Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-22
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fact-it i. my custom TO lay low. as it
were. when | heard some smart woman
declare. out of the richness of her eX-
perience. that men are as great Sosslps
women. I've learned that they are
right, or pretty nearly so. i believe that
it was not formerly the case Ii surely
does not seem hard to remember when 1t
was considered distinctly punk form. not
to say mighty Sneaky and diSreputabe
performance. for one man to open up on
another man to third party or parties
Such an opener-up used TO get a pretty
hot rebate when he tried to pull that
kind of stab-in-theback stuff. 1t WASH t
tolerated among regular he-folks. The
bunch may have known all about Jim's
shortcomings and delinquencies by per-
sonal observation and experience; but
Jim was Jim. human being, one of the
bunch. and entitled to his failings and
responsible for them: il wasn't the game
for anybody to hand him brick, heaved
in the dark, because of his little failings;
and the men-people of that period. which
doesn't seem so very long ago, frowned
and even scow,ed heavily upon the chin
ner who weaved along and began TO hurl
the kissing assegai or the hurtful har-
pooh into the absent James That fell
low who did that WAS distrusted from
the hour that he tried that kind or
number.
1t is difficult TO apalyZe the thing and
to pronounce, out of hand. just how IT
has come to pass, as it surely mas come
has changed; that there assuredly seems
to be more addiction 10 the SoSsiping or
knocking thing among men nowadays
than there used to be. \ lot of very keen
men of my acquaintance have noticed
the phenomenon, and they comment upon
il with chagrin. and they all tell me that
they, too. have to sing small when they
hear the women folks, the sharper ones.
of their acquaintance saving that men
are as great eosSips women.
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Il is So very true that it would appear
that the time has about arrived to get
the mallet out for the he-gossip. 10 the
end that maybe, he might be induced.
upon introspection, 10 try to switch the
cut. No man has to knock his friends
and acquaintance. Sometimes he does il
out of ''thougltleSsness; but there are
a hull lot of unfortunate ginks trudging
around penal institutions at this blessed
moment who are there because OF little
lapses committed in ''thoughtiess mo-
ments.
Now, nobody. properly balanced. is
afraid or need be afraid of the out
and-out ranting he-knocker. There is
way to deal with a fellow like that
n way that has some connection with
the gnarled end of "A slippery elm club
You can go after the boisterous down
right knocker. You can pin him up
against Stanchion or a DOORWAY and
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wave your flock of right or left hand
maulies so close to his nigh or off eve
that he will feel the baleful breeze of
il. and YOU can argue with him from
that position. and from that point of
view.
You said so-and -so?" YOU say TO the
knocker of that type.
Yes. | did the out-aDd- out knock
er generally replies: for that kind of
a knocker is a man. at any rate, and
therefore game.
BIN biff: YOU reason with him. there
fore. and it's all over. Its out of
your system, and certainly out OF his,