Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
u H! Don't breathe 1t to soul, but
- listen
Az The man who started the story

Az The man who started the story
about woman's inability to keep
q secret deliberately broke the ninth
commandment with malicious intent.
lor else he didn't know the species.
Woman can keep secret. That
she can has been practically and theo-
retically demonstrated. The may"
of any disagreeable and contrary
lminded person will not be heard amid
present plaudits and Affirmative ac-
claim. The libelous statement OF the
original man is obsolete.
Woman, lovely woman-Woman.
with all her faults-(These are new
and very original remarks that are
absolutely necessary for the success
OF the story)-Woman-s of the
erstwhile weaker sex-can keep Sc
cret. The words have joyful sound
20 suffrage enlightened ears.
know woman can keep, a secret,
because I've seen one who did! -
She kept it for four years and thus
disproved the old theory.
For years woman has been trying.
more or less successfully generally
less, but don't tell anyone-to live
down the slanderous implication. For
generations it has been stumbling
block in the path of all feminine prog
ress. Now it no longer exists. The
entire sex is INDICATED and a pretty
little bride, matron in Newark, N. j.,
has suddenly found herself famous.
She really and truly kept secret.
There were three others in the Sc
Cret, but they don't count. They were
mere men-the bridegroom. the best
short-sightedness and scepticism of
man. every one of them fully believed
she would tell.
Forced to Answer as Duty.
But she didn't Now she almost
wishes she had. For when 1t finally
came out, she was kept busy "shooing''
away anxious inquirers who sought to
know how it was done. One Of them
wouldn't "shoo" The question was
too vital. The fate of whole suf-
fering suffrage world might rest in the
answer To get it was duty owed to
humanity.
The "shooing" gradually ceased
The little bride smiled her most win
some smile Her husband was COM
ing up the steps armed to the teeth
with most interesting brown paper
parcels, mutely suggestive of belated
wedding gifts and something good for
supper. He was hospitality personi-
f1ed. His smile was all-embracing.
Under its influence the woman who
had kept secret was moved to relent.
The next scene discovered the prin-
cipals seated in easy chairs in coy
apartment where all things were new
and Iavishly tagged with best wish
es" A great silence reigned. The
woman who had kept secret was
giving practical demonstration OF how
she had done it. She was saying
nothing. But at last
Tell her, Mabel"
It was the voice of mere man. It
was more of suggestion than COM
mand, but it had good, reassuring
sound Evidently the speaker real
ized that even though silence might
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feminine perfection has not yet risen
above the curiosity mark. This Is still
unaffected by modern improvements
and must be satisfied.
For the Good of Humanity.
So, for the good of humanity, Mrs.
William Wack, teacher in the Ham
burg school of Newark, told Ten Best
Ways of Keeping Secret.
First, don't tell Second, don't be
Tong to a bridge whist club. Third,
don't have q confidential friend
Fourth, don't appear superior to com
mon mortals who haven't secret,
and don't think that everybody is just
dying to know it.
That's five in the negative. The 9th
ers-oh, taikative woman, pause; read
mark, learn and inwardly digest the
words OF th5 oracle:
When you have a great and mo-
mentous secret, don't think about it
Be natural Cultivate calmness and
repose. Find some congenial occupa
ton and stick to it Almost anything
will do. If you can't teach school
teach politics Check OF each succeed
ing day of the secret with feelings OF
pride that you've kept it so long. and
lastly, be sure your mother is trained
in the same art.
Some mothers are not. Mrs. Wack's
mother was. IL she hann't been the
secret Of the marriage of her daugh
ter, Miss Mabel Garrabrant to William
Wack, clerk In New York national
bank, would have ceased to be secret
three years ago. That was when Ma
bel broke thu news to mother. For 8
whole year. however. she had nevel
told soul.
TT was very easy" she remarked
OF just didn't tell; that was all"
Perfectly Simple.
How perfectly simple and practfc
able! ANYBODY can learn it without