The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
ARE YOU A GOOD MIXER"

isn't she a dear little jollier? Makes
friends with every one" said the timid
new booSkeeper.
'Blarnay-blab that's her." sneered
the uppish cashier
g." IT'S something, nothing. words. illu-
sion. wind. laughed the girl who had
once been a teacher
At the further end Of the room ste
ographer-otherwise the "chaperon.' and
the good mixer" was regaling her
friends with a new yarn and some ac-
counts of herself at an opera party. says
the Chicago Tribune.
Opinions differed. Some thought that
too much easy. oily clack' is seldom
backed by sincerity. Others believed that
an able tongue can do most anything.
Both views were a little amlss.
The business girl Of the amiable way
and the ready tongue has things in her
favor when she anchors up with a new
crowd. but as soon as she becomes an
! inspired magpie-a Flora Casey chatter
box, cheerfully rubbing every one the
right way, some may wink opinions
others may say. shallow as a creek. ''
or no individuality"
who hasn't heard IL said that she who
talks much. thinks little. or that il your
tongue runs to words. your mind runs 10
seed.
1t is true. the knockers are always
busy. But then many knockers are
shrewd and discerning people. Your
boss may be one Of them. II he's an
ofice-mute. he seldom adores the chat
ter-box.
On the other hand. always like that IN
assuming mixer who quietly turns to the
ugly duckllng. the lonely newcomer. or
even the painted dowd with a friendly
smile or a word Of encouragement.
The average girl in the Office plays
high-headed snob TO that tremulous little
bird who has just received the right-of-
way to a typewriter desk. and then 1t
/ is that the mixer. who will go and do
/ otherwise, deserves a few headmarks.
] 1t is the good mixer with an AK to
I grind that we love to tonguelash. In the
/ Office or elsewhere.
/ When you see a woman so beautifully
/ affable. so charmingly ELUSIVE. 70 a
/ comparative stranger that the stranger
has no chance to assert himself, you at
/ once get the inner persuasion that there :
q string tied to her GLIB. Instinctively
you back away from her. She's too dip
/ lomatically dear for you.
How often have I seen a woman who
/ thought her tongue could do Il all fail in
/ her object. Ax-grinding blarney's taboo
for those who know a human leech when
they see one.
shed make hit on the road. Shed
deliver the goods as a press agent" Ere
quently you hear that said about the wo-
man who is a great talker.
But when you come 10 think OF 1t the
most tongued-tied mummy has an equa
chance with that hurried. furried speech.
ifeT who will give you a stream Of talh
and put your nerves on the edge be
cause you can't wedge in a single word
The reserved and sensitive always sniff
at the born talker. The good lady pres:
agent must know how to handle tn,
sniffers as well as the easy marks, and
not use talk.
II you re porn Dabbler ana SUI val
ue others opinion you might observe
few rules.
DO not talk too much OF yourself !
there Is too much ego in your cosmos it IS
better 70 work IL of than 70 talk It of
Be good listener once in a while
Don't talk so fast that others can't ge
a word in edgewise-nor so long that YOU
bore them.
Remember that those who are scant o.
speech often head the list as brilliant
thir kers and workers. and there ar
the ones you are sure TO bore with you
interminable chatter about nothing.
Avoid mannish slang. silly platitude
and gossip. and II you will do all thi
the leash on your tongue will be SO firm
that no one dare wink opinions