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Show Luxury of Cattinesa BREATHES there a damsel with soul so dead who bas never murmured mur-mured to a bosom gossip, "Now for a really good low-down on our friends," and therewith plunged into a nice catty cat-ty discussion of acquaintances. Intimate Inti-mate and distant? There are very few gals tn the world who won't own up, under pressure, pres-sure, to a perfectly natural human desire, de-sire, ever so often, to criticize what In their friends tbey find unpleasant and to do It thoroughly. It doesn't seem exactly a vicious practice this little pastime of raking rak-ing all one's neighbors over the coals, but honestly It's the most costly lux- nrv nnv Itftla muMpn enn afford. The girl who settles herself down comfortably to tell an interested audience audi-ence exactly why Dorothy Isn't aa nice as she's supposed to be is Indulging herself and at what an expense. For the sake of a few precious moments mo-ments of tongue-wagging over a delectable delect-able piece of gossip she's endangering endanger-ing her own good reputation and friendship with her hearers. Oh, yes, she Isl Not that they're all silently despising her for gossiping gossip-ing as they eagerly listen and press for more details. Not that at all. But somewhere Inside them they're making a mental note: "This girl Anne CAN be darned catty If she chooses. I wonder what she'd say about me If she got half a chance." Of course, that Isn't a really conscious con-scious thought with them at all. But the Impression sticks, all the same, and it breeds distrust of Anne. There aren't many high-minded young things In the crowd today who will actually refuse to listen to the low-down on somebody else. So that Anne will never receive open and violent vio-lent rebuff for her story-telling proclivities. pro-clivities. She will always be listened to with flattering Interest But she will not be trusted as a loyal friend and confidante, no matter how well ber gossip Is received. ' Even the Dumbest Dora Is bound to get wise to the fact that If Anne tells such Interesting and dirty details about Dorothy, Anne will be able to furnish Just the same amount of Interesting data, on any girl to whom she takes a sudden dislike. Therefore even the Dumbest Dora Is careful not to give Anne food for conversation. She doesn't exoctly avoid the little story teller, but she avoids being conspicuously friendly or unfriendly. ( by th Boll Syndlcste. Ine.) |