Evening journal., 1907-08-30
Personal and Pertinent

It's naughty to gossip OF others affairs,
And the practice should certainly
Take each Of cur neighhors TO task unawares,
And pick them apart piece by piece.
n-mannered it isis though to talk of ones self.
And the of friends might be left on the shelf
If airing them wasn't such fun!
This calm vivlseetion Of motive and deed
And placing souls under glass
TO magnify all OF their faults. concede,
Is action most shameful, alasl
'Ts wrongful tale told in secret TO spread
And TO handy an evil report
This we know and we'd, may be- in shame bow our head
If il wasn't considered mere sport!
We know it is naughty to gossip-but then
For cnnui what IS good?
Thus all find diversion Cmaids, matrons and men),
think this facts well understood
And that other fact too (Which I'm proved
Stills Conscience's worrisome fuss:
At our elbow, perchance i'm group far removed
There are others who gossip of usl
brooklyn Life.
reporter tirel and wan, complained to Walter
Es9n on the Euclid links in Cleveland that he thought
you find golf stupid ehY'
With mighty drive the Chicago golfer sent the small
away red flag Then as he strobe on the fresh
he said
you only and golf stupid because YOU don't under
stand IT, You haven't mastered it, You remind me
Of certain Hottentot
Two white men in Africa laid out for themselves
nine-hoe course and there wilds morning after
morning they played, though the sun was hot and
though the dry and sandy soil left them almost con-
well. the Hottentot watched the two white men
golhng for several days silent and absorbed he fol-
lowed them indcfatgably over the yellow course Then
he disappeared.
Where had he gone? The white men, missing him.
out in the burning desert
The naked Hottentot alone in the burning de-
club and shouting hercely:
Hang it, Hang itr"-Washngton Star
Tn sight Of real soldier uniforms been the means
OF breaking of the Indiana
Company of Marion being mustered of States
service. Decoration Day Company A came to mis-
city TO participate in the al the unveing Of
the lawton monument when President Roosevelt made
speech Several companies of regular army soldiers
here that time and the members Of COMPANY A
saw them on the way home to Marion that night mem
bers of the company exhibited restessnoss.
What's the use Of wearing uniforms unless you are
regular soldier" they said to each other and this SON
timent found aIodging place in the minds OF many Of
The result that it was agreed among the members
that the company should disband The former cantsin
had left town and the company had no head So an
application made be mustered out of the service
Since then several members Of the oonnanv bo, I'
in the regular army. recruiting Office having been estah
lished at Marion It is understood too that more are
to follow The sight Of the regular army Uniforms has
done ITS work-lndianapolis News.
Bobby's mother often distressed by her small
sons lapses from correct speech all more because
ms reports from school were always good.
Bobby" she said plantively one day why do vo,
Keep telling Major to set up when you know sit up
oh well, mother" Bobby answered hastily -of course
l have lots Of grammar but don't like waste it on
Major when he doesn't know the difference being a
dog'-Earper's Weekly
young in washington. who many months ago
hung up his shnge attorney at law" has NOT VET
been overwhelmed with clients A friend enterinp tbe
clock 'F -''-'''
Taking il home eh? he observed Good thing M
spring mornings" '
The lawyer smiled Il have purchased that cloo,
when it's time to go home--Belnan