Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-09

nv NINA.
Amusing Brand Of Dishonesty.


"Hcavens!' gasped Vivian, hurrying
up to meet the tail, broad-shouldered
foot ball hero who waited for her In
the lobby of the hotel II thought I'd
never get here. Oh, I had such a time
getting out of school over the week end"
Flow did you manage it. Viv?" In
CURED the boy, sympathctically.
oh. / told about hundred lies.
forged q note from the proud parents
and finally let II be known that father
was desperately Ill l must have told
10 different stories, to as many different
people. but maybe they won't start COM
pairing notes. Hope not, anyway" She
yrinncd up Mt him miSchievOuSly.
That is what is known as amusing
dishonesty II isn't considered very Sc
rious. end In the code of the modern
boy and girl it's perfectly decent and
honorable.
OF course. every once in awhile Wv
ian gets 81 hard bump when she meets
some serious minded youth who is apt
TO tell her StcInly she ought to cut that
sort of. stun out But 1t doesn't happen
very often She figures that, III the
long run. her methods work very we'll.
Then there's the flip young Stella,
who holds down a pretty good job IN
the Wall street district.
Go to work tomorrow" she trills
sweetly when some sympathetic swain
asks her II she doesn't want to leave
the dance early in order to get good
nights sleep Not on your lille. I'm
not going to show up at the Office to-
morrow a-tall oh. I'll be able to think
Of something good to tell them. I've
never failed yet. When l want to have
a lunch date / usually manage to feel
pretty low and look rather pale. Then
I STAY out TWO or three hours at lul!ch
time. and when ! come back l say that
the fresh air has braced me UP and I'm
feeling much better"
Stella's line works pretty we'll. too.
OF course, she has her troubles. Sew
eral times, i'll fact, perfectly nice boys
have been rather nasty to her about her
clever little cheating tricks at the Office.
Horrid creatures. these stern. SELL
righteous men who Try to tell her she
ought to BE- more honest.
Well. is there any danger in this sort
of petty lying. which Is considered per-
fectly good form nowadays? Only this
danger: That the girl who openly ad-
vertises herself As an expert liar and
fidence even from the man who loves
her. He may be perfectly aware that
her form OF dishonesty is small super
fetal thing, but he can't help also being
aware that every day she is perfectiffg
herself more and more In the art OF
deceit and trickery
And what man wants TO step cas-
ually into marriage with some one who
has spent at least five years OF her life
in training herself to be a successful
and convincing liar.
Isn't there always apt to be grain
of oistrust in his attitude toward her?
Isn't he likely to wonder often
whether he. in his turn, Is getting the
full benefit OF her art in tI'ickery?
think so. ! think admitting oneself
to be careless with the truth Is danger
GUS Even though ones ofTenses against
truth may be- trivial, they are indica-
lions to the man one loves that one Is
capable of deceit-pay. more. that one
is studying II carefully.
DO you get the point? Don't go
around Dragging about your clcvcTiaess
in deceiving parents. teachers and EN-
ployers. You may get In wrong with
Mr. Right.
tCopyright. 1929