Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-12


art whether Worcester thinks so or not
| IS called hypcrbole; in society II goes
I forth under the name OF TOlitenesS. Wiille
, i'm everyday life It Is designated by the
simple word, cXaggeration. Hut IT'S an
, the same. providing, Of course, that Us
J q good one. so proyaricator can ever
max. "a success of his line Of business s
unless he is an cXtrmuorc liar, for a good
lie must 90 of with the snap Of az uh-
corted bottle Of champagne
or an tho nineteonth-century Baron
AIlnchausens / believe I like tho orna-
mental liar the best IN his conversation,
Ike a paintcr tinting his figures TO har-
monte with the background. be cxaege-
rates 90 suit his story. OF course the
Ego" is pr,lJminant In everything ne
SAYS and his clOqucnCe is so puisuaSNe
that hc can almost induce you to believe
M. bad hand ia anchorinf Noah'S ArI
ON Mount Ararat Prominent among thlS
class ls tle war veteran Whofc country
couldn't have gotten along without MN.
WHY. / know a man whose storir. OF lhe
"lute unploasantnc.-' are inde-eilba"ls
thrillius and from what he says he was
NOR. essential 90 the strusrlof than the
YER. powdcr and ball used by the soldiers.
E,for. / studied history ! used 10 think
that General Lee and this fellow were the
only TWO people Of the Confederate army,
Int have since learned that my friend
WIS only "a commisSary sergeant
The. aII-r,uul liar f. a man who u equai
Z, ouv emergency. and can never be out
stripped i'm maudaciy. You are wasting
vour breath when you try 10 outdO MN.
TID can always recall an occasion Wh'h
d. caught a. bigger fish than that rlsht-
p,under you bought at The FIRST Malh.'
ana showed 10 your friends as an example
OF your skill as an angler
Ir,1vertantly. or perhaps because | got
TANGLED ND on my grammer, l have used
tha rnascuIinc gender throughout THIS ar
ti,le This l. an uuintertlonai siam az
my own sex. for We are not alioe'ther
"h,- ourselves" IN this niaeteenth century
distortion Of facts when We pauS" ~
consider the epistonry rrrVdricator'
think We will find that the ialr ONES "Ie
literally represented among thls ciass'
Nf,nv q little violet-scented billet douN
has contained more "hyperpoie anu po'
Iitcncs-" than IFS Joyous recipient ''''
for a moment imagined.
I'm conclusion. dear friends os the chosen
and vide-reaching circle. let me sus2ts'
tna erection Of memorial u mat p.ihCe
of mvtLical liars. Baron Munchauscn Let
ms build something colossal In honor oi ms
memory az would be colossal indeed II All
of the Baron's disciples contributed to ~,
and let US depict him as IN the act ol
telling one Of Polk Millers yarns. or bet
ter still. as predicting a FCpulist victory
at the next election. We ousht 10 put tia'
"hatchet" somewhere near the statue 100
on5 q string Of fish would be significant IN
this connection.
Several weeks ago when / had the te-
rner,tv TO undertake letter describing
the worlds Fair, told you OF that Dany
rer,ository." where parents who did not
,yieb ia b.. bothered with their little ones
left the. Youngsters for safe keeping Inc
mace worked pretty much on the principle
of a cloak room. II you found yourseli
I'm the exposition grounds with your me
1O-pound boy, and concluded, as nave
long since done. that he was an Internal
rrisence YOU had only TO take him to
the kindergarten, check niih' ana go ao'u
vour business When you came back II
the evening there was the brat with his
face shining. and a genial smile on his
infantile mug All you had 20 do was tc
,ut down your check, and 1t was Dashed
With the baby. To prevent fraud or bogus
chaclxs an accurate description OF the
precious little "tootsy-wootsy' was takef
~, ,be nurses I'm the establishment. and
This data was recorded and also put upon
your voucher In this manner the cashier
OF the kindergarten always knew (oi
thought he knew just how many babies
Won mad 10 your account The syster
worked splendidly. To begin with, th'
cashier himself never manifested th'
slightest desire 10 so 20 Canada with th'
treasures of hts depositors, nor was there
any attempt 20 raise the checks. / never
heard OF but one instance where hitch
occurred In the sugar-ras establishment