The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-20
DON'T GOSSIP CLUBS
ORGANIZED TO GIVE
WOMEN "F1 AIR CHANCE .
Organizations Formed in New
York Are a Success from
the Start.
sD0y,T GOSSIP RuLEs
FIXED by NEW CLUB

10 keep Ialtn1ully the ulnLn
Commandment: Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy
neighbor.
To fight the sin OF gossip. as
the most subtle, insidious and
deadliest of sins, working entire
ly In an undetermined way, chief
~ by the tongue, which Is ian
tinruly evil. full Of deadly poison"
To protect members from their
SECRET enemies" demanding
these enemies to face their victim
with their charges, or become os-
TRACKED as gossipers and men
ace to society.
To try to become peacemakers
in trouble, loyal in friendship and
faithful to duty. aas
NEW YORK, Feb. l9.-Do you gos-
sip? Alb, ah, don't answer too quickly
yes. Of course. you do.
You know 1t is bad habit, why
don't you stop 1t? How? Why, moth.
ing easier. Just become member Of
a Don't Gossip Club" and faithfully
live up to the pledges you must make
to become a member. Never heard
of the Don't Gossip Clubs" you say.
Then communicate with Mrs. Mary
II. Hope, the mothery head Of the
Women's Business Bureau, at 81 East
Twenty.eighth street, and she will as
sist you to Join club and then help
you to organize a new branch later
on.
1t is the hope of the founders thai
the movement will become, sort Of
endless chain affair in every city, tow
and hamlet throughout the country
Mrs. Hoppe Explains Plan.
The Woman's Business Bureau Is
twenty years old and originally was
organized in the South, where schools
for the instruction Of women at ont
time were few and far between.
Mrs. Hoppe explained in detail thu
aims and objects Of the organization
and the excellent work accomplished
THE primary object Of the Won
ans Business Bureau" she said, "ha'
been to establish such departments o
business as can be conducted by WON
en- of refinement.
."Our experience has shown us thai
everywhere, and particularly in
large city like New York, there is
constant demand by employers o
women, for competent help. Take
stenographers, for instance. Thous
ands Of them can be Obtained. but yer!
few really are competent. Many ar
better fitted temperamentally ant
otherwise for careers MS designers
dressmakers or milliners.
"They are stenogrsphers because
that seems the shortest road to a live,
lihood.
Ordeal for Refined Women.
"Our experience has compelled III
to realize that when women snddenl!
are thrust from homes Of comfort ant
refinement into the business world fol
self support, unskilled and wholly un
prepared for such an emergency, the!
have hard road ahead. through
which the struggles will be bitter.
at is to make the efforts OF these
young women lighter and to keel
them from temptations that the bu
reau was founded.
"In our work we found that one o
the worst things against which wom'
en- had to battle was gossip, the mos
vicious and intolerable sin of modern
day life, and 1t was TO- combat this
that the club was organlzed and las
year was incorporated.
Pledged to Obey Bible.
"Persons joining this were com
PEELED to follow the ninth commando
ment forbIdding bearing false witness
against ones neighbors and also t
strive against Jealousy, envy and NAL
ice. The new order proved success
from the start. There Is no reason
why there should not he branches
everywhere as soon as the idea OBJ
tains sufficient publicity.
"And II we can stop gossipin.
among women we will wipe out the
greatest evil in the civilized work.
today, and on which has caused NOR
misery than probably any other form
of modern sin. We are helples:
against gossip, which is cowardly ant
always works in the dark. We say
give women fair chance. Let JUS
tice, and not jealousy, malice ant
envy. govern all tongues Shattered
fortunes can be won back, but shat
tered reDutations-never." %