Show Uncommon Sense By JOHN JOHN BLAKE BLAKC I 1 III V WHAT HAT OTHERS HEAR KT T HAT man Isn't on th the level said a very experienced judge of ot humankind recently When he talks he doesn't mean menn what bat you hear bear Talkative even eyen persuasive people who dont don't mean what you hear are considerably too numerous In the world Their words sound plausible con con- You can cnn hear bear them But nut you cannot hear the silent thoughts that are going on in the head of the theman theman theman man who bo is talking to you the thoughts that do not check up with the words at all aU You will learn In time that such men men- are not to be depended pon Unless you ou are ore shrewd or widely experienced experienced ex ex- you ou are likely to learn too toolate late But never mind that You Tou will profit by what your our first mistake costs you ou And after that you OU will willbe willbe be a n little bit cautious about words unless you ou know that the thoughts behind the words agree with them I i Of course It Is Impossible for you OU Ii Jor I or r for tor me or for all the forces In this world to make every man mean what we hear him say But we wc can at least contribute to the general sum of ot frankness and honesty by always s meaning what the theother theother theother other fellow hears As It always pays to be on the level a level a thing no crook ever seems to be n able le to discover discover It It will pay us to make our words express our OUI thoughts and nothing but our thoughts It Is not necessary to pour out our hearts to strangers and acquaint acquaint- ances It Is not necessary to acquaint our friends with everything that Is In our minds although most men are ore fa far more secretive than Is at all essary When we do talk whether much or little we ought to speak spalt our th thoughts and not continually make mental reservations as we go alon along The writer knows knows of an able and brilliant tuna man who might have gone Jone far tar In the world but for a reputation for tor mental trickiness that be he earned deservedly lon long ago H He Be Is not dishonest Ho ne means meana t I |