Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-06
ALAND OF LIARS.
HOW THE PERSlANS hAelTUkLLY
EVAOE THE TRUTH.

A People Who Never HuTry-falsehood
and Procrastinatio as Practiced In the
Orient-A Lesson in Patisnce-An OPP
timIstic View.
After speaking OF their parental and
filial affection, their respect for the aged
and their pOliteness and hospitality,
writer on Persia winds up aprOpOs of the
people of the country with the following
phrase: But as a race, they are "ery un-
truthful and prOcrastiuatipg About
these two traits of the Persian character
Id like to say a word You've often
heard of the champion liar, and many peo-
pie in the nited States even at this pres
eTt day pretend to believe that the book
agent and lightning rod man and Iii Per
klns are the three greatest liars of the
world. But these people don't know the
Persians. With our liars at home men
daclty is an acquired science, and has
taken years and years and much hard
study to develop, and even then they
Often-at least occasionally the
truth. With them artistic lying is an ef
fort. Ii takes thought and pains To pro
duce it in its perfection. Not 20 with the
Persian. The modern Far%ee is "A natural
liar Ii goes against his grain, against all
he holds most sacred in this queer world,
10 speak the truth Ii is born with him,
this Inveterate love OF preyarication, and
il is bred in the bone for generations and
generations.
ASHAMED OF THE TRUTH
have noticed with the interest the
student Of human nature is liable tO
feel in such cases, hoG astonished
h. H. - h., H. hnS
himself uuawares telling the truth
He is then out of his role, and
feels so ashamed of hiInt III that he looks
sheepish and guilty; much as an American
might after getting off an awful fib.
Even with such people, however, when
the noble art of romancIng is carried to
such perfection, moments will arise when
il is desirable to know and hear the truth.
And for such occasions the stocks Of
Persian adjuratiOn, oaths curses and ap-
peals seems almost ineXhaustible. One of
the funniest is Rishe mere katfan kerdi.
Literally, May you put my beard in the
winding Sheet | do not know where
they get their lying propensities from.
these Perslans; but that they are the most
invidious, insidiOus, unconsciOnable story
tellers in the world there is no doubt
REORGANIZATION Is duOlner DtSellluS SIN
of theirs. "Foran mikonan" is their re-
ply when you want a thing done at once,
and another great phrase Of theirs is
Chashon tmeaning, by my eyes, III do
it" But that means an hour, next day,
next month, or next year, according to
circumstances-nevera at once. Todispatch
a thing and be done with it, to hurry up"
seems to be utterly impossible 10 the
Persian, who is lavish of nothing so much
as of time. You give your servant for in
stance, tchibouk TO be mended, and tell
him you must have II back
repaired next morning. Your servant
knows he will get fits" If he does not at
tend to it at once, and that he will proba-
bly, get little present if he does The
pipemaker across the street keeps little
shop, and has large aud hungry family |.
at home TO keep out of the very slender !
profits of his trade. He knows, too, he |
Will be paid thrice the ordinary price il he |
ioes the job at Once-enough to keep the /
pot boiling for his entire family for one |
lay at least. Still, So ingrained is the /
policy Of tardiness with both these gentle /
men that you are mighty lucky if you get .
sour tchibOuk back in a week
LESSON IN PATIENCE
The other day had business at the cen
raj pOstOtlice here wanted to register
i've letters and buy postage stamps for
light other ones. entered the little office
eight feet by TENN which the regstra-
lon of letters is performed. Four native
seated around n huge table on
which stood a clumsy scale weru extremely
busy doing nothing: or r.tha-t thew .L.f-
ed and took pulls by rotation fIUm a com
non ghatyan The chief came in at this
very handsome but somewhat
oppish- looking man-to whom | was intro
uced. The chief sat down and made the
nth in this happy gathering. told them
WAS IN hurry and wished TO have nv
etters registered and to buy l6 kerauns'
Torth Of stamps. They could not under
land how | could be in Il hurry. They
'ere very polite and amiable, and talked
leasantly, but it took ten minutes of nv
Ioquence TO induce one of the quartette
D let up on his ghatyan and tend TO busi-
ess. and II took me just forty minutes to
ave my letters registered and to buy
hose stamps. The latter he counted over
least score of times, very slowly and
before he consented to release
is hold on them. 1t was not cussedness
n his part was just his natural love
doing things slowly. His chief sat
lere and evidently thought his clerk
cry rash and suspiciOusly active young
IAN. And for Persian the young fellow
al really been quick about it'
Many Observant Europeans whom /
ave met here have assured Inc that the
erslan is capable OF assimilating western
liture and ideas. They tell me they com-
'ehend things very quickly and learn
'ster than an average American would
hey believe that Persia is destined To
rm the entering wedge in Central Ash
lc barbarlsm and TO transform the face
this part OF the globe so it will look
yain what il must have looked like at
e time Of which XenOphon wrote in his
nabasis. But in my humble Judgment
Is Will never come to pass, unless the
aracter OF the people here change mate
Ally. For no nation which is SO intern
ly slow, which luXuriates in STUDYING
e science of how not TO do it, will ever
cceed in this quickly moving world Of
rs. They d be left leagues and leagues
hind all the times-Tehersn Cor. San
'aucisco Chronicle.
Beneficial Results Of Sponge Bathing. -
Let Us add few words on the sponge
IN, the form of bathing where the water
applied TO the surface through the
edium Of cloth or sponge, no part of the
dy being plunged in the water. The
actice of systematic, daily sponge bath
: Is one giving untold benefits to the
lower Let person, not over-strong.
bJect to frequent colds from the slight
exposure, the victim Of chronic catarrh.
e throat. etc, begin the practice of tax
sponge bath every morning, com
,nclng with tepid water ill a warm room
u hot, and following the spongipg with
cton that will produce a warm glow
r the skin, and then take five
nutes' brisk walk in the open air
II you do not return with a good ap-
lite for breakfast. After having used
ld water for a few mornings, lower the
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