. Social Dynamite: The Wickedness of Modern Society from the Discources of T. De Witt Talmage . peare in this, that, where heputs the word witch I would put the word whisperer. Ah, what a caldron! Did, youever get a taste out of it? Ihave more respect for the poorwaif of the street that goesdown under the gaslight,with no home and no God—for she deceives no one asto what she is—than I havefor these hags of respectablesociety who cover up theirtiger claws with a fine shawl,and holt the hell of their heartwith a diamond breast-pin!The work of the masculine whisperers is chiefly seen inthe embarr
. Social Dynamite: The Wickedness of Modern Society from the Discources of T. De Witt Talmage . peare in this, that, where heputs the word witch I would put the word whisperer. Ah, what a caldron! Did, youever get a taste out of it? Ihave more respect for the poorwaif of the street that goesdown under the gaslight,with no home and no God—for she deceives no one asto what she is—than I havefor these hags of respectablesociety who cover up theirtiger claws with a fine shawl,and holt the hell of their heartwith a diamond breast-pin!The work of the masculine whisperers is chiefly seen inthe embarrassment of business. Now, I suppose out of thenumberless men who at some time have been in businesstrouble in nine cases out of ten it was the result of somewhisperers work. The whisperer uttered some suspicion inregard to your credit. You sold your horse and carriagebecause you had no use for them, and the whisperer said:Sold his horse and carriage because he had to sell fact that he sold his horse and carriage shows he isgoing down in business. One of your friends gets embar-. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. WHISPEBS. 301 rassed, and you are a little involved with him. The whis-perer says: I wonder if he can stand under all this pres-sure? I think he is going down. I think he will have togive up. You borrow money out of a bank and a directorwhispers outside about it, and after awhile the suspicion getsfairly started, and it leaps from one whisperers lip to anotherwhisperers lip until all the people you owe want their moneyand want it right away, and the business circles come aroundyou like a pack of wolves, and though you had assets fourtimes more than were necessary to meet your liabilities,crash! went everything. Whisperers! whisperers! Oh, howmuch business men have suffered. Sometimes in the circlesof clergymen we discuss why it is that a great many mer-chants do not go to church. I will tell you why they do notgo to church. By the time Saturday night comes they areworn
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