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WHISTLE, BROTHER!
In this old world, so interspersed
with barren crags and sandy dunes,
1 keep my frenzied system nursed
with warbled, harped or whistled
tunes. . . . When 1 am seized by
eriin despair, or when niv conscience
lashed me when critics grab me by
the hair, or finance puts me up a tree
-O, then 1 tune my ripened voice,
or press my tidJle's amuious string
a throbbin' realm awaits my choice
a rotten jazz or classic thing! And,
presently, the clouds that thrust their
hateful darkness o'er my soul, will
vanish in the whirligust of Highland
(ling, or Barcarole. . . . u, teuer-
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; should be a joy and a matter of un
; told pride.
j America today stands in the path
of a destructive force. Not a whirl
; wind to tear and rend but a slow,
RV I V riHW H!?AIYcreef,'n' ms'J'ous relentless force
D 1 LLulUil IlLnl j that attacks the very heart of your
country, drains the strength and
j power and hopes and dreams of their
Use of Ballot Sure Cure for A'jwn-j being and will never pause in its
,.' Ills, Savs Soldier. ; blight until you and yours have been
; aroused.
Today in the United States, where
Points Way to Ousting of Graft, popular government has reached its
Bosses and Red Menace.
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Killtor'H .Nute. Lemuel Belles,
tional adjutant cf the American Legion,
talks like a soldier rights, straight from
the shoulder. The following should
give food for sober reflection to all
American citizens who desire to see
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highest development, a large portion
of our citizens have abandoned the
effort to exercise any of their politic
al rights. So. in increased measure,
na- the urgent need exists for bringing
home to every individual his own re
sponsibility for self-assertion in po
litical life.
In war the qualified man who fails
nation purged of ail that is evil in to take arms in defense of his coun-
its civic and political life. He handles becomes abhorrent in the eves of i
tne grave questions mat tace our na- , ., , ,, t ,,.. t,, ur ,: ,
tion without gloves, and draws con. his decent fellows. The obligation to
elusions sharp and distinct as is possi-itake arms at such a time is no great-
man regardless of his op- j er than the obligations of peace in
the life of any good citizen. If the
necessity arises, he renders this ser
vice in the discharge of his civic
duties. But this is not true of alt.
Every country has its Bergdoll and
every age its slackers. They occupy
an unenviable place in public opin
ion; their children will live to blush
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yourself againsl the Steady
drain of needless and impul
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surplus againsl loss throngh
theft or carelessness
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Were art shown photographs of conferees to the armament conference as they arrived at Memorial Conti
nental Hall in Washington. They are, left to right: Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, head of British delegation; Secre
tary of State Hughes, U. S.; Premier Briand of France, and the Chinese Minister, Alford Sze and Mrs. Sze.
these constitute an alarming propor
tion of our adult citizenry who have
a right to exercise a share in the di
rection of our political destinies, but
do not.
There is not an ill in American life
today which cannot be cured, and
cured promptly, if each voter will in
form himself as to issues with the
means at his 'immediate disposal.
There, is not a weakness in our social
structure which cannot be bolstered
if individually and conscientiously we
try' to discharge the obligations and
exercise the privileges granted us by
the Constitution of our United States.
Political bosses, machine rule and
graft are impossible in that commu
nity where the citizens are awake to
their responsibilities; where they
measure up to the obligation resting
upon the individual. In every com
munity there is that element, always
in the minority but bound together by
selfish interests, thriving upon cor
ruption of public officials and special
privileges, the very existence of
which is a malicious menace to dem
ocratic institutions. In the lowest
classes of society there is a danger
ous criminal element, ever crouched
to spring at. the throat of decent so
ciety and to fatten itself from the re
sults of riot, turmoil and destruction.
Well orgarrized governments are
constantly alert to curb these ele
ments. They have hut little hope of
success by an open breach of the
peace. Driven to cover and cowed to
a sullen observance of the most ob
vious forms of law and order, they
work to bring about their ends by
more devious routes. These hardy
partisans are present in force at the
polls. They are never too busy to
cast their ballots. They are never
too busy to lavish time and effort for
the candidate who will best serve
their needs. They are clamorously
in line when the rewards are being
distributed.
Unfair Attacks Made.
The responsibility of the individual
does not, however, cease with the
casting of his ballot nor does it be
gin there. It begins first in develop
ment of a proper attitude toward our
public institutions and toward our
public representatives. Office holders
in the United States have borne such
attack and misrepresentation and
have become the target of such des
tructive bombardment that it is al
most impossible to get the right kind
of men to list themselves for office
or to accept public appointment. Po
litical campaigns though forced to
disinfection in recent years, are yet
too frequently perfcrvid competi
tions in personal villification. A man
of ideals, offering himself for public
office must he unhesitant to with
stand misrepresentation; to have his
motives questioned; to have the most
intimate details of his personal and
private life stripped and distorted to
satisfy the passion of that breed of
politician to whom nothing is clean.
As individuals we can force whole
some conditions in American life by
flatly refusing to associate ourselves
with political followings in which
such damnably debased tactics are
countenanced.
When the successful candidate has
attained public office, he then ceases
to he, in the minds of many of us, an
traveler, bent with toil, and, niebbe,
prayin' fer surcease like water on
the troubled oil, the Irish jig will
bring you peace! When bill-collectors
take their toll, and leave me
naught but wads of giicf, old Yankee
Doodle cheers my soul, you can't
imagine my relief! Then whistle,
Brother, when you're sad, or when
you nearly lose your grip a rotten
whistle ain't so bad as trampin' on
yer under-lip!
