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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
Lad HUMOROUS Draining PEN
Designers satiric chuekles at Clergy.
and Laity in Evidence in
Carved Stone.

Designers of Gothic buildings al
WAYS have bees possessors Of a hui
morous drafting pen. Their s%atiric
chuckles at clergy and laity have
come down through the centuries in
the stone Of many Of the sober old
rathQIrals Of Europe. Tie me-
dieyal craftsmen were downright
boisterous in some Of their e~arica-
lures,
Gluttony is portrayed in clerical
robes on the battlements Of Magda-
len college, Oxford. In a Yorkshire
church Ecclesiastical Sincerity is
rendered BY two foxes, representing
the sporting clergy Of the middle
ages, listening to a bishops instruc-
lions. Out Of their hoods peep the
heads of stolen geese.
Thirteenth century fun-makers
gufawed nightly at all orders Of
clergy in an oTnamentation Of the
Strasbwrg cathedral depicting "The
Funeral Of the Fox" This sculp-
ture created so many irritating en-
hroglios among churchgoers that it
was demolished in the middle Of the
Nineteenth century. Wandering
miustrels Of the middle ages were
satirizod for their fondness of free
meals, one of the stalls of Westnin
stor cathedral showing a fddlin
Dir
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

In the opinion Of Governor A.
Mistake Hyde, the most worthy
man in the Republican party
for secretary Of the Tax Com
mission is August Steinbeck Of
Union, Mo. Mr.. Steinbeck is ed
itor Of a newspaper in Union
and during the war he was fin
ed 5000 in the Federal court at
St. Louis, on a charge Of aiding
in obstructing the draft thru
editorials published in his paper.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
SIMPLE E~xpsDlsNr.

The Actress-ef have driven
three men to the dogs, obtained two
divorces, and won six lawsuits. and
my pearl necklace has been stolen
twice. don't know what else / can
DO 70 set the world gaping" Her
hanager-"Try learning your parts
perfectly. Paris lie Journal
Amusant.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
The Resi- phvsic

When you want a pleasant
physic try Chamberlain's Tab
lets. The are easy to take and
mild and gentle in effect. They
are highly priced by people who
have become acquainted with
their good qualities. They only
cost a quarter Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

These are the things by which
one-half Of our people live. And
these things have happened
while the world is hungry and
naked. The net result is the
ruin Of producers everywhere.
But the masses of the people,
in country and city alike, pay
even yet practically the same
prices for the finished products
of meats, food, clothing and all
other Of their daily necessities.
Thus the rich and the middle
men reap their harvests Of
gain, undisturbed by the Repub-
Leans, at the expense of the
suffering producers everywhere.
where.
The people wanted a change
and they got it.
About the only time the Re-
publican President has awaken
ed long and alert enough to take
keen interest in the peoples
concerns on Capitol Hill was
when he went in person and
killed the bills for the relief of
the soldiers who had saved the
world from slavery and ruin,
and next when he directed his
partisans in Congress to favor
the Oil Trust and his Secretary
of the Treasury's great oil com
pany by admitting free Of du-
ty oil coming into this country
from Mexico-by which the inn
porters saved over SIS, OOO, 900
annually at the expense of the
country and the Treasury.
The people wanted a change
and they got it.
Special selfish interests in the
manufacturing centres have
the Tariff Bill as they
pleased and in their own inter
ests, which will impose burdens
billions upon the consuming
public and yet under this Re-
publican Tariff Bill, the pro-
ducts Of raw materials get prac-
no benefits for their raw
products of either field or for
or mine or ranch or other
wise.
The Republican President call
ed the Congress together five
months ago for the express
purpose of passing a Tariff Bill
and a Tax Bill. Rnt after all
time it has done neither,
1t is divided in counsel; it is
leadership; it is as a
ship without a rudder. The Re-
publican majority is split up in
to many factions and its only
coherent policy so far develop
ed is to turn the country over
to the tender mercies of Wall
Street as it did in former times.
The people wanted a change
Z-dIu Jney gOl~lU.
From a condition of tranquil
ity, plenty and prosperity under
the Democrats they have come
to strife, adversely and distress
the Republicans. Conf
in government itself has
been much weakened. Fellow
between employer and en-
ployee, which the Democrats
built up so that there was a fair
of the rewards of labor,
has been DESTROYED under the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
Be Photographed this Year on your birthday
There Are Two Studios In Lexington, Mo. Try Both.

