Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-06-13

New York University, then formally
declared the Hall opened. Thereup
on the unveiling OF tablets was be
gun. The men prominent in our his
tory whom the people have voted
worthy OF a place in this temple are
Washington, Lincoln, Webster
Franklin, Jefferson, Clay, Adams
Grant, Farragut, Lee, Marshall
Kent, Story, Peabody, Cooper,
Stuart, Fulton, Morse, Whitney,
Audubon, Gray, Edwards, Mann,
Beecher, Chauncy, Emerson, Haw.
thorne, Irving, Longfellow. It may
be remarked that some of these
names would undoubtedly have been
voted ont but for the provision that
none but native Americans could be
given a place. Alexander Hamilton
was unquestionably the peer of either
Franklin or Jefferson; indeed his
intellect history records as some
thing marvellous, phenomenal. In
the short space OF his life be founded
our financial system, which has been
but slightly modified in the course of
these ll2 years. But the fact that
he was foreign-born bars him from
an honorary place in the temple
dedicated to the pioneers of states
manship, science and literature.
1t is becoming to be proverbial
that when something beyond the or
dinary, something seemingly absurd
and yet possible, is wanted, person
must look to Kansas. We have
hardly recovered from the shivers
caused by one, Mrs. Carrie, by her
phenomenal Announcements from one
Joint to another, by her ultimatums
to policemen and to magistrates of
even such enlightened cities as Chica-
go and Kansas City, not to mention
her native Nazareth, and by her
latest act of womanly heroism (?)r Of
beating her iailer SO severely that his
condition is reported serious, we have
not fullyrecove1ed our usual poise Of
mind from these shocking scenes be-
fore the latest fad again comes to
disturb our equilibrium. It is a new
society that is sprung on us. and
this time Of men, in name anyway.
1t is extremely sensational and excit-
ing and transports the reader into
something like a real chivalrous ad-
miration for the pure and noble in
man, the creature that has been ac-
cused these hundreds years of total
depravity. l refer to the "Mount
Hope Married Mems nti-Kissing
League', of Mount Hope, suburb
of Wichita, Kansas. I submit the
following article from the bylaws OF
the constitution because it defines the
object of the association so lucidly
"We, the following undersigned
members of the Married Mems Anti.
Kissing League, Of Mount Hope, do
agree between ourselves that in the
future we will not kiss either ou1
wives, daughters, or any other women
whatsoever. We believe that kissing
is an unnecessary thing by which one
may express their affection, and fur.
ther that it is a filthy and unhealthy
habit. We agree to stick to this
constitution, no matter how much
trouble it may cause in our families
but will use every means in convert
ing the members OF our household
that kissing is not the proper
manner for sensible people," ;"
1t would he idle for one not O.
kansas to begin to assign a reason
for such a movement. Of course it is
easy to. understand that men, ever
OF ex-senator Peffer's brand, shrink
from kissing women that act likt
furies and lack only boards to entitle
them to the toga Of a hoodlum. Be
yond that, they feel like this about it
She once had gracious smiles, but now
We meet with distant glances;
Oh how the heavenly grace recedes
| As worldliness advances!
~, fearful blow has fallen on
Dan Cupid's solar plexus-
She meets me coldly since her fad's
| To hit saloons in Kansas.
The reader will notice that the un
married men of Mount Hope have
not been enticed to join this league
Evidently they have studied geogra
ply and have wisely come to thu
conclusion that Wichita is yet in tn,
world and they with it, even if il
Kansas. It is quite probable tha
these young sirens, and possibl.
their venerable elders, would be yer,