El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-20
W/hisperers Do Harm
In SneaBing Manner
Usually They Are Liars Who Speak
Softly 20 Escape Being Overheard
and Punished, says Writer
By MADISON c. PETERs.

II Copyright. 1915. by Madison C. Pere-s- :
| DAUL. in soul. was the graudest man
l that ever trod the earth since first
[ the Creator sent It circling round the
I sun. but in body he was unimpressive.
/ humpbacked and red Headed He was,
no doubt, made the target Of peoples
| ridicule. and II he was not a bachelor.
| he was a widower and some folks hav-
/ ing failed in their conuubial designs
I upon him. the little preacher came
under the fire OF whisperers. until
one day no longer able 10 hold him
SELF in. he called the roll OF all sorts
I OF criminals down TO murderers and
among the lists he places these mis-
/ creatants OF the tongue Whisperers-
Whisperers being notorious liars
I speak softly lest thev be overheard
and be made 20 suffer the couse-
I Quenccs OF defamation
You walk down the street and your
ueiEhbOr's wife or husband happens
Z TO be going down town the same time.
you can see no reason why you should
run away from each other Your
nelghbor sees YOU walking and talk
{ Ing together. He is pretty mean sort
Z OF a man or woman, always imagining
others guilty or what he or she would
do himself or herself Il he or she had
the chance 70 do without any danger
or being found out. and the voice o.
his or her evil nature is mistaken for
I the voice OF humanity, all sorts OF evil
are imagined, there is a Struggling OF
the shoulders, whispeFugs OF an evil
I tongue and before night time, the
community hear u whispered that
Mrs Jones and Mr. Smith were seen
. out walking together and then there
Is trouble in two families and that Is
the way a good deal OF domestic in
felicity gets its start-in whispering.
Men As Bad A. Women.
Woman generally gets the credit FOR
and busy-bodying. but men are as
bad blabs as women II woman
cant keep a secret, then 7 know
good many men who are women
Mans whispering usually concerns
business and many a solvent firm
has been whispered into insolvency
and Whisperers are as common in
banks as in sewing societies
Without any intention perhaps OF
doing injury 70 a man o. woman a
perez. and as a SNOWFALL grows BY
rolling 90. so does a story by telling,
u passes through the W ispering tribe
and by the time Il has been whispered
places OF business the whisper has as
sumed the magnitude and blackless
Of base SANDER.
some OF the severest siandsrers are
people who make great claims 70 spir-
ituality and pure IN their own eyes,
prudent in their own siE-t, they
hauEhtiiy stride into and strut about
the kingdom OF the i0Wly Redeemer,
rut on robes OF sanctity and under the
garb or compassionate zeal. behold the
mote in their neishbor's eye. but con-
slider not that beam is in their eye
that they are guilty OF the greatest
fault IN that they are destitute o.
Look to Your Own Faults.
Never employ yourself 20 discover
the faults o. others. Look TO your
own II Won look through a telescope
IN the usual way IL maEniles the
object seen. rsverses = and IL makes
the large and near seem very small
Men and women often look at their
faults through one end and az their
neiEhbor's through the other
II you must mention another's
faults, speak OF the counter balanc-
ing exceilenciez Most people who do
wrong are sorry for 10 and want 20
DO better. Most parents are doing the
best they can for their children Most
men who fail in business fail hon
estly. Even in politics there are men
who are really honest. IN short most
people are trying 20 do the best thai-
know how
There Is a natural inclination IN
almost all persons 10 pelr others with
stones. just 10 see the victim run I
nave known some EN0A EA4aEA NeD-
pie who evince exquisite pleasure n
making others smart There IS a good
deal OF the Hun in all OF rs yet.
Holding the Sack
How can we war against this IN
iquity which curses every community
on earth7 When you hold the ear
20 whisperers, you hold the sack while
they fiji Il
when you hear something bad
about your neiEhbor- don't start of on
a whispering tour and ask everybody
whether what YOU heard is So Re
member that there IS a Christian way
o. looking at peoples mistakes When
one is unfortunate, say something
kind
There are so many open mouths be-
cause there are so many open ears.
Tradition SAYS that 1900 years ago
IN Jerusalem a great crowd had gath
cred around a dead dog and none had
a kind word FOR anything about that
dog. until a stranger stepped into
their midst and remarked. Hasn't he
a fine set OF teeth" and the crowd
said. That must be Jesus OF Naza-
reth who could say a good thing about
a dead dog" Don't you like people
who always have something nice 20
say about othsrs2 But what II justice ]
ccmpels YOU 10 mention ones taults2
SPeak also OF the good points which I
are possessed by all Then. TOO. re- ]
member that the nan who never 3
makes a mistake IL a myth Nobody 3
Is always consistent
down their backs. and ushers bang
shoes IN their faces.