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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
FINE FRENCH

The churches Of the department
Of the Meuse, in the little villages
frequently scattered over the roll
ing hills, nestled in the shelterinR
Argonne, or mirrored in the placid
waters Of the Meuse or Aire, per-
haps suffered as sad a fate as n
group Of structures could, and BY
their loss took from the world much
OF modest architectural grace and
beauty. Although the Meuse in its
balmiest prewar days could boast Of
no famous religious edifces Of artis-
tic grandeur such as Reims, Amiens
or Scissors, its larger churches, such
as the cathedral at Verdun, and the
interesting old churches of st. Pierre
and st. Antoine at Barbecue.
would have demanded special notice
had they not been in a land Of great
religious monuments.-Ralph Fan
ming, in Architecture.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
Dan Mccain And Uncle Sam.

Dan Mccain And Uncle Sam.
Said Dan Mccain to a foreign man
Who worked at the selfsame bench.
"Let me tell you this" and for en-
phasis,
He hourished a monkey wrench:
Don't talk to me of this bourjoisse
Don't open your mouth to speak,
Of your socialists and your anar.
chists;
Don't mention the bolsheveek,
For I've had enough of this foreign
stuff;
I'm sick as a mar can be
Of the speech of hate, and I'm tell.
ing you straight,
That this is the land for me-"
"If you want to brag, just take that
flag,
An boast of its field of bluel
An praise the dead and the blood
they shed
For the peace Of the likes of you.
I'll hear no MORE" and he waved
once more
His wrench in a forceful way,
"0f the cunning creed of some Rus.
sian breed,
l stand for the U. S. A.!
I'm done with your fads, and your
wild-eyed lads;
Don't fiouish your flag of red
Where / can see, or at night there1l
be
Tall candles around your bed"
$50 tip you hat to a flag like that
Thank God for its stripes and stars
Thank God you're here where the
roads are clear,
Away from kings and czars.
l can just say what I feel today,
For I'm not a talking man
But first and last, I'm standing fast,
For all that's American.
So don't you speak of the bolsheveek
It's sick of that stuff / am,
One God, one flag, is the creed / brag,
I'm boosting for Uncle Sam.
Labor World.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
Constipation.

Most laxatives and cathartics
afford only temporary relief and
should be used only for that
purpose. When you want per-
manent relief take Chamber
lain's Tablets and be careful to
observe the directions with each
package. These tablets not on
ly move the bowels, but improve
the appetite and strengthen the
digestion. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
SEES GRAVE PERIL TO NATION
In the Opinion Of chleagoan, Amerl-
eans Are Becoming Altogether Too
s~edsntary a Race.

A brand-new peril to the race has
been proclaimed by Eugene 7. Lies
Of Chicago in an address to the
members of the Illinois public well
fare conference at Peoria. That a
slow atrophy Of the lower limbs may
creep ever the citizens Of these Unit
ed States unless we take a firm stand
against sedentary amusement is fore
Swallowed in the words of Mr.. Lies;
Something like 100000 of us
go to the movies every day, 10000
attended the fight at Jersey City.
Fifty thousand attended a football
game not long ago. Are we becom-
ing a nation Of sitters?"
Mr.. Lies position seems exactly
the opposite Of that taken by the
erstwhile reformer who demanded
chairs for the standing army. He
would get us off the sidelines and
into the field before the sitting pos
ture weakens the race beyond re-
cOvery.
It is true that the trend Of the
times is toward sedentary positions.
The bar was admittedly a bad thing,
but at least it kept men on their
feet, The same holds true of the
standing army. Our only remain
ing hope seems to rest in the street
car companies. So long as trans
portation facilities remain at a
standstill the human race will not
become entirely sedentary.-Chicago
News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
The ParIor Football Game.

