The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-06-13
ON LYING, EXPERT AND OTHER.
WISE.
EVERETT MCNEIL.

Lord, Lord, how this world is given
to lying!-Shakespeare.
There are many kinds of lies: black
lies, white lies, polite lies, social lies,
religious lies and lies that are told
just for the sake of lying; and there
are as many kinds of liars as there are
kinds of lies. All ranks of society and
all businesses and professions have
their liars, expert and otherwise. The
farmer lies about the quality and
quantity of his crops, the merchant
lies about the value of his goods, the
lawyer lies about the cause of his
client, the broker lies about the con-
ditions of the financial markets, the
editor lies about the circulation OF
his paper or magazine, mothers and
fathers lie to their children, doctors
lie to their patients, ministers lie to
their congregations, gentlemen lie to
their servants, servants lie to their
masters, ladies lie to their maids,
maids lie to their mistresses; and all
these lie to one another and to every
body else, and everybody else lies to
them; and yet, all these liars wonder
why other liars lie to them.
Tell Mr.. Brown that | am OUT
lawyer that is in says to his office boy.
The office boy tells Mr.. Brown the lie;
and, perhaps, the next day he tells the
lawyer a leland is promptly dis.
charged
"Tell the customer that there is
not a thread of cotton in these imita-
ton Atwood goods" the merchant
says to his clerk. The clerk lies to
the customer, to oblige the merchant,
sees that it is. apparently, a good
thing, and soon begins to lie to oblige
himself. The merchant is terribly
shocked, and makes haste to get rid
of the prevaricating young man.
81 will be back in half an hour, and
then I will take you out driving" a
father says to his little son, as he
goes out of the yard. He is going on
q long drive and does not want the
boy with him. The boy discovers that
his father has lied to him; and. pos
sibly the next day he shows how quick
he is to learn by lying to his father
and gets a thrashing for his smart
ness.
Tell Jones that I am out of the
city, and shall not be back for week, >
the business man, safe behind the
Opaque glas sof his Office doors, says
to his clerk to get rid of an unwelcome
caller; and. five minutes after, he is
astounded at the total depravity of q
fellow business man whose barefaceG
lying has caused him the loss of sew
eral hundreds of dollars.
} IF Mr.. Black calls, | am not In, >
Miss Millionaire smilingly informs hel
maid. Mr.. Black does call and is told
the lie. The maid has learned hel
lesson, and soon lies on her own &C
count. Miss Millionaire catches heI
at it, and is properly Mortified at the
depravity of maids in general and OF
her own in particular, and promptly
discharges the wicked girl"
Thus the list of lies and liars might
be extended, ad infinitum. Lying is az
, inherited habit which is fast becoming
: one of the normal traits of human ma
: ture. Adam lied to God. The psalm
list, David, exclaimed: 81 said in m,
r haste that all men are liars" Today
we can but echo the words of Shakes
! peare: Lord, Lord. how this worlt
is given to lying,"
: But, after all. what does this lyin,
: amount to? Mr.. Brown was quite Ger
: tain that the Office boy was lying wher
t he said the lawyer was out; the Gus