Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1891 — Polite Fibbing. [ARTICLE]

Polite Fibbing.

It is not well to aim at so refined an ideal of politeness that one becomes unable to express an ho:iest opinion. The guests easiest to entertain are those not only pleased with tho goods their hosts Erovlde but whe, if a choice of pleasures i offered them, profess a candid preference. A certain o’d gentleman tells the following sto-yof entrapping himself by an untruth, at the dictates of politeness: He was visiting at the house of a Quakerfriend, where the dessert of pie was placed upon the. dinner table with the preceding courses. When the meat had gone round the hostess said to her guest: "Does thee like a clean plate for thy pie?” Now, the guest did particularly appreciate a change of dishes; it was indispensable to the enjoyment of his dinner,: but ho wished to do nothing contrary to the customs of the house. “Oh, no, Aank you,” he said; “I like to make one plate serve for everything.” “Thee Isn’t like me," quietly replied his host, taking a pile of nnused dishes from a side table. "I like a clean plate. ” So did the hostess, it appeared, for she also took one, and the two enjoyed their orderly- dessert, while the guest was forced to be content with the late he had brought upon himself. —Household.