The football game was over and at
the parlor CRATE
A maid and long-haired youth were
lingering rather late.
They talked of goals and ~touchdowns
but found it rather tame,
Till Cupid put his n~ose-guard on and
butted in the game,
Quoth he, ITS mighty funny if l
don't arrange a match"
So he lined the couple up and made
them toe the scratch.
The youth was growing nervous
meath the weight Of newfound bliss
And he kinder thought the scrim-
mage ought to end up with a kiss.
He charged upon the center, he tack
led left and right,
And the way he held that chair for
downs vas simply out of sight.
He tried ar OSCILLATION, just an ANA
teur afalr,
But lost it on a tumble and instead
it struck the air,
And as he landed on his ear, he
heard the maiden say,
you're penalized for holding, Jim
likewise for Offside play"
With set teeth he tried another; this
time succeeding fine,
For he scored an easy touchdown on
the crimson two-inch line.
And, as they sat there by the crate,
comming soul to soul,
The parlor door swung open and
Father Kicked the Goal.
Collegiate World.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

Lodge, Brandegee, Met ormick,
Wadsworth, the chief enemies
of the Treaty of Versailles, con-
summating the transaction by
which they compassed its de-
feat. They seated Newberry O.
riginally because without him
they could not have organized
the Senate, could not have filled
up the Foreign Relations Com
mittee against the Treaty with
out his aid and vote Mr. Lodge
would not have been Chairman
of that committee; he could not
have had the opportunity to
prepare that report on the
Treaty which insulted friendly
nations.
Like loyal pals these Republi-
can Senators had to stand by
their accomplish. Even Mr..
George Wharton Pepper, newly
brought into that chamber, cast
his vote for Newberry. The
memory of that vote will be a
rich heritage for his kin. His
first act as a Senator of the u
nited States was to express his
approval of a transaction, in
volving an indictment and con-
victing to be sure, but glorious
ly sanctiied as the means by
which we were delivered from
participation in that great Grim
inal project of all the centu-
ries, the Covenant of the League
of Nations.
1t was foreordained that the
Republicans should stand b y
Newberry. He helped them drag
the country from its high and
honorable place of moral leader
ship. He was a necessary part
of the plot that in its success
has kept the nations in a tur-
mol, in prolonged disturbance
and uncertainty that has post
poned indefinitely the day of
economic healing. They could
not desert him. They incur now
the reproaches of that part
of the community who are SEN
about the purchase of a
United States Senatorship for
Had they turned their
upon their a~ccOmplice
they would have been condemn
ed by all the DISTINGUISHED i'm
moralists in the country, and,
in transactions Of this nature
regard must be had for the o.
pinions of that class-New York
Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
PERSONAL ITEM

A Fort Scott man with a cavity
in the front line of offense in his
mouth, filled it with a wooden tooth
which he ingeniously carved and in
geniously installed. He used pine.
1t swelled on him. Then he dupli-
Gated it out of walnut. 1t didn't
last. He Implicated it from a Mar
mStOn river muSSel shell, and its
perfect utility is past the expert
mental stage.
But it won't eat oysters.-FOrt
Scott Tribune.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

Much has been written pro
and con on the TAX Hike" of
1921. Much more will be writ
ten. Governor Hyde (and SEEK
win proclaim from every stump
that so and so is the case; that
there has been no ''hike," etc.
But after all is said and done,
the county collectors Of the
state have written the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth on each tax receipt.
Consult your 1921 tax receipt
and compare it with previous
years, that you may know and
understand the truth as writ
ten by the county collector.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

The New York Telegram, a
Republican paper, refers to the
fact that President Wilson pre-
dicted a Democratic victory
next November, and adds:
President Wilson is a great
man, but it doesn't require a
great man to discover the pres
ent drift of public sentiment"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

Among the new enrollments
at the Chillicothe Business Col
lege last week were two full
blCoded Indian girls from Cow
eta Okla, both had had two
years college training. They
entered the Stenographic Dept
Adv
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
COMPULSORY OPTIMISM

"Are you an OptimistP !"
I've got 70 Be one" replied sens.
tor Sorghum. so many Of my con.
ssitusnts hold me personally Is
sponSbls for the way the worlds A.
fairs go that / don't dare weaken"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

Formerly mother used to be
anxious about the danger when
the kids went hunting, but now
she is worrying for fear Dads
home brew will blow up.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
REMARKABLE

wellington's army was carried.
overseas BY sailing vessels, landed in
Portugal and maintained on the
Hibernian peninsula for yearS.-
Army and Navy Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

Question is what the anti
short skirt howlers will say,
when in the near future the
women don't wear any skirts at
all?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
. Good Cough Medicine Fol
Children.

