The Washington herald., 1921-10-07
SAYS men MAKE
WOMEN LIARS BY
PENALIzINC TRUTH
Declares Art of Deceiv'
ing was Handed Down
By Eve.
By DOROTHY DIX.

A young chap was going into
neroics because he thought his
nnancee had deceived him in some
small matter.
For heavens sake, son." said
ms worldly wise mother. don't be
ldiot enough TO make yourself mis-
eraole over nothing. OF course she
deceived you. i deceive you. Your
sisters deceive you, all women de-
ceive all men. We begin by fool
ing you about the cookie jar when
you are little boy. and We end by
iooiing you about the bills when
you are a married man. No man
VIII stand for the truth from wom-
en-, As long as you live women
VIII lie to you- Get used to t."
All of which is one of the most
CYNICAL facts in the world, for while
every man will tell you that there
= no other virtue that he admires
and respects SO much in a woman n
truthfulness, every woman
KNOWS that Veracious Jane Is slated
to spend her latter years in the
Old Maids Home.
II Is often urged as a criticism
OF women that they are less truth
Iuges and ths telling of taradiddles.
Probably this Is the case. because
the whole training of the sex. since
the very beginning of time, has
oeen In the art of side-stepping.
Until within the last ten years
women were absolutely dependent
on the whims of men. Everthing
tney had was the gift of some
mans hand and had to be wheeled
OUT OF father. or brother. or hus-
oand. or lover. A woman's whole
weil-oeing depended on the pleas
ure OF her lord and master. and the
Kind Of mood she kept him in.
IL Is impossible that this state of
affairs should develop candor and
Irankness in the female character.
IL probably wasn't 10 o'clock in the
morning of her first day in the
garden of Eden before Eve dis
covered that the way to work
Adam. and make him climb the
highest tree to get her the most
golden fruit on the topmost branch.
was to tell him what a wonderful
athletic figure he had. and how
gracefully he Skinned up a branch.
And she passed the information
down to her daughter, and she
handed II on to her daughter and
IL is still a perfectly successful
plan of operation in dealing with
the male of the species. For men
are as naively eager to have their
iur stroked the right way as the
kitten that comes up and rubs
against your knee. and she who
refuses to do il Is a mean, grudg-
ing nit-wit who deserves what she
gets, and that is to have her hus-
oand go to some woman who knows
more about how how to take care
OF domestic pets. and keep them at
home, than she does.
Men have made women liars by
putting a premium upon lies. II
you would pit the most beautiful
woman in the world with a con-
science which compelled her to tell
the absolute truth to every man.
against a homely woman who was
an adept salve spreader, you would
hnd the beauty papering the walls
at every party while the men
swarmed around the homely sister
like bees around a honey pot.
1t is the girl who tells men the
things they want to hear about
themselves: the girl who looks
thrilled and interested no matter
how big bore she is listening to;
the girl who can pull off a laugh
over the stories she has heard a
thousand times before; the girl who
can put on an admiring and ador-
ing look that makes any man feel
like he was about seven feet high
and as wise as Solomon, who Is a
belle. and eventually captures a
matrimonial prize.
You never hear of a girl being
popular with men who let's them
see that she has got their exact
number and knows precisely where
they get on and of
Men make women liars by penal
izing the truth. 1t is only the for
tunate women who have had the