Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-03

preach. The woman who SENDS her
maid to the door to say she Is mot ut
home" or who begs her guest not to
hurry when she means do co." Is only
practiclng one part Of an extensive code
that prevails throughout polite society.
What should we do with the lnquisitive
people In the world II every question
they ask had to be answered with absO-
lutte truthfulness. II refuse to answer
Ii seldom a pleasing rejOinder. and Is
not always effective. The "white lie"
Ii often the only weapon that will serve
to defend ones self and mt the same
time not destroy friendship. SO long
rs curious people will ask questions
which 1t Is inexpedient to answer and
give invitations It is inconvenient to
accept, II Is to be feared there Is little
hope of reign Of absolute truthful
ness. Perhaps the most that can be
asked Is that there be no deviation
from truth which can In any way injure
others. or which can bc avoided without
woundlng the feelings Of others. A man
hardly would dare to invite friend to
dinner II the friend could not indulge In
polite lie and say he was sorry, but
he had another engagement and could
not come. II he told the truth he might,
according to the Spectator, have to say:
- do not like you ana your friends bore
me-" or. II could come quite easily, but
I do not care to associate with the sec.
ond-class people among whom you live.
'"rhe question IL: What would he
gained by the truth In such cnses2 80.
ciety would have to be made over on
an entirely new system X II had to be
run without the oil OF polite prevarIca.
tiOn-fibbing which may not deceive
but which does not Offend-and II IL
doubtful whether II would be as pro.
ductive of good rs II Is now. Certainly
the world would be more uncOmfort.
able place to live In. rs uncomfortable
as Gilbert's palace Of Truth" These
white lies are manufactured largely out
of the milk Of human kindness. They
are prompted by a desire not to injure
other peoples feelings. As the Specta-
tor says, we have all entered into n
tacit agreement that under certain cir
cumstances we will deceive each other
for the common comfort. Society seems
to have adopted the philosophy that
there are times when peace and good
will IRE worth more than the absolute
truth, when that truth will be provo
cative Of III will.
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The young Gear Nicholas regards
himself us Overblessed with female
offspring. Wishing fOv a male heir.
the Cxarina has presented him with
four girls In something like rapid sue.
cession. The imperial Russian line
has not always been confined to male
descent. Catharine IL. was one Of the
greatest monarchs Of Europe ana un.
der her virile administration Russia
advanced to the very front rank In
greatness and power. She regarded
her son, afterward Paul H., as an
imbecile. kept him In prison and left
him without education. When he as
cended the throne after her death. az
an act Of revenge for his wrongs
against all the sex of his mother. he
decreed that the succession In the fu'
ture should remain In the male line
only. The APPLICATION Of the Sale law
to the Russian royal family has no
other authority than Gear Paul's de-
cree on the subject. In Russia law ID
the mere expression of the Imperial
will. A sort Of parliamentary body
exists which, with the Cars board OF
councillors, gives a ukase the form OF
law. II Gear Nicholas should have
no male heir there does not seem ia
be any reason why he should leave the
crown to his unacceptable brothers OF
nephews. He can follow the example
, of his predecessor and restore his
, daughters to eligibility for the throne
The difficulty now presented to him
does not seem to be insurmOuntable.
Not long ago some Of New YOrk's
clever physicians laid out an array OF
cruel looking knives. fOrceps and saws
and then went to work on IsidOr lie
vine. Is, years old, who had health
and strength and whose brain stopped
In his baby days. He couldn't learn
His body Outstripped his mind. In a
few years would come manhood and q
pitiful object. repulsive because un
; natural. Not many years ago Isidor'i
case would have been considered hope
less. Bigoted people would have as
) serted that Providence had afflicted
him, and that 1t was not for human
: beings to question the dOings of tn,
power that moves the world. But Sci
3 ence IL moving. The speed Ia tire
mendous, and these skilled doctors
: discovered that Isidor's skull was very
7 thick and the brain was in a natura