Mrs. j. w. Phillips, Redon,
Ca, phoned to ]. M. Floyd, the
merchant there, for a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and said she had bought a bot
tie of it at his store recently
and that it was doing her chill
dren so much good that she
wanted to keep up the treat
ment. You will find nothing bet
ter for coughs and colds in chill
dren or for yourself. 1t keeps
the cough loose, expectoration
easy and soon frees the system
from the cold. Adv
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

Mrs. 0. o. Wilson went to
Kansas City Tuesday evening
for a weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Henry c. Net
ties.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27
The Old Story.

StOrekeeper; "Are you being wait
ed ONT"
Spinster: "NOt nov but I've had
my chances"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

Hyde Looks Into The Flu
in the Kansas
City Star.
That explains much.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

HAS your 0 come home from
college yeti"
Il imagine SOL haven't seen my
car for the past two wssks.h-Ex.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-01-27

A lot of people who don't ad-
vertise think business is dead.
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Entered as second-class mail matter
1t the Postofice in Lexington, Mis-
souri.
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THE
Lexington I~nteIligencer

A. W. ALLEN, Editor and Publisher.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Responsibilities Great.

The moment force humane
people to face its consideration a.
I am doing now, I produce o ter
rified impression that I want TO
hang everybody.
In vain do I protest that I am
dealing with q very small class
Of human monsters, and that a.
far as crime Is concerned our In
discriminate hanging Of wilful
murderers and traitors slays more
In one year than dispassionate
lethai treatment would be likely
to Stay In ten.
am asked at once who is to
be trusted with the appalling
responsibility Of deciding whether
q man 10 to live or to die. and
what government could be trusted
not TO kfll its enemies under the
prstsnss that thsy are enemies
TAs rely /. obvious. -suoh 70
spsnskhnifiss must ~ taksn.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

the answer reads, Youth cannot
mate with age"
Cupid pulls down musty
volume from the shelf Of Love.
and points to line reading. Love
is life's young dream!"
Science becomes very much ex.
cited over the question, and 10
ready to engage in an argument
on anything from sex instinct to
the elixir Of youth. but winds up
by saying graveiy and ponderous-
ly, "Biologicaily II is q mistake
happy mating comes only when
man and woman are nearly equal
In ager'
WOMAN Is WOMAN"
Prudery steps in and declares
there Is such a thing as a spirit
ual love- higher love where
the concepts are far beyond such
things a. sex instinct and mating
but Prudery has enjoyed but Lit.
tie experience. and 10 not on speak
ing terms with Cupid.
The Psychologist laughs up his
sleeve and says. Woman u
woman, and II you want to know
anything about woman don't ask
me, for she has been my STUN
bling block ever since Eve asked
Adam to partaks Of the apple"
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Attempt Reform the Inc.raby DANGEROUS WAY
Come Be Classed with the Attempt to ProEata1e
Sacred Rattesalke and Higher Civilization Does Not
Make Greater Sacrifices, 1t Kills the Snake Anueleae
Problem, That In Still

phemy are nothing moro than the
advocacy Of changes In the sstab-
iished forms Of government. morals
and religion; and without such
changes there can be no social
solution.
But as governments are not al
ways wise, II 10 difficult enough to
secure this intellectual anarchy or,
az we call II, freedom Of speech
and consciencei and anyone who
proposed to extend It to such &C.
tions as are contemplated by the
advocates Of lethal treatment
would be dismissed as insane.
No country at peace will toll
crate murder, whether 1t is done
on principle or In sin. What 10
more, no country at war will toll
crate a refusal to murder the
enemy. .s..
Thus, whether the powers Of
the country are being exercised
for good or evil. they are exer.
cised; and whoever proposes to
set to those powers the limit of
an absolute obedience to the com.
mandment. Thou shalt not kill,
must do SO quite arbitrarily.
He cannot give any reason that
can discover for saying that It
is wickeder to break mans neck
than TO cage him for life; he can
only say that his instinct places
an overwhelming ban on the one
and not on the other. and he
must depend on the sxistence Of
q similar instinct In the, com.
munity for his success In having
staying legally ruled out.
In this he win have little diffi-
Guilty az long ss the slhying is
an oct of revenge ana sxpiation.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
HE slaughtering Of incor-
rightly dangerous persons. as
distinguished from the

