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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2407, 23 January 1909, Page 9 (Supplement)

the gossip of women. When two or three women meet together and talk, they gossip"wo or throe men meet togethei and talk, even if their foquamty be gieater thev converse. At least tins otu'is to’be the opinion of men. As a 1 •, if men only knew it women •J £ too deeply interested in themsei to talk about other people, whicj .1 , ci,noose the soul oi tiuo gossi} JSyfa wStcr in a Home Wrf W or). Probablv, however, the women gossi,« are in a majority. want to discuss Freotrade, they W not able to speculate on c ' ha ‘i ( f v s' n,4- or football match, they cushion of the newest play 01 nor© l whie is nowadays more care hilly deshnied to amuse than to provoke thought and debate-they fall back upm the great subject of conversation — l 'other people. aK^T:it!“f I, vf^|-S-'gpinn. S Torfim?an old woman who was unduly loquacious was called "a skip.” h* tho» » 00 evidence to provethat she was a scandal-moil ger. . A synonym for gossip is '' n . e '^ the way, and the gossips of the com 111 unitv are always well up m the latest news about various inembci*, of it. Who has not Jolt the Jcliei o toimile will deliver it. and will mspne even tacitu rnity • itself to contribute to the sum total. After all, h the proper study of mankind is man ulj should not we discuss each other s characters and temperaments, spocufttto on each other’s motives, wonder at each other s acts? Unfortunately, gossip, though it mav. be interesting, and even impiovt leads to two had and mischief. In the poorer eta* of society, the woman who is am ays on her doorstead gossiping yithbei neighbor does not, as a rule, keep henhouse clean. In the theatre, the stage aspirants, who aro always (.n tenng and babbling to each other at the wings never get on., frequent, indulgence in idle talk must, un the long run weaken the power for action. But this only affects the gossip There is a far greater issue, malicious gossip has been known to into a position which made the la hoods told about them true. Fnend ships have been broken, and disagieeable cynics created, through one nag of a wicked tongue.

Talkativeness and garrulity aie inbred in some people.. How .useless to tell them not to gossip! Their. chattor leavens the lumps oi human intercourse. But let them leaven then chatter with chanty. I IC £ no breather in the world except my self, against whom I know nios faults.” “Who am I that 1 «])Oiikl scorn anyone?” Shakespeare and Mat Whitman are full .ot such excellent prescriptions to keep gossip harmless.