ARMS.AT DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
Ontbide Memorial Continental Hall at Washington husky, well-armed
murine tramped every place, making all those who would enter show author
ucd credentials.
b'.e for
portuiiities or abilities.
If America (the United States)
ever goes crumbling away to politi
cal and economic ruin the fault will
lie not from the enemies without but
the citizens within, not guilty oi
crime commission but guilty of as: at mention of their names.
grave a fault, ommission of the veryj But with the political slackers
duty that gave them their freedom, .many of them are respected citizens.
If all the blood and tears, all the! We find them in every community;
great effort, unselfish love and de-'the business man who is too busy to
votion that has gone into the erection' register; the working man who will
of the United States is to be wasted, not take time from his tasks to cast
the fault will lie at the door of you, his ballot; the housewife who thinks
and your neighbor and history in the that a woman's place is in the home;
centuries to come will point a pitiless1 the society woman who cannot be
finger at you and yours and declare' bothered; the average Tom, Dick
that the greatest advance in human : and Harry who don't take enough in
government the world ever knew was, terest in the welfare of their commu
lost because you and yours failed tojnities to keep informed of the time
o your duty, a simple, easy duty that and place of the elections. All of
"PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL"
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.4i,orial Continental Hall, at Washington, where the armament confer
ence is in session. Will this noble structure give berth to a new era for
mankind, an era of universal peace?
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honorable, patriotic citizen. Years of
honest life among us are discounted
and we begin to look upon him, too
often, with suspicion. Whatever he
does appears tinged with improper
consideration, done not wholly for
the public good. And despite all, the
man in public life today who does not
spend each waking hour in sincere
and unselfish endeavor to serve his
city, his state and his country is the
exception to the rule. The greater
proportion of mistakes made by men
in public office are errors of heart
and not of head.
How many public servants, having
given the best that was in them to
the office which they held, have been
returned to their neighbors broken
in health, sick at heart, misunder
stood, their honesty smirched; left to
finish their barren days reflecting on
the acrid ingratitude of the public.
Stand By Officials.
Individually we can correct this
condition by standing steadfastly by
the officials we have elected to public
office. Doubtless we elected them
because we had faith in their judg
ment. Doubtless we selected them
from among their fellows because of
their fitness for the task and because
of their particular qualities as Amer
ican citizens. We cannot expect a
human being to be right all of the
time. We can expect him to be hu
manly honest and sincere and hu
manly fallible.
America is secure against assaults
from without. If that majestic struc
ture which has been reared by dint
of so much suffering and sacrifice
ever crumbles it will be but the re
sult of the careless indifference of
the individual American into whose
keeping has come this greatest of all
responsibilities.
SMILE AWHILE
Financial Strp.ss
The fact that his supposedly adored
big brother was returning home from
college that day had been carefully
concealed from ten-year-old Tommy
until he came home from school.
"Tommy," said his mother, after
her younger son had gone upstairs to
wash his face and the elder had been
concealed in the pantry, "I have a
big surprise for you."
"I know what it is," replied Tom
my unconcernedly. "Brother's back."
"Why, how did you guess that?"
'"Cause my bank won't rattle any
more."
Coi.d Wf.lcome.
A clergyman in a small town was
deploring the fact that none of the
couples that came in from the coun
try to be married stopped a his house
for the purpose.
"Well, brother," said the man ad
dressed, "what can you expect with
that big sign on the tree outsfder
'Five Dollars Fine for Hitching
Here'?"
Poor Man's Pride.
So many men to whom the East
Side missionary had given money
had expressed a preference for a cer
tain lodging house that he wondered
what constituted its particular attrac
tion. "It makes me feel self-respecting,"
said the men, when questioned.
So far as the mission worker could
see, it was the typical cheap lodging
house, whose inducements to self
respect were not discernible to the
ordinary eye. So he interviewed the
manager.
"That's easy," replied the latter
and pointed to a sign above the desk:
"Gentlemen Are Requested to
Leave Their Valuables with the
Clerk."
Specific.
More than once the editor of a
Kansas paper had had occasion to
send warnings of a forthcoming dis
charge to a certain country corres
pondent who persistently neglected
to use names in his stories. That the
warnings were not without effect was
evidenced with the receipt of this dis
patch :
"Yesterday afternoon a severe
storm struck this place. Lightning
struck a barbed-wire fence on the
place of Hosca Gilkins, killing three
cows, their names being Mary, Lulu
and Harriet."
Thf. Modern Fourth.
Here is a page from the diary of a
boy of today:
"Today is the Fourth of July, once
a glorious patriotic holiday. In the
morning I took a bath and after din
ner Pa told me stories about Abra
ham Lincoln. After supper I had to
stay in while Ma read lessons from
the Bible and then we all rose and
sang 'The Star Spangled Banner.'
Then I went to bed.
News to Her.
Here's one they tell on a noted
British suffragette, once in constant
hot water with the authorities. The
telephone rang one day and while
the lady was conferring with other
eaders the maid answered it.
"I wish to speak to Miss P." said
the voice at the other end of the
wire.
"Will you please call up in half
an hour?" replied the maid. "She
will be at liberty then."
"How stupid of me!" gasped the
voice. "I didn't know she had been
arrested again!"
Cashier W. O. 11111 wn In lfoppnnr
over Monil.iy nlRht from his home nt
Lexington. Tho Lexington country la
all Imre again, tho hltr snow having
molted and gone Into the ground whore
tho moisture will do a world of good to
grain and pasture lands.
OONT RUN A THINTG
DOWN BECAUSE IT
AINT YOUR'M.
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