New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-11
POSSIBILITIES or rRrTR.TELIIYG.

From The Washington Star.
People talk about the wlckedness OF lies. but |
would llkc to know how they could be got along with
ont In polite society, said "a woman OF lslun I'm
agne for a moment an afternoon call for example.
where both hostess and visitor had consclenuouhly
made up their minds 10 speak vita entire ir'hiess
and tuthfuness.
figure 10 yourself The mistress of the house In
the act Of entering tho drawIngrooni Instead 81 rush
Ing impulSvely forward and gFssplns ts Nl,to, -,
pleasure at seeing her. she simply says $500 ...,.
lyon ugly old thing why on earth nave You come
10 bother me with a call this afternoon
mpy for the SEe Of gens through ESn wi' yc an
nleasaht guy rpeS no t"e GrG ,o ~ b"mc
1T | had had any notion that yon wen coming
sDgd hay c, me Rs to WL a h %Sl pS n s
such a remark coming from woman not ri
Dusty badly dressed as yourself seems rather absud
Al about that point In HE conversation the re
strnine Of poit-ncs- altogether dispcnsei with
ana clnppcr clawIng and harpnlhus l0lf0Y.
,ualrs "n .ach a basis. The ccnditops " civilized
lie are In a high degree artificial and sc are all n
ne compelled by Circumstance, over whicbwe have no
control to act parts yer, much If VIC were on the
stage instcad Of being our real selves Few OF rs
1e ea1e e eerain f"e in the world The only people
who altogether their neutral selves arc ;aYlse,,
a poni TO be particularly frank, deemlne 1t virtue.
and golns far ~ to boast OF H. rhcy would not
hesitate 10 say dl-agrceablc things Implying that SO
long a. they we're there could be no harm IN utter
ing them. Such people do not realize mat thcJ arc
aching In imitation of savagc,. After all. the most
important difference between the savage and the rlv
LED indvdunl lies In the fact that the latter cNtr
cises restraint upon the natural impulse. IL l.
always the most natural impulse to tell thc truth
faSch0Od signcs cOnstant by fear Of oth motives.
"Ccralnly nothing can bG more crlel ana cacu
lated to inurc than brutal truth OFTEN 10. AcroW
ingly there can be no objection 10 the employment 0
harmless dcccpons when they contribute to proples
hauplne = Hence. In polite society people are con
tInually saying things which are untrue. II II were
ones fellow beings. A very amusing thing occurred
10 lads OF ms acquaintance the other day which VIII
serve sc q To To- Illustrate tho point.
She went 10 call at the house OF some peoph wl"m
she knew hut slightly. The maid coming = the door
daughter were not at fDmc so she left her cards ana
was starting h, descend the steps when mans arm
was thrust ont from the parlOr window and the mana
attached 10 The arm detained her Al The same time
n crun voice said My pretty Young woman, VINO arc
My friend NJ once comprchended tlrt It was the
old renernl hc father OF the family, WIN IND thus
made her paIse. She knew his reputation tof grut
n"J VOL meant rIdcne-. but replied mentioning her
name and saving that she sorry 70 lsiVe Ouhd us
wife and daughter not NJ home
who snys tlcy arc not nj home dcmnhd'u m'
general polng his griZzed head ont OF The window
The maid 80 informed me Mt tie door, SAID my
friend, u.r ov.,o,roa ,,o C.ucro, .Trev
the house and | will have them down In lilly. Tue
lazy women are lounGng on the bed ana FeadiHe
novels 800, $3.50, -,
.Oh 7 pray you do nothing Of the kind = protested
my friend, quite aSlnst i VIII come "s"'" S'"'
NO. Insist upon your coming IN nowI' declared
,rc general and ln fact. he Obliged her 10 come INT"
the house, nsrctlng ille maid e. Gil nose 'o'S '"
50 after about twenty minutes, the VIE ana
daughter made their unwilling appearance rs YOU may
madne. to t'e extreme emhaTas,ment ~ all phrn'o
concerned with the exception NJ tho old general VINO
rofcrred with cee 20 the he had In this par
ucular Instance I'm correcting what he chilled y ieH
nIae Tendency TO falsohood In ts Indies Of his family