|" HE slaushterins OF incor'
rightly dangerous persons. as
u distinguished from the
unitive execution Of murderers
who have violated the command.
ment not to kill, cannot be estab-
iished summarily by these practical
considerations.
In spite Of their cogency We
have not only individuals who are
resolutely and uncompromisingly
opposed to staying under any pro-
vocation whatever, we have
nations who have abolished the
death penalty ana who regard our
retention Of It a. barbarous.
wider than any nation. we have
the Roman Catholic Church. which
insists literally on absolute obedi.
enoe to the commandment and con.
demns even the killing Of an un.
born child to save the mothers
hfe as murder.
In practice this obligation has
BEEN evaded 90 grossly-by the
inquisition. for example. which re.
4! fused to slay the heretic. but hand.
Cd him over to the secular arm
with q formal recommendation to
mercy. knowing that the secular
arm would immediately burn him
that the case Of the church might
be cited to illustrate the useless
ness OF barring the death penalty.
But Il also illustrates the per
sistencs and antiquity OF q point
OF conscience which stili defiss all
arguments from expediency.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Pity and r uthlessnsss.

Malice and fear are narrow
things and carry with them a
Thousand inhibitions and terrors
and scruples.
A heart and brain purified OF
them gain an enormous freedom;
and this freedom is shown not
only in the many civilized activi-
ties that are tabooed in the same
tribe, but also in the ruthless
ness with which the civilized man
destroys things that the savage
prays to and propitiates,
The attempt to reform an In.
curabiy dangerous criminal may
came to be ciassed with the at
tempt to prepitiate q sacred rat
tiesuake. and q higher civilization
does not make still greater sac.
rifices to the snake, It kills II.
I am driven to conclude that
though II 10. quite possible to
proceed with staying absolute
ly barred II voluntary custo-
dams can be found for dan.
gerous incorrigib1es, as they
doubtless can II compensating
advantages be attached to their
employment. there IN not enough
likelihood Of this renunciation
by the State Of the powers Of
life and death to justify me In
leaving iethai treatment out Of
the question.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

whether We are fit for them or
not. II civilized society is to bs
orsanised. No unofficial person
denies that they are absurd.
can say for my own part a.
q vehement critic and opponent
Of all the governments of which
I have had any experience that ]
am the last person to forget that
the governments use the criminal
law to suppress and exterminate
their opponents whenever the op-
position becomes really acute. and
that tho more virtuous the revo-
lutiorist and the more vicious
.a,, government, the more likely
II is to kill him. and to do 90
under pretsnse Of his being one
Of the dangerous persons for
whom the lethal treatment would
be reserved.
4rIt has bsen pointed cut again
and again that II 10 in the very
nature Of power to corrupt those
to whom Il is entrusted, and that
to God alene belongs the awful
prsrogatiys Of diminishing the soul
from the body.
Toistoy hss exhausted the per.
suasions Of literary art In exhort.
ing US and that we resist not
evil; and men have suffered abom.
Unable prosecutions sooner than
accspt military service with its
chief command. Thou shalt kill.
All that leaves the problem Just
where Il was. The irresponsible
hunanitarian citizen may indulge
his pity and sympathy to his
hearts content. knowing that
there. but for the grscs of COL
goss he whsnevsr q criminal
y passss b his doom; but he who
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

able to make q suitable selection
even when she chooses youth.
But she errs openly when age 10
chosen.
Flappering femininity knows
not where to turn for a pilot
when she Is travelling through
the murky waters Of the sea Of
Love. and as a consequence she
is often wrecked on the shoals
of incompatibility.
NOT LOVE OF YOUTH.
Love Of aged men for beauti-
full young women II not the same
as the love of youth-it II too
frequently founded on the senses
alone. Youthful love IL real, 1t
has life, II has vitality, 1t is ten
der and at all times beautiful
despite it's passion.
Girlhood at sweet sixteen does
not know the meaning Of true
love. 80
Love is a chemical element Of
the soul. and until this element
crystallises IN the heart there 10
no love. Loves capitalization
does not take place in extreme
youth.
For youthful msidenAood life
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