The College Band, Orchestra
and Glee Clubs were organized
at the Chillicothe Business Col
lege last week and the football
squad under Coach Neel is hard
at work each evening preparing
for its heavy schedule. ADV.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
AoIsrED ay AIs owN pErAnn

Worth Border was practically
ruined by prohibition.
West Soloonkeeper?
NORTH No importance agita.
tor New York sun.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
A Great Remedy.

The merits OF Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoe Remedy are
we'll known and appreciated,
but there is occasionally a man
who had no acquaintance with
them and should read the fol-
lowing by F. H. Dear, a hotel
man at Dupuyer, Mont: -Four
years ago | used Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy
with such wonderful results
that l have since recommended
it to my friends" ADV.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
THEY WANTED A CHANGE.

THEY WANTED A CHANGE.
Joe H. Eagle in the New York World
AT the last general election
the people wanted a change
and they got it.
From universal prosperity I'M
der the Democrats they have
come to universal hard times
under the Republicans.
From universal employment
at high wages under the Demo-
Gratis they have come to see g.
100000 men idle and the bal
ance working at reduced wages
under the Republicans.
The people wanted a change
and they got it.
They were promised that the
army should at once be return
ed from the Rhine; but the ar
my is still on the Rhine.
One large group voted for the
Republicans on the assurance
that Italy should regain Fiume;
but Italy is still without Fiume.
One group of many millions
voted for the Republicans on
the assurance of a peace and
treaty favorable to Germany (;
but after the Republican Con
gress passed a flake" resolu-
ton of peace the Administra-
ton must now either submit
for ratification the Versailles
Treaty of Peace or Germany
will escape liability, obligation
and indemnity; and thus the Re
publlcans must either betray
the German sympathizers or
the best interests of the Unit
ed States.
The business men were prom
ised relief from heavy taxes.
But all that has been done is a
revision by the House of Rep
r~esentatives by which the very
rich men and corporations are
to be relieved of their burdens
at the expense of the ordinary
business men and the masses
of the people. /.
The people wanted a change
land they got it.
Under the Republican Admin
i~stration products of the field
and the range have gone far be-
low the cost of production.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

It can be arranged for those
entering any time next week or
the Monday following to join
the new classes which were or
sanized at the big Fan Opening
OF the chillicothe Business Col
.lese last Tuesday. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. George Layne.
announce the birth of a daugh-
ter Virginia Elinor, Friday,
September 80.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

~Suitor-Sir, | called to ask your
advice as to whether your daughte.
would make me a suitable wife.
bawyer-No, she wouldn't. Fiy.
dollars, please.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
NOT THE ONLY ONE
There Are Other Lexington PeO-
pie Similarly Situated.

Nathan Talbot, 1910 Rail
road St., Lexington, says; my
kidneys were in very bad condi-
ton. Many days after doing
hard work my back would ache
so / could hardly walk. If
stopped over, sharp pains would
shoot up and down my back.
felt weak and lame and often
had dull pains in my head when
everything would seem to be
jumping up and down before
me. My kidneys acted irregular
ly and the secretions were pain
full in passage and contained
sediment. l heard of Doan's
Kidney Pills and got a few box
es at Marshall's Drug Store.
They entirely cured me of all
the trouble. Doan's is certainly
a fine remedy"
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

Of the 1921 graduating class
in ChiIlicothe High School,
twenty enrolled at the Chilli
cothe Business College for bus
mess training. What better
endorsement could a
school receive? ADV.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

Miss Mildred Cole Of Dover,
spent the weekend with Miss
Margaret Fisher.
Joe Carter of Kansas City,
spent Sunday here with rela-
tives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07
A TrayeIing Man,s Experience

You may learn something
from the following by W. H. Ire
land, a travelling salesman of
Louisville, Ky. "In the summer
Of 1888 l had a severe attack
Of cholera morbus. l gave the
hotel porter fifty cents and told
him to buy me a bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy and to take no substi-
tute. l took a double dose of it
according to the directions and
went to sleep. At five O'Clock
the next morning 1 was called
by my order aud took a train
for my next stopping place, a
well man." ADV.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

