Evening star., 1932-12-10

| two great divisions of mankind, con-
! tanning those who are honest, and those
who are dishonest
The proportions Of these groups are
widely different.
No matter how manv persons one
knows, or meets, he will be fortunate
If he runs into one in the former divi-
sion to hundred, or maybe a thou
sand, in the latter.
There is no animal quite so rare as a
truly honest man, with whom one has
no fear.
A great many persons have never met
such a person. hence they are not to
be blamed perhaps, for assuming that
he does not exist
Unfortunately, if one believes only in
mankind in the dishonest classification.
one will tend to meet fire with fire. and
/ be dishonest. to a greater or less de-
gree, ones self.
1t must be kept in mind that dishon-
esty does not mean money dishonesty.
| From some standpoints that is a minor
virtue. There Is whole wide world
| of dishonesty outside that limited
! sphere, in which the wayfarer meets
some curious specimens.
| There is that curious bird, the man
or woman who never buys anything
for himself or herself, but invariably
| for the benefit of some one else, at
! least so he or she says.
Even if he is well off. In the worldly
sense, he ShrinkS from admitting, espe-
cially to himself, that he is spending
on himself.
| So he purchases something or other
ostensibly for some one else, but usu-
ally manages to get as much good out
/ of thoy u,hiph iS mt gl1rnrlc :
| ing, seeing that every one else is fully
aware OF the fact that he bought it
! for himself in the first place
| Then there are a great many per-
sons who have alibi babies. They can't
| do so and so, because baby has to have
| a new pair OF shoes if they want a new
car. they do not buy it because they
| want a new car, that and nothing
more. but because the children neea
fresh air"
There are shoals of persons who are
dishonest with themselves about a
Thousand matters, no ons OF wnlch
makes any real difference.
They save their face" to themselves
and tnat seems to be all that matters
with them.
There is, however, a pleasure in being
strictly honest with ons'S self abou.
ones personal motives, desires and
so on.
Occasionally one runs into such q
human being. 1t hastily should be
stated that never is he the type which
confuses honesty Of mind and purpose
with "frankness' of tongue.
Most often the latter is sheer nasti'
ness, just as temperament" is mostly
nasty disposition.
The typical honest man simply Goes
not fool himself, that is all, nor make
any attempt to fool others, even by tbs
| usual use of conventional phrases, such
as Il beg your pardon" for offense:
utterly trivial, and calling for no such
| formality.
| The honest man never finds it neces-
sary to say, oh, don't want to takf
your last cigarette" The cigarette j:
offered. it happens to be the last one
| in the packet. he accepts it with thanks
and smokes it. But the members ol
the great primary group of the dishon-
| est invariably make great hullabaloC
! about taking the last" 1t shows theil
| inherent dishonesty, their suspicion
| lurking under the forrce of politeness
Show us a man who ts xes - last Gig
arctic without word of apology anG
We will show you an honest man. But
you will have long way to go to fine
him Out of 100 men tested recently
| in this manner, only two came through
with flying colors. They, were. indeed
masters of their fate, captains of theii
soul.