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and jerks them out and yells and says something he wouldn't 

 want his children to hear and his wife calls him a baby and puts 

 her hands in and says, "That isn't hot." Again, there is a differ- 

 ence in the meaning of hot. If I was to ask each man here today 

 for his definition of a beautiful woman — one would have her a 

 blonde, one a brunette, one tall, another short, one large, another 

 small. If you are a married man, your idea of a beautiful wo- 

 man would be in harmony with the type of woman your wife 

 is. If you are not married, your sweetheart would be your 

 ideal. 



If I was to ask 100 women for the definition of a handsome 

 man, I apprehend I would have 100 varieties. Some would 

 have black hair, some light, some gray and some red. Some 

 would have a full beard, some a mustache, some a goatee, some 

 sideburns and some smooth faced. They would be tall, short, 

 light, heavy and a varied assortment. 



All horses are flesh and blood; they all have legs and tails 

 and ears and eyes and hair, and yet thinking of a horse we asso- 

 ciate ideas that are at wide variance. One man may think of 

 him as a heavy built draft horse, another of a driving horse, an- 

 other of a race horse and each wonders what in the world the 

 others can see in their favorite horses that is the least bit attract- 

 ive. In fact, over where I was raised in Missouri there are a 

 great many people who could never see any beauty in a horse 

 because of his short ears. The different hog fanciers and breed- 

 ers^, as well as the feeders, associated with the word hog just 

 such an animal as he has chosen for his breed, or such an animal 

 as he has been impressed with through somebody else's experi- 

 ence. One man's hog is black, one spotted, one white, one red, 

 etc. The shape and form of these hogs differ, as well as their 

 color. I am told that in Georgia the only hog that is attractive 

 is one that is built for speed so that he can keep out of the way 

 of a dog and a nigger. This same principle might be illustrated 

 by a similar reference to everything, and among the many ani- 

 mals that are the subject of discussion at this convention, there 

 is probably none that present so many types in accordance with 



