Show I I ff c I I of SET HIi i1Vi THINKING Wifes Remark Had Strong Semblance Sem-blance of Truth Fair Sex Has No Monopoly of Gossip Either Harmless or Malicious Intended Lesson That Was a Failure My wife said tho Ixiulsvlllo trav cling salesman as ho nicked tho ashes from his cigar and lifted n big stein to his lips is n pretty wlso womnn and a brick house doesnt hnvo to fall i on her to make her take a hint A number of commercial men woro sitting about n table In n hotel gossiping gos-siping about their neighbors The talk led to this and that nnd finally to tho feminine weakness for learning about everything that Is going on In the neighborhood I cured my wife of this small talk and this gossipy Bluff that women somtilinus like to Indulge In con timed the man with tho cigar not I the stein When 1 used to como off the road on Saturday night she would keep me awake half tho night telling mo about everything that had hap pencil In tho town I decided tlmt I I must put an end to It mind 1 did Howd you do It7 three or four of the group Inquired Just with this ho replied draw I lug n card which contained four lines of rhyme from his pocket These weto the lines A wise old owl lived In an oak The more ho heard the less ho spoke The less ho spoke the more ho heard Why arent wo all more like that bird 1 That continued tho traveling man taking another pull nt the stein did the work for her I got hold of these lines some place printed on a blotter sort of an advertising scheme Ono day whon she was out 1 pinned It on tho wall lu her room whore she couldnt help but see It What did she say about It one of the men Inquired What did she say1 She gave moa mo-a frost at tho breakfast table and when she decided to thaw out she put me on tho gridiron good and proper The thing she said that mado mo think was that four men sitting around a table In n barroom can In II ono hour tear down more peoples reputations than n hundred women nt an afternoon reception which started 1 at twelve oclock und ended at six p m mAnd And I wonder quietly observed one of tho men If your wife fen f about right Loulsvlllo Times |