Arthur Meunier went to Kan
sas City Sunday evening for a
brief visit.
Miss Joe Kemble left Tuesday
evening for a visit with rela-
tives in Iowa.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-10-07

Mrs. ]. c. Bierbaum went to
Boonville Sunday morning for .
weeks visit with relatives.
Evening star., 1921-05-19

winter. They liked to play there. 1t
was great fun to climb about over the
rocks. to hunt for little caves and to
play hide and seek.
They had been playing for some
time when they happened to approach
a spot on which jolly. round. bright
Mr.. Sun was shining his broadest. AS
they drew near this spot Boxer s
quick ears caught a strange sound.
Instantly he stopped, with his head
cooked to one side. that he might
listen better. Woof-Woof stopped and
did the same thing. just because Box
er was doing it. Then she also heard
that queer sound. 1t was sharp
whirring sound. and somehow those
two little Bears didn't like it. Some
how il seemed like a warning. For a
minute or two they stood perfectly
still. listening. The queer sound stop
ped. But the instant one of them
moved it began again.
What do you suppose makes it,"
asked Woof-Woof.
IL haven't the least idea" replied
Boxer 1T sounds to me sort Of ugly"
said Woof- Woof.
"Oh. yes. you can" retorted Buster.
You can tell A great deal by sound.
You know well enough by the sound
of Mother Bears voice when she is
angry. You know you do.
Woof- Woof grinned. Well. said
she. this doesn't sound very ugly to
me. And | do want to find out what
makes it. That won't do any harm
Anyway. there isn't anything big
enough to hurt us around here. Come
on. let's hunt for the thing that makes
tha: noise.
Since his experience with Prickly
Porky the Pocupine and his expert
ence with Jimmy skunk. which you
know all about. Boxer had grown eau
tious. To be cautious. YOU know. is
to be careful to make sure of things.
So Boxer was not eager to hunt
for the cause OF that queer sound.
The more he listened to it the less he
liked it.
"Fraidy, Fraidy"" taunted Woof-
Woof. you're afraid. Boxer Bear.
That's what's the matter with YOU
you're afrai id
Now. Boxer didn't like that. No
little Bear would Besides. if the
truth be told, his curiosity was just
as great as Woof Woofs. He wanted
10 know what that queer whirr in the
rocks meant and what made it. SO
Boxer joined Woof-Woof in hunting
for :he maker of the queer sound.
Copyright. l6"1. by T. W. Ru-ce>>.'
Evening star., 1921-05-19
HOME NURSING AND HEALTH HINTS
BY NJ. JESSIE LEITCH.

give you a clean white towel Bennie,
dear. and the spatula that is in the
medicine cupboard and the zinc oint-
ment and the box of surgical lint"
Bennie Interested OnIOoker.
And Bennie was an interested on
locker while his grandmother. referring
to the article for directions. cut the lint
into strips of varying lengths and widths
and spread it with the ointment. as one
spreads bread with butter the spatu.a
spread ii on smoothly. and il was ap-
pied to the smooth side of the lint. Then
the pieces were neatly folded, with the
ointment surfaces together and the
woolly surface of the lint outside. 1t
was a fascinating process. Like max
ing sandwiches" gurgled Bennie.
When the prepared lint was all folded
away in tin box. because the ointment
would ha we penetrated a cardboard box.
grandmother labeled i: For Bennie's
Arm" which made him feel very i'm
portant. She used strip of adhesive
plaster for the label. because paper labels
refuse to stay pasted upon tin.
And the dressings after that were
simple processes of applying the pre-
pared surface of the lint to the child's
arm and bandaging neatly over the
comfortable application. which was
not a bit "drippy" and, more, never
slipped. like the gauze had done. when
the ointment had been applied direct TO
the arm. and then covered with gauze.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Concerning Spread Lint

Little Bennin burned his arm when he
was staying with his grandmother in the
country.
If he had not been normal small boy
he might not have been SO interested in
the blue sparks that sputter"d sometimes
at the end of the electric iron when his
grandmother alta ched il to the cord
But one day he pulled the cord. for
getting that the iron was hot. ard
pressed his soft little bare arm against
it. His arm was badly scared. the iron
fell on the floor and burned hole in
the linoleum. and his grandmother came
cunning with baking soda and cool wet
congresses. And Bennie became the
hero of the hour.
Zinc Ointment .Measy.'
While the burn was healing some one
sent Bennie's grandmother box of zinc
ointment, which was very comforting as
a dressing for tn" arm. but inclined to
run and drip on things as his grand
mother applied it to his arm. 1t was
very messy.
Reading the paper one evening. Ben
nie's grandmother discovered spread
lint" which is an approved method of
applying any ointment to skin surfaces
So she said:
Run upstairs and ask Aunt Ada to
Evening star., 1921-05-19
The Impromptu Show.

