Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-06-28
NUMBER 81
SATIRE ON SOCIETY.

SAIIKE ON SOCIETY.
1.-THE Charge of the Four Hun
drcd," the satire published i'm the
Smart Set, was written by Mrs.
Laura Fitz Hugh Lance, now of
New York. Following are some
forccful lines from the poem:
oh, wonderful Astoria.
To YOU ! sing gloria.
What tavern here or o'rr the sea
Compares with you In luxury?
The old. the young. the good. the bad,
The solemn, giddy, serious. glad.
All cungrryatc Within your walls:
'riS there the Smart Set gives its balls:
'riS there all sorts of schemes are hatchcd.
Aud many matches are unmatched.
Socirty'S II funny thing.
From "unui always suffering.
Its matrnns take up every fad,
Aud folly unto folly add.
They initiate ombragc joys:
Til" clog dance. with its dirt aud noise;
TIL" skirt dance. with its pretty hints:
TIL" cake walk dome in ga,iZr. not chintZ;
And what may hr. not what 1t should
Why, that's the very thing that's good.
TIL" circus has its counterpart
In polo, aud men think It smart
I" race around n tanbark ring
And set the world Ia wondering
why ii the difference cannot SEQ
fWiN twcrdlcdum aud twccdlrdcr:
Aud they hav" rooms devoted to
Bridge. haccarat and poker. too.
And rnug"-ct-noir: and women play
Aud gamble our respect away.
Then, once II year there is the show
Where all the world and horses 70:
Wh"r" women. draprd IN lace and gems.
With dollars stitched in tucks aud hens.
Whose glowing cheeks make Beauty blush
At such misuse uf paint and hr:Ish.
Sit stared at and. hl some. admircd:
And what they wear and boo is wired
Ia GREATNESS haste to Western towns.
That ape their manners. ways aud gowns.
Tia" S"aSnii Of th" WaiStl"SS gown
Th" Opera comes u"\t 10 town;
To this the whole Astoria goes
In many gems aud Sranty clothes.
''fiS thrr" "" see most brilliant things:
Great diamond stumachrrS aud rings
That make the dullrst creature bright.
Indeed. II great and shining light"
OF worth are thrS" the evidence?
Its luck th" Horseshoe represents.
oh. queen ui Cuutrari"tN-
Whom murtalS call Sucirty
luu fraud! Nou muckinv, shocking thing.
Far better Is Your cruel sting
Than all Your KISSES, Tor We know
They hold u poison. keen. tho slow.
Why don't yuu try H. MAX" tru" friends,
And USE Your power Tor noble ends
lIut no, You dn th" very things
For which outsiders get your Stings.
l"u network of hypocrisy
MiSmam"d the aristucracy.
What ar" Nuu but u great prrt"nsc-
IN ever grew ing great expense?
What is It hut an endless strife
And worry to enjoy high lifr?"
And when Nuu lall in that long sleep.
Who Tor Your death ah hour will weep?
When your rufranchiSrd, soaring soul
Can hear Times glorious anthems roll.
The Clifton Hill Rustlrr editor
gets huiiy and let's himself ont in
this fashion: When we see II Gig
arcttc-smoking dude walking be-
side II lady, pulling clouds of smoke
in her face, it makes us feel like
Iootng him off the sidewalk.
What is there attractive about II
wcak-ryrd, pimplr-fared, shallow
ualcd fellow with his cigarette and
II breath that would stink II dog off
II drcalrd carcass! Some of these
things haven't brains enough to
grease II skillet. The fellow who
pulls cigarette smoke in the face of
II lady has neither brains nor breed
my, but the dear girls submit, al.
tho it makes them cough aud
SnruXC