The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-12-02
'CHEEK. /"
A Term which Applies % . Pecu-
liar and Distinctive Trait Of
American Charocter.

The 6nt veil aulbeuticatej case Of cheel
that - to be found recor3erd in The annal
Of human history occurred in The print
i've days Of Father Adam. The facss ID
the case are brief. There was tree Of for
hidden fruit in the garden, and Adam and
Eve had been warned not to touch thai
fruit upon the pain Oi desth. Adam he'd
no deposition to disobey orders. He had
no curiosity to taste Of the iorOiddea tGusl,
aud here il must be said that this great r.
deeusing Trait Of Adam hes been preserved
through all The generations Of his sons.
Men have no curio-,ty to psy into things.
while wOmen-but 10 the story. Eve
thought ON the sppIe question, and
At last .he could not re-isi the temptation.
She ate IN apple; she fell. Not content
with what she had done. she sought to drag
Adam down With her. She penusded hin
10 Try one Of the apples. He tried il. He
fell, and for the cheek of Eve in asking
Adam to eat that apple, the poor, innocent
men Of every generation have been held
ansverable. Ii ie not fair.
Cheek in iis general end comprehensive
signi6cation signifies cheek. There IL no
other definition to the 1ord. and il cannot
be translated into any other language.
Like Law, it sieni6es rule Of action, bat
il must be said that the term IL often used
for enemy. Energy, hosever, d one thing
and cheek another. Men Who push them
selves through the world, and always stand
resdy to hold up for themselves, and to
further their own interest, are called
cheeky" By unthinkins people. but push
and cheek are Two separate and distinct
qualifications. The saying y common that
, man can not get along in the world With
out plenty Of cheek, but il u not true. En-
ergy il necessary 10 success in life, bat
heck il not. Energy 10 based on merit
md integrity. while cheek is only backed
y prsteniion and culpable deceit. Enesyy
,suaiiy wins, but cheek very ssIdom comes
MT ahead in the long run.
Cheek may be divided and subdivided,
'ud still there would Be room for more d.
'isions yet The term hes lately teen in |
,rsfted into The English language, bot -
'efore intimated, the trait Of character had |
h origin before language vas knovd.
During the latter half Of the last century
{ has been the misfortune Of The Anerican
'eople to have The stiGms Of cheek fast
ned upon them. You do not hear Of cheek |
n England, in France, and In fact you hear
{ it in no other country except Amsrics. |
Why this il % perhaps the suds only cansx-
lain. Outside of America you never hear |
4 . man having the ''cheek Of the devil"
md yet that expression had les origin |
'early iwo thousand yean ago.
For . case of pure uualulterated, bona /
de cheek, commend "a 10 the individual
Tho comes into printing Office, sits down
q the editor's chair, piles his feet dosn ca /
he exchange table. reads four or Eve paees
4 msnuscript on some unfinished srticle,
nd finally winds up BY giving . piece Of
ID mind in regard TO how . nevspepes
hould be run. The young msn Who runa
q debt to his landlady and then plesds The !
oct. 10 . very common example
( American cheek. The man vho gives .
aloon keeper . stiff" for . drink u also
mother. Indeed this country u foil 81
heck. but people must learn to Distinguish |
{ from eoergy.