El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-09

truthful woman considers it proper to
tell.
"A man is liar or he is not A
woman is both liar and truthful; and
she considers herself a model OF We
racity if she tells the truth on big oc-
easions. Such little matters as say
ing she is not at home when she is;
that she is IS when she's past so; that
she had a perfectly delightful time at
a party when she was bored to death;
that certain woman is a dear when
she thinks her cat; that her gown
is an imported one when she made it
herself, and so on, she considers none
of the recording angels business, and
she'll get the surprise of her life when
she finds that those falsehoods are set
down on the heavenly record under the
general heading of Lies
Truthful james Whoppers.
The average woman only hits the
truth in high places. All women know
this, and take each others statements
with about a barrel of salt. and yet
how hurt their little feelings would
be if any one should accuse them OF
being liarsl
One of the main reasons that men
cannot deal intelligently with women
is that they are never prepared for the
whoppers that Truthful Jane hands
them.
Take note, also, as an example of
the lopsided way in which women's
moral principles work. of the feminine
position on the vice of gambling. Prac-
tically all good women are violently
opposed to gambling-unless their
men folks are lucky.
81 once knew an old lady who was
very pious. regular Mother in Israel
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playing, apd horse racing, and was
violent in her denunciations of pool
rooms and all games of chance.
Finally some one told her that her
son was a professional gambler. and
that the money she lived on came
across a poker table, and asked her
why she didn't let reform. like char
ity. begin at home.
oh she said. but Edward always
wins. so there's no reason why he
shouldn't play cards for money!
And there you are. for the justifica-
fion of gambling, or the sin OF it, to
most women is determined by whether
you win or not.
Then who can explain the nice di-
viding line that women draw between
honesty and dishonesty. When it comes
to a question of money, women are far
more honest than men, If woman
owes YOU money, she will pay it if she
possibly can. speaking for the sex, by
and large. If you trust her with money
she will be faithful in handling It,
That is the reason that women cashiers
are superseding men cashiers in so
many business houses. 1t is very sell
dom that the trusty female employee
campers with the cash drawer.
How Honest Women Steal.
but the very woman who handles
thousands or dollars. without a cent
sticking to her fingers. will look
blandly out OF the car window while
the conductor passes by asking for
fares: or will soak a used postage
stamp off OF an envelope and try to
pass It again.
Women. who are respectable and
well off, and who would sue you for
libel If you called them dishonest. will
steal hotel towels and spoons from
restaurants and perjure themselves to
smuggle in a few trinkets. and instead
of having any sense of shame about
these things. they brag OF them.
Certainly the feminine conscience
works in a mysterious way its wonders
to perform, and no man can guess be-
forehand at what tangent it is going
off
For myself. / have the most pro-
found reverence for it. but I regard it
q one Of the great unsolvable mystic
ries of creation"