Show WORLD OF BLUFF AND SHAM absolute frankness seems to be a thing unknown among M men e n and women one of the most pitiful as well as one of the commonest things in this old world Is sham those who hide and who of us does not nota under its sleazy covering are continua ly struggling to keep up appearances against a remorseless and overwhelm ing handicap the modern spirit of emulation is responsible for much of the present day sham the irad race to keep i p with and a little ahead of one s neighbors creates an In genuine condition one strides for a good showing slowing and life behind the scenes acael accents ts w hat s I 1 left ef t if we could only see the other side that Is jealously hidden from mrs grundy s prying eyes what an amak awakening ening there would be oftentimes the man wo lining living on his wife s inherited or poss bly hard earned money tells his friends with blatant impudence that she spends his wages rages faster than he can earn carn them and then asks for more the young wife wire ho to make a show passes her summers at some fashionable resort while her husband bends his head even nearer the grindstone to meet an extravagance that far overreaches his salary supplementing the by borrowing from his business part ner the happy woman who with serene eyes forces the world to think her lot a blissful one when al all the while her heart is breaking over some secret sorrow pr bitter hum humiliation illation each a disciple of bluff sham and pride what cankers of the soul these three cover and the world moves serenely on and the make beliefs which cover a multitude of miseries are held valiantly up to trick dame grundy into thinking that all Js Is gold gola that glitters t v |