps not Ell
titled to much of a show on tn
, line to Friendships Hall of Fame
but at least she should be fire.
from your questioning spirit. Sh
had right to go away, as muc
as it your privilege to replace tn
degree or future intimacy. S
honors are even.
There may be lot of comfol
and entertainment to be had OF
of that same friendship still.
will be worth nothing at all if it
subjected to a detective like fire {
questions. The less we know aboU
many of our friends, anyway, tn
, happier we may be. 1t is ofte
, very foolish to know too much.
Take your friend as he or she is
and forgive the rest. Many
friendship has been ruined b
finding out too much. Especial
J is this true of women's friendships
In no class do unwelcome an
prying questions prevail as il
society, where there is too littl
reticence about private affairs, an,
too many hysterical outbursts @
confidence that the next morning.
cooler judgment finds the talke
regretting.
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