biology Ia the belief that tenn
pestuous fiery youth can find
happiness In the arms Of old age.
solace and protection may be
found in the repose in an old
mans arms; connubial bliss.
NEVER!
RESULT IS TRAGEDY"
Forget what Prudery says, for
she knows not whereof she speaks.
Listen to Science-cold. truth
full science-and heed his words.
Marriage Is primarily biolosic.
It IL the instinct Of sex. Instinc-
tive sex attraction Is the whole
basis of love. The mating Of age
and youth is but a fitting fever OF
the senses. Love Is too frequent.
" confounded with this fever OF
the senses. and the result 10
tragedy.
woman's existence, in fact her
whole career. is devoted to acauir-
ing . husband. A husband II
something different than .
spiritual lover. or just a kind
man about the house. Husband
means a mate. and in the choice
Of q nfemate youth II often un-
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

a. II 10 at present; that is why
capital punishment has been
abolished in some countries which
stu practice II.
But II these sinful elements be
discarded, and the staying Is made
q matter of pure expediency. the
criminal being pitied az sincerely
as . mad dog 10 pitied. the most
ardent present advocate Of the
abolition Of capital punishment
may not only consent to the slay-
Ing as he does in the case OF the
mad dog, but even demand 1t to
put an end to an unondurable
danger and horror.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

And still the Chicago million
aire and angel" Of the Chicago
Opera Company might know SOME
thing Of love II any credence IL to
be placed In the rumor that as
wooer he has all the passion Of
an Antony. and all the charm OF
q Romeo-at least the Polish diva.
Gamma walska, is said to have
made the observation that Mon
cher Harolde is the ideal lover!'
Mama Mccormick sits and sulks
In her Chicago mansion. and offers
no advice to her youthful daughter
on questions of love.
SADLY DISHLUSIONED."
It is possible that Mama Nc
Cormick has been sadly disillu-
stoned.
Yet Mama Mccormick Is not in
q position to offer any advice
about love and the disparities Of
age II the world In to believe the
gossip going the rounds Of Paris
and Fifth avenue that she herself
n soon going to marry a penniless
Swiss landscape gardener. twenty
years her junior.
Who shall answer the questions
set forth above?
Nature throws open the pages
of its book Of Life, and turns TO
the chapter on Experience. and
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

Killing IL a dangerously cheap
way out Of q difficulty. Stone
dead hath no fellow" was handy
formula for -Cromwell's troops In
dealing with the Irish; still, that
precedent 10 not very reassufins.
All the social problems Of all
the countries can be got rid Of
by extirpating the Inhabitants:
but to get rid OF 4 problem 10 NOT
to solve It. It may be argued that
II society were to forego its power
Of staying. and also it's practice of
punishment, It would have
strong incentive to find out how to
correct the apparently incorrigibie.
It Is true that whenever II has
renounced its power to slap It has
substituted a horribly rigorous,
and indeed virtually. lethal i'm
prisonment; but this do.s not ap-
ply to homicidal lunatIcs. our COM
paratively lenient treatment OF
whom at Broadmoor could obvious.
ly be extended to sane murdsrers.
Besides, the proposal to sisy the
incorrigibly dangerous 10 not Pc
culiar to murder. II has nothing
to DO with capital punishment ~
at present practissd; indeed. II i'm
plies that executions Of murdertrs,
traitors. pirates. ravishers, incen-
diaries and vitriol throwers under
existing laws may be . stupid
waste Of human life.
The Oxford Dictionary owes sew.
sral of it's pages to homicide
who was detained at Broadmoor
(the English asylum fos criminal
iunaticsp during the pleasure OF
the Crown.
The really hard cases are those
which might, n not disposed Of ny
the lethal method. involve cagins
men a. tigers are Gagged pending
the discovery of some msthod Of
tanning them.
Granted that u b ausstionsb,e
whistler the pubic coincidence
which tsisratss saea easins h
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

really more sensitive or thought
full than that which demands he
lethal solution, and that at the
present time executions, and even
floggings, do not harden the au-
thorities and lower the standard
Of humanity all through our penal
system as continuing penalties do.
yet the reluctance remains.
The moment It 10 pointed out
that II we kill incurablo criminals
we may as we'll kill incurable in
valids, people realize with a shock
that the urge Of horror, hatred.
And vengeance is needed to nerve
them-or unnerve them-to slay.