Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-01-05
SATURDAY, JANUARY S, 1924

SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1924
THE GOSSIP
story tells us that ancient man was thoughts
s. and in power only little above the beasts
him satisfy hunger keep warm ant
powerful anmas-his end and aim, the preserva
physical existence. Through thousands OF years. mai
lifting himself from this early savagery to our many
cation
tive man made his home in and the relics found
these historian with his first data, when seeking
ancient mysteries Living in The Old Stone Age man.
is presumed reared family His method of securing bride
neghbog family seize his sweetheart by the bac
of the by flowing resses knock her senseess with
club and bear triumph to his paata undergroun
palace The innocent thing seemed to enjoy this method OF court
ship adapted herself to and obeyed her o
and his ses whm Today traces OF our bal
barrie the woong of certain mssculnes
there 1ngeng attraction OF some women the cave man
rough tacchey like to be SEIZED metaphoricay knocked
senseess off by certain kind of brute forces We
all savages in way.
was the existence The whole purpose of living was
Species protect the body from the elements
ward off all attacks from wild beasts
These people nothing of neghbors far exchang
ces concerned The wifegettng operation abou
the only visit made The distance separating homes and the lo
degree of mentality made the word visit impossible and asso
citation unknown human accomplishment
Think of it. the his enforced wife, his children main
tanning such precaros isolated e have time
no opportunity any business but their own
difference Mrs. Caveman what the other Mrs
Cayeman wear; whether she went sad
hone she had lizards for dinner rinocelous steak
whether she vamng other savage and ogng him
and test the resisting of her Uranium whe
brought into contact with knotted club maintaining
her position as a loving and dutiful mistress
Mrs Caveman had occasion watch from her seclude
homestead whether next neghbor true to hi
relations violating the propetes Mr. Cave
only from home probably to thup another vic
dreamand drag her cavewa to take the place of he
predecessor who had succubed to hardships and toll
The family lived for ITSELF died out unknown and els
suffered or profted by it's sojOurn here below
The centuries however brought out of this hermitage
developed the human instinct for socabty transformed tn
family tribes Clans naonsunt the highly civilized
modern community.
Now Mrs. Nearby look from their boudoir
the intervening street. and in unaccountabe tell the
neghbor their right what has ranspired behind the walls
their neighbours house the efand tell almost
occurs
And the enjoyment of such exchanges exactly proportion
the scandal that be unearhed The little It'd
bits of evil mouhed with exceeding delight and nothing
e times than what the Immortal Bard said of the whisper
ngs of the gossips-
"At every breath, reputation dies"
It that God has distinctly marked as the
of His creative power The differentiation between the hu
being and the beast shown by nothing than by the
aulate voice and tongue This medium of communication with
his fellow has given him distinction above all other animals
and has made all creation submissive to mans power The
voice is terror to all lower creation.
So it is natural that delights in it's use; reves thu
enjoyment Of his superior endowment and hestaes not
the spoken word True it that being the greatest
living things serves the best subject for conversation long
as he lives, he will be talked about
So civilization has turned out products unknown
ageryand u.s. the gossip And what changes the
have made in the meaning of this word Of Saxon origin
rood relation good adoption peace Civilization has turned
nto Zone who from house house. tattng telling
)" The gossip is seeming news and the faint always
satisfying if it is waited from the of sacrifice
is craving for sensation, and while there is old adage
reads Truth is stronger than Fiction" the latter,
than the former furnishes the inviting meal for the gossip
This individual feeds filth; he she nvades the private
lives of others constructs their actions without any