The Way We Watch

.  As the editor of a newspaper, I often come across interesting old classic film articles while doing research. From time to time I'll share some here.   Is Gossip as Natural to A Woman as Breathing? By Rosalind Russell There is nothing quite so fragile as feminine friendships. Being fragile, they are allergic to gossip, and gossip is the enemy of friendship between women. gossip is as natural to a woman, however, as breathing. It can be amusing and stimulating until it becomes personal. Then it is malicious and dangerous.  The surest way to keep women friends is never to ask questions. The minute you give way to temptation of prying into other people's business, trouble inevitably follows. There is only one basis upon which feminine friendships can be successfully preserved, and that is comradeship, plus a detached impersonal attitude. Think back on some of your own experiences. Personally, there is nothing so abhorrent to me as to hear women gossiping about my friends. It ma

As the editor of a newspaper, I often come across interesting old classic film articles while doing research. From time to time I'll share some here.    Oakland Tribune. September 27, 1939 On How to Keep Women Friends Rosalind Russell Tells Secret; Never Confide Your Own Shortcomings (By Rosalind Russell) Appearing with Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford in "The Women" No woman should ever confide a weakness or a shortcoming to another woman. Deny it, and if it does happen to be a real fault keep her guessing as to whether you're crazy or who she is. So many women think it is smart to boast about a weakness, real or imaginary. This only serves to make the real shortcoming material for gossip or build up the imaginary one until it is more tangible than the other.  The surest way to keep women friends is never to ask questions. The minute you give way to the temptation of prying into other people's business, trouble inevitably follows.  IMPERSONAL ATTITUDE There is onl