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Show Where to Draw the Line. Tho talk of Bociety must of necessity bo somewhat insincere. For politeness is the seneschal of society. He will not open tho door for us unless our speech bo silvern, and indeed we havo no right to go to tho house of a friend unless we aro prepared to bo agreeable. agreea-ble. The world has grown full of dissimulation dissimula-tion and compliment, therefore it is difficult to bo always polite and always truthful Yet bo clear is tho moral sense on this point that no character in society is so suspected and detested as is the arrant flatterer. Tho line is quickly drawn between tho necessary and unnecessary dissimulation. Wo ore committing com-mitting no deadly sin, however, if wo refrain from looking bored when we aro bored; we are not "deceiTors ever" if wo refrain from telling disagreeable truths. Wo roust iearn tact know where to draw tho line. M. E. |