Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-26

inability of two people to tell the
same thing IN Just the same way.
Just n VARYING word. or %perchanee tits
only a changing expression. a tilt of
the shoulders. and a you understand
lift OF the eyebrows, md the story mas
grown In proportions of scandal and
interest As LIES glad procession
passes. we meet these stories every
day. ana extend d hand Of welcome.
sometimes reluctant, ofttimes sad. ana
at others eager ANA glad, but seldom
or withheld. And heard you
ever a story as that picked up aught
of good from the rounds Of public
circulation
Now. gossip Is not confined to the
weaker sex. and the choicest morsels
often originate in the club rooms or
on the corners. But there are two
types Of the femenine news monger
that we win single. or rather double
out Of the gay parade OF health. hap
piness and success. Sickness. sorrow
and failure find no place on the broad
highway, and are speedily pushed In
to the ditch OF oblivion.
The first is full OF bright and ONE
what ineonsequental chatter. and her
g%ossiplng tendencies are too evident
TO be really dangerous, She Is on the
"qui ViVe" for the latest concerning
her neighbor. and runs quickly TO
the dear friend before the gathered
bit Of scandal grows cold. one learns
to know the sparkle ia her eyes which
plays brilliantly al the first ugges-
ton of prying gossip. and readily un-
derstands she viii supply the missing
links IN the chain, either from her
trained powers Of observance, or from
her vivid imagination. a butterfly
gossip. slipping the sweets from each
flower Of womanhood.
But there's that other type, differ
ent. clever and-dangerous. Charming
and sweet To meet, cool and collected
ever, with a voice whose cadence
never loses itself In argument or dis
sention, Not eager to hear, reluctant
10 talk, seemingly, hut one shrug Of
the shoulders and a significant up-
raising OF the eyebrows, hint Of things
unreliable. When she talks. II Is to
damn with words OF praise
Gossip, sometimes harmless, often
not, seems, somehow, part of our
daily life. As someone cleverly OK
pressed II, the double barreled re-
peaters Of the rocking-chair brigade,
the innocent cause of the talk.
Imagine a hummer hotel, ana In the
near distance two people, shaded from
Ola sol rays aUu the BuIe or the tHlk
brigade by an umbrella. Now the two
meath the protection of the friendly
parasol are sensibly engaged. as She
she is reading and he is c%ontentedlv
smoking, ana what II his hand does
occasionally steal over to that other?
But can't YOU hear the talk? And
which group does the most harm, the
crowd on the porch with their ems
broideries which are not the only
thing they are cutting, ripping and
tearing. or the two who do not in
clude the outside world in their on
v%ersation? Take the umbrella every
time.
The woman who objects to gossip
ana Is heroic enough to express her
opinion and withdraw her chair from
the circle of sociable chatter will,
when leaving, be talked about herself.
but she is nevertheless wise, and O. so
much better than those who stay to
indulge IN the critical chatter"
Gossip. How many crimes against
and innocence are committed
thy nance