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Show j Unkind Practice. The young woman whose remarks are punctuated with bits of unpleasant news about her friends ( r acquaintances may rest assured that she will do tho?e persons positive harm. If "they say" that Bettys husband has become a ne'er do well or that Betty keeps on the go COUStantly, regardless regard-less of the fact that she is no longer single, those suppositions should not le passed on IS whole cloth. "They say" has never yet told things truthfully, and never will that is, as long as news Is new? And this same rule about refusing to listen to gossip should be strictly followed by the girl who has to work for a living. What this p'rcon said cr didn't say. or ? hat the bookkeepe- heard the employer cmark. or what others In authority Insinuated In-sinuated Is all nonsense and should, as an old adage advises, "be let In one ear and out tho other." Tho girl who hopes to keep her peace of mind will quick!) and tactfully dismiss such tale bearers. If she listens to those who come to her wltn tales about this one or that one. she will frequently find herself In a most embarrassing embar-rassing situation "Did you know that Ml3 Blank was leavlng'v' This from a curious young woman to a co-worker in a certaJn business busi-ness f stablishment n short time ago. "Why Is she leaving bettering herself?" The other girl replied. "No, Indeed." "first joung woman" answered, an-swered, "but Mr So and So. the bookkeeper, told her that the manager had told him that Miss r.l.nnk had too much to sav about office affairs after offico hours on the outside Of courso she flew into a rage, had a good cry. and then went in and asked hjm to accept her resignation, and' "But." interrupted the other girl, who had a bit of common sense tucked away in her brain, "why didn't Miss Blank have nn understanding with Mr. Head Man. ydii declare her Innocence If she is innocent, -IfOO and stand her ground? She had a fine jiar? position and shc'.i a goose to throw it up fj-00 on account of what the bookkeeper told her." ml, 1 Miss Blank well, she became almost a i bon nervou? wreck during the two week3 that jp A she was serving her notice. Not oer-stre.ng oer-stre.ng ph -i' 1 II .. , ike ytory of what ths i PE1 bookkeeper had said that the manager ( pavi said" showed ;n every move she made jjjg She tried, and tins moj-t failhfu'ly, to do 2L j good work while she remained on the ? fitm's pay roll, but If she had been an un- j JJJwi fortunate doomed to 'he electric ch.nr she could not have deported herself more ill SP gloomily. Many a "good crv " did she in- gfi 1 '1'ilge In, inrk tetj upon declaring her in- ftC-hi nocence to everv girl In the office ' but.'' 10T9 She affirmed with a toss of her bead. " ji t shall never so humiliate myself as to men- ' tion this affair to Mr. Highest Up." q. And now for the bookkeeper; he has spent many years at his profession In fact he has daughters as old as Miss Blan'K. and considering this fact one would naturally na-turally thing that he would be the last man on earth to "gad" around with story arrying; but he Is one of those men who, like a certain element of women, delight In doling out unpleasant news. What .t was that tho manager said that Mias Blank had salrl the bookkeeper didn't openly sav that is, he dldn t make the-story the-story general ho simply took another clerk Into his "confidence" who found th bit of Information too startling to keep, and but to make a long talc come to a quick climax, the result was that Miss Blank "threw up her job " |