IT is the country or suburban
dweller who displays the greatest
amount of ingenuity and resource
fuIness when it comes to getting
up impromptu performances-plays
charades and oth-< amateur per-
formances. The city dweller finds
it so easy to gain diversion at the
hands of professional players or en-
te-tain@rs that he seldom thinks Of
entertaining himself and his guests.
Then when summer calls us away
from the city w" find that the city
taee. 1T is so many wears since he
has played make -beliovc that he
doesn't know just how to go about it.
Great amusement can he gained
and anv possible talent in acting
displayed with shadow pan,omimes.
stretch large sheet at the opening
of wide door. Tour spectators
should be seated on one side in an
unlighted room and single but
strong light should he placed on a
table about fifteen feet behind your
use a shaded desk light that may be
made to cast strong light toward
the sheet.
You may select merely Mother
need have no extrao ordinary elocu-
ZIONIST for the reader. IT is nee
essary only that she or he should
read distinctly and slowly. Mean
time the actors go through the story
read in pantomime. The tale of the
old woman who went to market her
eggs for to sell was given recently
with good result. Longer. humorous
verses will occur to you. The beauty
of it is that only the shadows show,
so you may make crooked or long
noses of pasteboard, and boards mus
taches and additional eyebrows may
be made of cotton batting 4 little
chewing gum is the best adhesive
for these impromptu features. says
an experienced pantomime producer.
Shadows of very convincing tears
may be produced IL the actor has a
small wet sponge held in his hand
kerchief to be squeezed when he
| wipes his weeping eyes. The shadows
Of these tears drop to the floor most
pathetically. a rising sun or flying
birds roaring lions or other acces-
so-ios may be made of carhhoa rd.
which can he operated by means Of
strings or broom handles behind the
sheet.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
His Best Chance.
By II. ADDINGTON BRUCE.
Author of ..Ths Riddle Of Personal lty," Hand
leaps Of Childhood" Etc.


Copyright. 1921 by the Associated Newspapers.
More and more the practice of put
ting Juvenile delinquents on probation
is gaining ground. Judges hesitate
to send wayward boys and girls to
'reforma tories" training schools
and kindered institutions. believing
that their interests and society's will
best be served by giving them OPP
portunity to develop free from penal
restraint.
belongs. on the parents." runs the
theory underlying this belief. Don't
penaliZe the immature for faulty
upbringing. See to it that the up
bringing is improved.
Instead of completely cutting the
keep a wstchful eye on him and on
his home surroundings, too. That is
the way to give him his best chance"
AS general thing this is sound
doctrine. There can be no doubt of
that. Only il must ever be kept in
that. indeed. there are circumstances
under which it becomes positively
pernicious
AS is too frequently demonstrated
by actual life experiences.
Take. for a typical example the
d
times brought into court because of
various misdemeanors. Notorously
back kwsrd in his school work. psy-
I Geological testing showed that he had
the mind of mere child of nine.
The judge knew this. and was ia
miliar with his court record. But
wishing to give the boy chance.
he would not send him to any insti-
tuition. Instead he talked with him
then set him at liberty. And for A
; time things seemed to go well enough
Nine years later the same boy
grown TO be a man Of twenty-five
appeared in the same court
I He had in the meanwhile drifted
from one occupation to another. max
i ing good in none. Incidentally he
! had lost an arm in An industrial ac-
, cident. He was without Job and
without friends. And the charge now
| brought against him was of desertine
his wife and two-week old child.
For the first time. unhappily late
in the day. the judge appreciated the
mistake he had made--appreciated ed
that he had actually deprived this un.
fortunate of his one real chance when
he did not send him to schoo! for
the mentally defective
There his limitations and his pos
sibilt'es alike could have been
studied. There il could have been de
termined whether he would ever be
Il socially safe and useful man. And
| If ii were deemed wise to release him
eventually from custodial care. he
| would have been sent back to societ,
equipped TO support himself by work
| suited to his mental capacity
Like the feeble minded the social.
cd moral imbecile" can profit little
from probation. And there are not a
few Juvenile delinquents who need
special medical care before il can be
hoped that they will prove responsiv.
10 influences helping them to find
| success and happiness in life.
All of which implies that the real
best chance" for the youthful wrong
doer is to he had only by giving hin
a thorough medical and psychological
examination and acting in accordanc,
with the findings of this exminatio
As is being done in many courts to.
day. and as should be done in ever,
court.
Evening star., 1921-05-19

