The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-12-01
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THE IDLER.
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was reading in magazine the
other day about three kinds of pests,
and strange to say not one of them
is the boil weeyl of which We hear
so much just now. These three which
were mentioned in this magazine were
human pests. You know. there ara
human pests just as we'll as insect ana
bug pests. Ii you don't know. am
telling you about it right now. One
Of the human pests mentioned Is
People who bring up unpleasant sun-
jects at meals" And You have seeA
those kind am sure. That is On"
time When We should all be pleasant
aid talk about pleasant things, even
if We are so constituted that we nave
to force ourselves TO do it. Another
one of these human pests is mention
ed as Women who talk too much.
Now, I don't know much about that.
believe that | have seen some Wo-
men whom I thought might have per
mitted me to put in word, but they
would talk and talk and keep on talk
ing, and it didn't matter what the
subject was they would know more
about it than any expert YOU couid
find Now I am free to admit that !
thought these women talked too much,
Even as much as l admire woman
and revere her, still there are some
who do talk too much. end no doubt
some men too. This article says that
there are two kinds of takers, those
who have ideas and those who JUST
talk to hear themselves talk. Well
I have seen even the one with ideas
whom | thought might stop occasion
ally to let me make a suggestlon' Or
get in an idea myself, but nay. ,,o1
them. Doctors and diplomats learn
that talk is risky and often fatal ana
often have ] wished that some other
peopIe would learn the lesson.
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The other pest mentioned in these
magazine articles is "gossips. Won
der if ANYBODY really knows wha.
that word means This article seems
to have been written by woman. She
says she always did love to gossip
Now that is an honest admission. She
says also that many times she found
that the gossips that she took dellgnt
in repeating she found had no truth
in them. That is generally the case
with gossip. If there is any truth il
it it is so little that you cannot ma
it with a microscope. Once, the ar
ticle says, she was asked by one VINO
had been maligned why she repeated
the story She got out OF 1t by CIV
ing her authority, but thai did not
help very much. Then she repeats
this story, which no doubt many o.
Won have read or heard. 1t is worth
repeating here, though | am pretty
sure there is no one in Newberry VINO
will admit she is a gossip: A Cathollc
woman came to her priest IN COMES
sion. Among other sins, she confes-
sed repeating a piece OF gossip aoou-
a neighbor to a number OF frlenas'
The priest told her to go and satner
a lot of thistle blooms. and scatter
them to the winds, and return to hlm'
She did this, and when she returned,
she was told to go and gather up al
the thistles she had scattered.
"But | cannot do that" the woman
replied. "Some of them have been
borne so far I could never find them.
"The gossip You have repeated IS,
like the thistle, scattered all abroad
replied the priest. Until you car
gather up and take back each un-
kind word, you can never repair the
wrong YOU have done this nelghbor.
Go and sin no more" This is an Old,
but a very true and impressive story
and l want to commend it to any gos-
sips who may read this article. You
know, too, the good Book says some
awful and terrible things about Idle
words and what they will do for y'c;s
And this reminds me- of little
poem | read once, and | know yon
know I like to quote little poems, Il
thev are good little poems and teacn
a good lesson. think this one does,
and it is not very long and want
You to read it. The gossip always starts
by saying somebody told her. some
body said And all that sort of thing.
The gossip is generally moral COW
ard 1t is always a whisper. or ru-
NOR or somebody said Or | heard SO
and so. | don't know whether this
Alfred Bryan is a brother of William
Je:. .ninss Bryan Or not. but this lit
tie poem is wcrth placing in your
scrap book, if you keep one and if
you don't you should begin now bf
putting just s'ch sentiment as this
little poem contains in it as the flrsS
clipping. Here it is. Read it and
then read it again so that you may get
its full meaning: /
aSomebody Said--"Somebody Told
Ne So"
Vow can't ston folks from talking,
NJ how, yNN