Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-01
ALL WOMEN LIE,
ASSERTS JUDGE,
AND THEN HEDGES

NEW YORK May 1-"All women
tell lies; most of them very often,
great deal oftener than most men do.
Do you think that every time wom>
an tells a man she loves him she is
telling the TRUTH"
This from judge-Recorder Alfred
Miles of the North Bergen, N. j., Po-
lice court. And the case which led up
to the above indictment of feminine
honesty was just little charge of dis
orderly conduct, growing out of a tri
fling quarrel between two girls.
So 1 went out to North Bergen to
find out just what sort of a man this
was whose faith in womankind seemed
to have been so thoroughly and ire
trievably warped A grabbed old cynic,
I thought was what he must be. But /
found instead genial, humorous
young dignitary, and he smiled
The Matrimonial Exchange.
yes, 1 did say all women tell lies,
he agreed; "and 1 believe they do" r
Continuing, he said:
But in answering questions or in
relating accounts of incidents, women
simply do not seem to feel any moral
responsibility to tell the truth. The
fact that they are under oath never
seems to hinder them from classifying
IN, to fhpjr
own case. Too often they do not con-
fine their lying merely to details
When you put the question about
a woman who tells a man she loves
him." l asked, did you mean that
most women do not speak the truth
when they say that they love MANI"
Eyes, l did mean Just that" Judge
Miles answered decisively. There are
four important things in the marriage
question: Men, women, money and
love- The general rule is that men
make money in order to have love,
and women make love in order to have
money. And do not say that sneeringly
It's a perfectly fair business ex-
change both parties to the transac-
ton receiving just what they wanted. ;"
But here an interruption seemed
most timely. So l asked: Are you
married Judge Miles," He answered:
Il am, and have two children. The
girls in business and the boy is in
the service"
And since personal application is
the only true test of philosophy
asked:
And do you believe that your wife
married you for the sake of money!
She Didn't Marry For Money.
Il know she didn't he fastened to
say, with a reminiscent twinkle in his
eyes, because | didn't have any
money then. Remember" he cautioned
81 said most wonderland Mrs. Miles
isn't like most women. Just the same
though it would be decidedly better
for the whole country, as we'll as for
the individual, if all marriages were
made upon financial considerations
primarily"
At this point trump card seemed
about due.
Have you mother, Judge Miles"'
/ put it.
Did have" he answered, "of course
of course" vaguely wondering,
thought, just what was coming.
We'll, do think your mother told
lies % He answered:
Not malicious or unnecessary lies
But l think that my mother, in court
room, if that were possible under the
conditions which most women come
into police court cases, would probab-
ly have been as careless of details as
most women are"
But whatever the reason or expla-
nation may be, / am still convinced
after twenty-five years of court room
experience, that women do lie more
than men, and that they set much
lower value upon the truth"