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Show I A Bad Lot Senator Weeks, apropos of the Lux-burg, Lux-burg, Bernstorff, Von Igel and other Cfcrmnn exposures, said In Washington JfiSthort time ago: "Germany seems to approve the unexampled un-exampled wickedness of her sons. She fX reminds me of the old man at the club. "An old man sat reading a newspaper newspa-per In a club while a group of young fellows talked excitedly about the marvelous mar-velous power for lying possessed by a certain Jack Courtenay. When their talk ceased the old man cleared his throat and said: I "'Gentlemen, I have Just heard yon decide that Jack Courtenay is the big- j gest liar in the United States. I am his father.' "A young man, very red In the face, started to apologize, but the old boy said: ' "'Jfo, no; don't apologize. It Isn't npcessury. I merely wanted to say, . gentlemen, that If yon consider my son Jack the biggest liar In the United States, It's very evident that you have never met my other son, Jim.' " , |