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Show Men Are Gossips. "Whon it conies to discretion, If thorp Is an Inequality of the sexes wc fancy men havo tho disadvantage." remarks re-marks a London paper, apropos of th'o exclusion of women secretaries from tho higher bureaus at Washington. "If thore is a scandal In society, a dark cloud ovorlmnglng tho ministry, an ominous rumor about a nowspaper or a bank, wbero is it first discussed? I Why, In tho men's clubs. Thenco It reaches tho female gossips, nnd If they In turn mention whnt 'my husband heard nt tho club' thoy nro at onco set down as scandal mongers, while tho originators of tho Bcnndnl go scot froo. In country houses, too, nro not tho mon as ready to 'tell tales as tho womon, nB eager to bring forward tho latest nows, political, nodal or financial? finan-cial? Many women let their tonguos run on, It Is truo, but fo do ninny men." |