Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-08
LEXINGTON BELLIES.
The Famous Girls who make their
Town Noted-How they
Look and Act.
tErom tho Kansas CITY Eyeuipg star.l


Look and Act.
From the Kaneas City Evening Start
there Is a widespread tradition that Lex
ipgton girls are pretty, and tradition in this
case Is true they are pretty-but.
An Evening Star pilgrim landed In Lex
ington a few days ago. On the Narrow Gauge
train on the way down.. he sat behind q
young man who attracted his attention. He
clothes fitted perfectly; bis linen was spot
less, his form q fine one comprising lightness
and strength and shining beauty and grace
in every line and curve. HIS face was In
keeping with his clothes and form. His
features were regular his eyes clear and bis
skin equally SO, with q good healthy color
SO seldom seen In the youth OF the present
day. He carried a fine gold watch and chain
and in the few hours spent In journeylng
from Kansas City to Lexington he read a
late novel. "His Majesty-Myseli-'' In brief.
he was a young man who would impress n
at sight as being just what he was an able.
Intelligent, modest gentleman. The pilgrim
became acquainted with him at Buckner and
learning that he was o resident OF Lexington
questioned him about that ancient and hon
orable city.
"Lexington is a nice place." said the
young man, ''a very nice place. You have
heard Of our Lexington girls 7" The pilgrim
said yes and made further inquiries.
"They are very pretty" he responded =;
very pretty indeed. 1 haveseen q great many
of them and they are all pretty, but l don't
know any OF them.
How long have you lived there ~ in
CURED the pilgrim.
"About q year, be replied with q smile.
"And you don't know any Of hemp
".No You see," he continued with o
smile, ssit is said Lexington girls can smell a
mechanic through q f0urteen.fnch wall, and
l belong to that unfortunate class conse-
quentIy they have nothing to do with me. l
don't know why, because l am received into
the best society elsewhere, and am Engaged
to u girl belonging to one of the best and
proudest families IN Missouri, but somehow
these people viii not have anything to do
with u young man unfortunately engaged
In manual labor, no matter what that labor
may be-"
On the way to town the reporter pondered
upon what meat these Caesars fed that they
should be so great, and Kept his eye peeled
tor u sight ct the famous beauties whose
faces had made their town noted. He saw
them. On every street were crowds OF them.
In every front yard was o bevy. 1t seemed
as il the air, the climate and the soil had
combined to form female loveliness-but!
They looked at q man as II to say, A !
not pretty Don't o. thick l Am lovely 7
Admire me you son of u gun, or - and
their eyes and faces wOuld back up the mute
inquiry with bewlldering expressions. Yes,
they were pretty, and there were plenty OF
them; but after all, the pilgrim, when con-
sldering the matter, concluded there was
just as much loveiiness IN Kansas City ; just
as many girls passing up and down Main
street, on o Saturday afternoon, IS there
were in all Lexington. Just as many celes-
tiai blue eyes and rosy cheeks just as many
black eyes, clear skins and red lips just as
many 1.-THE forms half concealed by light
draperies; just as many pretty faces, well
turned ankles and dainty feet In the mid
continental city as In a half dozen Lextng-
tons, and then he thought OF what the hand.
some young mechanic had said, and wound
up by deciding that there were more sensi.
bio pretty girls at home than in wenty Lex.
Ing tons.
The above Is a sad expose OF some pool
fellow who has bean badly snubbed. We
haven't the least idea that our girls car
'smell q mechanic through o fourteen Inch
wall,'' unless he. has been drinking bat
whisky. eating onions, or swearing such 6
blue streak as to make his breath reek with
birthstone. Ii he Is addicted to drink, gam
bling and ''cuss words'' they are very ap
to ascertain it, and the sensible ones of then
I to draw their skirts about them and pass BY
on the other side. Good clothes and move
reading can't save him. Regarding a re-
porter as q mechanic they would be apt tt
class such an n as should call them Caesars
as a sort of butcher, mt II they avoided
him 1t woul be, not that he had q trade, bu
that having one he know 1t SO Ill as to bt
forced to unsex them to find an Illustration
We love the Lexington girls-we have re
ceived a special dispensation from our bettel
halt permitting US 80 to do-and we do no
Ike to see them slandered. 1t is all very
well to acknowledge their beauty, and tt
admit that In this respect Kansas City II
nowhere-that is q matter Of course-but VI
do not relish the idea of having them adver
Used abroad as being q set Of fools. The ex
preston may be a little strong, but that Il
Whit 1t really amounts to. Our girls ar
many OF them pretty, but 1t does not follow
that they are therefore silly. The man wit
should attempt to ingratiate himself Will
Thorn by no better means than fiattery o
their personal appearance would be apt u
find himself we'll laughed at for his pains
There is d subtle sort of fattery which al
humanity is susceptible to, but the coarse
"admire me, &C." sort of the writer W
quote would be at a discount here. GU
i \ ! Y OuuCuL0us SOdI aCu6S6 dui
illiteracy repel them much quicker thai
mechanical pursuits. There is not a singh
so-cailsd fashionable academy in the tow
Our scmlnaries and schools are conducte
by mon and women OF sense, who train thei
pupils to look forward to being God-iesring
useful women, good wives and mothers. !
there is one where dress Is more thought {
( than ai.rQpfpr wo do MT b-o1r tt. ooS
would be a greener girl than are ours VIII
would not know that q good mechanic
more apt to make her q competency than
Jackleg lawyer, a one-idead counterjumpe
or y lazy bank clerk. Not that the law, me,
chandizing or banking are not honorab
caliings, but that they IN no may make tt
man that chooses them.
No; our girls are good girls they are sci
sible girls they are helpful to their mott
ers, very angels of light In cases OF sfckne
and distress. Of course there are some WI
are frivolous; there are some who are vain
not many purse proud, rs we have few tn
could be-there are no doubt some who ha,
false notions OF life, but that many of the
think less OF u man because he is a mechan
Is not rug A very good friend of ours,
timer, recently married into one of the be
families OF the city we know q printer
two. a railroad brakeman, and several 9th
r working men who move in the best socie
OF the place, but they are gentlemen. Tn,
, receive their welcome because they arc &c
/ tlemen not being gentlemen they would 6
their congo were they lawyers, doctors
what not.
We know OF no more ridiculous thing til
an aplng of aristocratIc foOlishness in sucf
country rs ours. The millionaire OF tod,
s may be the broker merchant Of tomorrow
the toiling, inventive mechanic OF this ye
may be the millionaire Of next. There a
no p~rerogatives OF pedigree with us /; brair
y energy and worth VIII in the long run, a
young women have sense enough to knc
these things, though some people seem
, think that because they are women tn
Il must consequently be idiots.
In conclusion we can only wonder he
the Adonis pictured by our contempora
}. ever managed TO become engaged, when
: lived O whole year In Lexington wltho
having enough courage to become acquail
cd with even one young lady. Can it be Il
his intended popped the question. Poor (
low! We feel sorry for him he is eyidel
d ly u little soft in the upper story.
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