Evening star., 1926-03-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.
The following letter asks a Ques
Inn.

The following letter asks a Ques.
| ton:
! Dear Sir: l notice in several Of
, yonr recent articles YOU speak Of in
! teiiectuai honesty How does this
sort OF honesty differ from any other
honesty? I thought honesty was hon.
| esty. until YOU come alone with such
! EN- mphaais on the mental kind. Please
! INFORM us, some time At your con
, >snience. just what you mean by this
A. H.
! ihteseciusI honesty, sir simply
mes ns being hOnest with yourself. II
YOU knew how many persons there
are In the world who try to fool them,
serves all The time. you would rea lize
inc nscsssity tor distinguishing be
{ tween this sort Of honesty and the
kind usually referred to-i.e.. in money
matters.
We assume. from looking al the
sheet of paper on which A. l.. wrote
Us. that ne is engaged in the Govern
ment service. At any rate. the sheet
displayed, when held TO the light, the
Distinguishing spread eagle water
mark.
fhe Government empioye. probably
more so than any other man In Wash
inRton. AN Il rule. makes few actual
human contacts during his days work
We except. Of course. letter carriers
and others whose duties necessitste
many meetings durins the day.
Government workers. in the main
arrive al am. and cease activities
~ $3.50 pm. OF therea bouts During
thst interval they meet their supe
ri0rs. their associates and their official
Interiors. and week after week and
month after month the same old
bunch all over again.
IL is for this reason that nv Gov
ernment employees do not immedia ely
see the necessity for distinguishing in.
tellectuai honesty from the garden Va,
ilety OF honesty in money matters.
IL il not until man rusties
around. as In politics. for instance
in salesma nship, OF in Newspaper
work, that he hesinS 10 discover just
how dishOnest many persons are in.
tellectusHv.
They have reason for every &C.
ti0n--but II is not the right rsa son.
They are fsciie in telling YOU wnv
they do sos nd-so. bat experience and
common sense tell you that they are
f0olins themselves.
There In II whole line Of bunk"
about which the world foois itself
gladly. or this variety we do no,
speak. We deal here solely with the
everyday. human Snds OF -four.
flushing" known to most Of us.
Take the gentleman VINO buys
something finds il is not whs, he
thought Il, WAS. and then builds up
whole Superstructure Of lies TO
convince himself-snd others-thst
the Thing Is exactly what he thought
il was.
This man is moi intellectually hon
est. Instead Of admitting to himself.
once and for ell. that he has been
''stuns the fellow tries his besi 10
out the best face on the matter.
and sometimes even ends up by feel
ins convinced that ne Is right. after
sn.
ID il not the outward aspect OF
the affair that interests us. Run
ning 0 bluff concerns us little. Tho
effect Of the lies on others Ia 80
nothing compared 10 the effect upon
the man telling them.
4 ma n may fool others N:th some
cha nee OF innpuDttv. but he does no.
gel of SO easy when he fools him
self,
TO fool Ones self simply pats on the
evil day when the truth. which -
mighty. will prevail
Ii must prevail.
If one buys car that does not
hold up on the road. the time will
come surely md mavbe swiftly when
ID will break down, no atter how