II takes something extra in the
into ladies' committee meeting. but
the other day I was drug. II was a
very important meeting. They were
going to reform a certain class Of
young person who haven't the slight
lest desire 10 be reformed.
They all showed they appreciated
the gravity of the situation by wear
ing white gloves. terribly expensive
little "trottinG frocks." and perma-
nent waves. II was most impressive.
Some one got up and told terrible
Truths. Some one else read a table
|of scathing statistics. Ii was certain
|ly appalling. How can such condi-
.tlons exist?
Then every one talked at once.
Something must be done. AT once,
|Oh. dear. yes. A swarm of the love-
Hest suggestions were offered. OF
course none OF them involved giving
up town cars or matinees or musslng
those permanent waves. Indeed. no
What would our country come to II
YOU tore down all the refining insti-
tu,ions at once But with SO much
love yearning for expression. surely
much good must result.
And all the time | sat and longed
and longed to do something. ! longed
o arise and read the following verse
from kiplings Roads song OF the
Bandar-loS tmonkey folks)"-
Here We sit IN a branchv row.
Thinking Of b"au'Ifr things know:
Dreaming Of deeds that mean to do.
All complete. in a minute two
Something noble and grand and good.
Won by merely wishing we could.
Now we're going ro-nevrr mind
brother. thy tail hangs down behind.
This is the WAY Of the monkey kind,
lonsed to say that versc-but
hidnt. For. after all, I'm not so ev-
erlasting1Y sure that I'm not one OF
the Bander-iog myself,
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Just Between Ourselves
BY DELLA l.. STEW ART.

Gratitude is one of the greatest of
life's lubricants. 1t brings pleasure
over past efforts. it gives incentive
fer new. To do ones very best has
inward reward always. but the
knowledge that fellow humans ap-
preciate helps even the strongest Of
us.
But lubricants. though they help
so much to smooth running, don't fur
nish motive power for the machine.
1t won't do to settle down to requir-
ing praise for every little action. for
we'll never get far if we do. we d
soon be worthless workers. And well
soon find. when we start out to do
some special work. that more people
have hammers than helping spades.
More stand ready to criticise than to
aid.
But we have no reason to resent
that. They often have a better per-
spective than do we. so near the
work. Often. too. their motives are
helpful. Queer. isn't it. how very
hard it is for some of US to feel that
criticism of ourselves is ever de-
served We rush to resentment and
excuses. We must be riEht-thev
must be wrong. But maybe it's us.
Why not go bit slowly and mediate
on the matter? Energy is not synony-
nous with wisdom.
A more discouraging thing is to be
taken for granted. like an insignifi-
cant cog in great machine. No
praise. no blame. no notice whatever:
just on and on. all days alike. Some
of US have just that part, in life's
work. Nothing noticeable. never the
spectacular. only steady. monotonous
grinding away. Yet we feel we have
our own little use and responsibility
without us. some part Of the fam
lily machinery would give way
Let's be little more thotghtful Of
the toi1ers. the ones who in home Or
society or government do mach Of
the work-snd receive lIttle 5of the
honor. Gratitude is an efficient Iubri-
cant for everyday life. a.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
The Old Gardener Saws:

" lille some flowers will grow
readily il poor soil and under
r"fhe" divers" conditions. there
are others which insist upon
having good rich ground and
plenty OF sunlight. In tn" latter
list are two of the most popular
garden subjects. the China aster
end the scarlet sage. BE sure
that you use plenty of fertilizer
where these plants are to grow.
and If YOU can mix some ashes
or SCOT into the soil it will help
to protect the aSterS from the
insect pests which work at the
roots. Two other popular an
nua,s which need rich soil are
the giant castor bean and the
baiSamS