The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-03-16
CheAsmorrat- ST..
ARTISTIC LYING

I" wisdom OF the old -.
what Is worth doing at all T'dse that
u ," ) well' never has a more ,o worth
Illustration than in tho lofciOie
Wing. |. is more than s%tra ma,s' T.. Of
siaerlng the universally Of ,h ts' c'A.
Ilce' that 50 little thought sh %a " p'ac'
gwen To doing the thing arr,s' u'u be
ana IN a way that reflect credit ua
.ne performer. All of us nu" "p'a
among our acquaintapces "u'nNr
people pe who are habirually untr nops "'
nut VIII" are so careless and s%lnu" .a'ql'
t0elr methods and so buuyljnv ~ IN
way they seek to palm of false = zoe
%en's they do not deceive sv 'a'e'
oaoy' and Just as well speak the ,'n,a
at once. OF course, the trina ,,s. 'ruth
sne genuine poet, is burn, no, m, ''ss
Still with a natural bent in th,, a"Dp'
lion, coupled with careful cul,ivn 'c'
ana constant practice. so murh S'
be done that no one need dcsnai, ''y
point That the amateur liar sI,ou's
always bear in mind is tha, ,aa
counts Tor as much in a lie as it d,sa
on the stage. Your art mus, +. WY
vincing II il has any heart ints,...
Inc one vital fact may be A ,,lshoaa
but it must have Il background =, wv
lmpeachable truths-real trees sns
running water, so to speak. Auo,n.,
important point is to concentrate. m,
scatter. The fluent liar, who h,.'
ne Always IN tap-who has done ever. 4
thing, and seen everything, and hon.,
everywhere-is never believed sys.
when he speaks the truth. Ils h.
drawn out his reserve and cxhous.oa
his forces. The universal liar, li.s
the universal genius, is ALWAYS a ,,I'
NC In contrast To HIM is the great
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silent liar, who simply poses, and WIN
is always believed, Often he is dul.
lard: hut he is esteemed. pnfm,na
and deep because he says nothing. Ia
maintalns the reputation of bein,a
phllanthropist on the strength NJ
generous smile, and an unctious hand.
shake. without ever giving a peunv
ASK him II he has heard the scandal
about So and So. He may not have
heard Il word, but he looks mint.
terahle things, and shakes his head
knowingly as II he might say volume,
II ne would. The silent liar can never
be c~ontradicted because he has said
nothing. and he is immensely e6r.
tive. The artistic liar is one VIM liz,
only occasionally. and then for a pur.
pose. Sometimes he only touches I'D
the truth "A little to make it the ulw
he desires. Again he inserts a lie in.
tn the whole fabric Of truth. but
always so defLly 1t can only he detect.
ed with the greatest difficulty. 1t
takes genius. memory. seltpoSSeSSiOn,
and Il Knowledge OF human nature 10
do this. 1t is beyond the ability VI
most Of us; and so we 90 on, founder.
ing In the ruck of mediocrity, neither
telling the whole truth or lying with
any success. An interesting point, in
this connection. has been established
In the recent trial of a contested elec.
tiOn case in the Senate. in which IL
was sought to establish the fact lhata
lie is not always Il he, ~ be-" said
the witness, who ought to have knnwn
| what he was talking about, "is when
you state u falshnod 10 a man WIN
has the right To know the TRUTH u 10
has M right ~ know the truth, it h
! not a lie." This Is a cheering view
the subject. and not only considerably
cuts down the number OF liars, 6ut
removes the stigma from the repnla'
ton OF gentlemen addicted to telling
fishing and hunt ing stories, and laoles
| who were wont to brag about lmaglh'
AIRY possessions. When you conlsto
think about IL. we haven't the silglH'
| est right To know these particulars, W
to resent being miSinfOrmed Oh them'
These are line distinctions, however
that are harry worth botherlng apou''
and it really seems easiest and best
either make up your MIND 10 tei' '"0
truth, or else to devote the neces'a'!
time To acquiring the knack OF lying
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