San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-03

lect, Judicious lying, that Is meant
however, by "a wise Hypocrisy
A "wise hypocrisy" seems to bC
the thing 1t is not, in order to COW
er the real self from the gaze OF
the curious and the inquisitions Of
the torturers. Because a man has
some faint of mind not in accord
with the mind Of his fellows; some
deep seated views of the here and
the hereafter not in accord with
popular idea; some opinions of a
pronounced character on the social
life around him totally at wal
with the prevailing social code
some religious views that are at
variance with all that the churches
teach, is it his duty to proclaim it
in the ear of every meddlesome
fool who is impertinent to try and
put him through the social, politi-
cal and religious catechism?
Not much. II he attempts to
ward off the inquisition he will on
ly be subjected to fresh tortures,
his explanations perverted and his
ideas misrepresented. The real
remedy lies in drawing the mask
Of wise Hypocrisy about you and
fooling the fellow to the top of his
bent.
Suppose for a moment that the
world said and did openly just
what 1t thought and would do In
secret, what would be the result?
What preacher would hold his
pulpit a month? There is not
one in this city or in this
state who dare tell his flock
just what he thinks Of their actual
selves, their greed and love of dis.
play and inhumanity and selfish
ness and ingram lack Of right
eousness and utter unlikeness to
the Christ whom they profess to
follow. Such preacher could not
hold his place among the churches
Of this present.
What is true OF the preacher is
true of all the rest. Let the poll
tician tell the voters just his opin.
ion of their gullibility, and their
fool partisanship, and the manner
in which he and his fellows play
them for suckers all the time and
what would be his chances Of re-
election? Instead of this he rubs
their fur the right way till they
purr and push against his legs and
jump into his lap and do the fool
act all over again. He wears the
mask Of a wise hypocrisy, just as
the preacher does who obeys the
apostolic injunction and catches
his crowd with guile.
1t is just the same with the doc
tor and the editor and the mer-
chant. These people have all to
wear the mask Of a wise hypocrisy
and fool the world around them or
go to the wall in their business.
The doctors who succeed are those
who humor the whims of their pa
TENTS; the editors who are read
are those who tickle the sensation
al sides of their readers and dish
the blood and thunder we'll season
ed with scandal and salacious
sauce; the merchants who sell
goods are those who make their
patrons believe their goods are just
what are needed by them, and the
best Of their kind and the cheapest
in the market.
The society woman who did not
wear a mask, but who told her sis.
ters in decollete dress and long
train just what she thought Of
them and the utter hollowness of So
ciety just what she thought would
hundred at sight. That woman
would be only fit for the lunatic
asylum. In fact this is about the
difference: Those who wear masks
are on the outside of the asylum
and those who refuse and blurt it
all out are on the inside. You take
your choice.