The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-11
FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW.

While it may be beyond human power
/ 10 avoid making enemies i'm this life. no.
body viii attempt 90 deny that vast
amount of careiessness is exhibited I'm the
/ treatment OF those who are likely to be
vindictve when occasion arises. IT is
the worst bluuder a woman can make.
for reputation is one Of her most valuable
assets, and most perishabIe also.
Men can walk through double lines Of
unfriendly faces and suffer little from the
experience. Possibly an enemy's influ-
eHce may affect his business. though that
does not happen often. Certainly it does
his character little or no injury and does
not affect his social standing. But a wo-
man can be humbled In the dust by a
malicious tongue and malice is a com
mon weapon. When you find a woman
with guarded tongue, you see one with
few enemies. probably none save those
and those are pnf ne really dangerous
type
II requires some deg, ee Of cleverness to
steer clear of such pitfalls as malice. but
/ have seen il done. thus proving that
there is branch OF education which is
not used to its full value I know that
clever women are in the minority but so
are stupid ones OF the class to which edu-
cation is impossible The average woman
Is gifted with intelligence enough TO look
carefully 20 her own interests in many
directions, and it would be largely to her
advantage 20 give the department Of dis
erection some extra attention. Speech and
written thoughts are both too freely in
dulged in for safety.
1 never could understand what prompts
men and women TO preserve letters of a
personal nature that the world should
never read. Business correspondence has
value and careful persons keep such
papers where they can be reached at a
moments notice. It is indiscreet TO trust
secrets to paper, and worse than that 40
keep dangerous letters after they have
been read. They are witnesses that can
not be put down, as many have found
after getting into the clutches of the
law. Knowing that the best mail system
In the world is not infallible il is sur
prising that anybody daTes to send out
papers that may be lost and fall into the
wrong hands, or viii be put away in
secret places and dug out at an embar-
RAISING period.
Think Of the part letters play in the
criminal court Breach Of promise suits
are won almost wholly on documentary
evidence. and more than one murderer
has been sent TO his doom by the damag
ing testimony Of letters whose existence
he had forgotten. They are powerful
links in the chain of evidence IN many
cases, and humanity knows it without
realizing the lesson such knowledge
teaches. il is better to write nothing
that the world may not read, but II is the
height of folly to keep letters that might
make mischief for self or others. I pre-
sumo that letteT-writing is assailed by the
same temptation as speech. an inclination
10 say things Of whose truth we are not
sure, and true things that may cause
bitterness Gossip and mild SANDER are
almost unconscious faults. but they are
able to reap a fair-sized harvest Of malice
and the injury It inhlcts. Bearing in mind
that the humblest person is better as
friend than an enemy we may avoid q
host Of pitfalls. BETTY BKADEcN