The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-04-15
"DE GusTl6us NON EST DIS
PuTANDUM."

An old professor Of Latin whom W
once knew had habit of springin,
/ the above quotation on his wife whel
IN the midst of family argument ant
I on one occasion Mrs. Professor hotl,
T retorted, ayes. it is disgusting, beyond
dispute"
Now you may accept the orthodox
+ translation of the sentence or that OF
the professors wife-jnst as you
please, take your choice-for either
& version will suit our present purpose,
& serving as a text for this little ser
4 mon. We select a Latin text because
we are here performing ii the role
of preacher and ii gives an air of
greater profundity to use words that
half OF the congregation cant under
stand.
"There is no disputing about tastes.
II your appetite calls for gooseberry
pie for breakfast. as Bill Corners does,
that is your business and we have no
right to find fault with you about it.
Likewise. if you are not sufficiently
aesthetic in your tastes to like turnip
greens, that again is a matter to which
we, as an advocate of greens, have no
authority to register objection.
Furthermore. by way of calculating
the deep philosophy underlying the
text. if your taste in the line of wear
ing apparel demands white pants on
the first warm day in spring, such as
our good friend, Mr. Curtis, prefers,
that comes strictly under the head of
your own personal business and under
the law of nations and good sense, we
have no warrant for interfering or
kicking up any fuss over it.
Awaiting into higher altitude !
where tastes differ, we may observe
that some people actually read and |
enjoy the continued stories in the !
magazines. Personally, we think this ;,
practice is pernicious one but at the
same time we don't feel that we have
any license to brow-beat anybody who
Is so misguided as 70 indulge in it,
And then there are other folks
whose literary taste is so perverted
that they turn aside in disgust from
one OF those delightful tales in which
Stevenson or Jack London has a band
0f blood-thirsty pirates scuttle ship
and slay the crew. We can't agree
With such people but that is no reason
Why we should quarrel with them.
There is no disputing about
astes" in these several realms of hui
nan thinking, meaning of course t'a+
is mere matter of personal pref
,rence and the choice having once I
'een made, that is the end of the ar
ument. In order to get along peace
bly, together and to avoid intermina- /
lie conditions that will get us no
there, we just assume that folks Sc
ect the food, clothing and literature I
hat suit their tastes and minister to
heir personal needs and let it go at
lat And this brings us to the main n
oint in the text which, we trust now il
lands out so plainly that it need not
e expounded but merely suggested.
In the religious realm mems tastes n
iffer as much as in any other. There II
re many creeds and many churches.
le devotees of which in their own
aried ways are seeking to follow the il
that leads to the highest Ii
bod. If your religion tells you to
-actice justice and brotherly love; if
causes you to earnestly strive to M
ring your life into harmony with that "a
hich IS denominated as Divine and
brings you comfort and hope, why
IouId anybody who has different in
ay of attaining the same end brand 10
N as a fool. hereto or hell e,
,und?
"There is no disputing about
stes." Also religious controversy h,
d religious intolerance are disgust az
2 beyond dispute" be
Il.