The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-05-30
SMILIN' THRU
BY GEE SEE
THEY SAY WE WILL NOT Talk


Those sordid days in muddy
France
Recalling scenes our minds abhor
When life held but a fiimsy chance.
They gaze with questions in their
eyes
As if they doubted that we
served
Thru brutal days of high emprise
With shattered flesh and minds
uunerved.
Why talk Of Nightmares that have
passed?
1t would not bring our minds re
lief;
Why seek to strike mems minds
aghast?
We'd only meet with unbeiief,
Gray days there were. and gay as
we'll
Days when the soul felt purified;
Then in the midst Of sordid hell
A wholesome laugh that purified.
For there were scenes Of beauty
found
Amid the reeking fields Of strife
Gay poppies blooming on the
ground
Where heroes bled to give them
life,
And there were pleasures. too.
that came
In comradship with kindred souls
Whose dross had melted in the
flame
That springs from wars white
heated Goals.
But if we speak Of simple joys
We felt within war-eursed land.
'Twould disappoint the mind that
clogs
With thoughts that cannot under
stand.
And thus we do not speak Of
war
Its tragedy and its romance;
It's tragedies our minds abhor-
The other would be viewed ask
ance.
sassss
Memorial Day IS here again. Its
'eaning to you viii depend on your
ge-and position in life.
To the school tots it means
arade and band music.
To the fiappers and cake eaters
means a day off for jazzing
round to dances and necking par
IS.
To the parents who have to drag
leir children around the streets il
cans an internal nuisance.
To the politician it means a chance
n Misunderstanding, baby-kissing and
ote- getting the use of soft
zap and "spread-eagle" slobber.
TO the preacher it means the
nance to speak to a larger audi
nee than he can inveigle to his
nurch.
To the old veteran and a few ell
ers it will mean bitter and proud
emories the only laudable
loughts for the day.
ss**es
Now listen! Let's be reasonable
bout the thing,
You know, as well as | know, that
any girl with a scrawny figure,
hat could be disguised by artifi-
al means.l has made hit with
e fellows and landed a good hus-
md by making the most of a good
oking face!
Just a minute! Just a minutel
And you also know that many a
irl with a face that would stop
ock, (Which she could not hide,)
I'd beautiful figure that would
Ike first prize at Atlantic City any
d day, Off she could have display
IT'D and yet has been relegated
the "old maid" class because she
'uldn't put her best foot Cor leg)
'rwardl"
Am | right?
Then why shouldn' decollete styles
nd one-piece bathing suits have
leir inning so as to even up the
andicap?
For bee-leeve NEE! 1t isn't fair to
Dol the fellows like they used to
Dol them in the old daysl
And anyway, the homely face
an be "doctored up" a little, but
You finish IT'D
**&s&&
Psychologists say that all men and
'omen at some time in their lives
ave the conviction that they would
lake great artists or writer's or
ctors and actresses, if they only
ad the chance.
1t is the instinct for self-ex-
'ression, and sometimes becomes
ather hysterical--as for instance
uch girls as run away from home
o go to Hollywood.
That's why there are always more
ppicants for parts in amateur
lays than there are characters to
e played.
That's why interpretive dancing
as come into vogue with such ia
or-women who go eavorting
round in he fiimsy folds Of silk
carf like frisky calves Chat has a
ouble meaning) in a meadow. They
re giving vent to their self-expres
ion.
And they arn't all fiappers, either!