Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-23 | Page 15 | Silence Really is Golden

1 ii- ii Silence Really Is l' l By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON We talk a great deal We say a good bit ot of noth noth- Ing We Ve breathe a word into the all air it falls to earth we care not where unless we are radio artists and our words are harnessed d and whisked all over th thC world eV even n unto the Antipodes where the tho benighted no doubt like lik American fans keep lights burning and the wife awake until the tho wee small hours ot of the morning A woman went to a tea She was tired She was tired ot of talking and tired of teas and their small talk but It was part ot of her hr duty as a senators senator's wife to stand both talking and teas and look pleasant please She stood at the door oJ of a a. crowded drawing room one day jaded and worn It was her hel fourth tea that afternoon and she been home since morn morn- inS inS' All she heard was gabble gabble gabble No one hears a word anyone else Is saying she remarked to herself and nobody cares Id I'd give a cookie to know it if theres there's one word ot of sense in all that screaming Then sho had an Inspiration With her usual poise poiso and charm chann sho entered the chattering throng pt pf men and women smiling sweetly She paused by ono one group and shouted I killed my husband this morning They shouted something equally unintelligible un- un intelligible and she passed on For an hour she kept saying all over the room I killed my husband this morning I killed my husband this morning Nobody heard for tor nobody paid attention It be easier after this she smiled as she sank back in her limousine to go home No brains needed No thinking needed Not even about the weather They say the story is true I dont don't see any reason to contradict it We e talk a a. lot about insane and things And while were we're talking are aro we doIng Mussolini employs a a. barber who contrary to all tonsorial tradition is silent In four years says Mussolini we have not said two words to each other outside ot of a a. greeting It would appear that all those who serve him are equally silent Evidently the premier bell believes eves that silence is golden and he gets better service from doers than talkers Someone somewhere sometime said said The unspoken unspoken un- un spoken word Is ig our greatest treasure I certainly do believe It