there is war what can I do

But stay at home and pray for you?

If there is war what can I say

But, God have mercy on this day?

If those so dear to me must die, What can I say but-Dear God! Why?

-Cornelia Hartrnan.

Read in the papers the other day where one of the sons of the great Teddy Roosevelt is now witli the Finnish army. Reminds me of a story they tell about the great patriot and fighting mil, Col. James Bowie, who died in The Alamo. Like Sam Houston, Bowie was a Tennesseean. The story is that back in the days when the Americans in Texas were fighting for their lives against the Mexican hordes, a friend in Tennessee met Col. Bowie one morning.

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The redoubtable Colonel was on horseback, and to the seasoned eye of the friend it was plain that he was start ing on a long journey, with saddle-rols, rife, and full equipmenL So he said to Bowie, "'Where are you going?" And the author of the Bowie knife replied, ..I'm going to Texas, to fight for my rights." That's what Teddy Roosevelt's son has done. He's gone to Finland to fight for his rights. The same type of inspiration sent him there, that sent James Bowie to Texas.

In the good old days of Bowie and Crocket and Flouston, highrspirited men went wherever a good cause cried aloud for help, to fight "for their rights.,, The rights of all good men, when assailed by powers of darkness, were THEIR rights. It would seem that today the cause of Finland is one that should appeal to the patriots of the entire world, like the cause of Texas did to Houston and Bowie. I should think that soldiers of fortune the world over, would be heading for Finland to help in that glorious adventure now being staged in that David and Goliath war. Perhaps they have. Perhaps the Roosevelt scion is only one of a great army of noble individuals who put justice above personal safety, and glory before everything.

I read an excerpt from a Moscow newspaper the other day, in which they referred to Stalin as "a humanitarian, a scholar, and a gentleman." Reminded me of what Lord Byron wrote about another of that ilk: "He was the mildest-mannered man who ever scuttled ship, or cut a throat." However, humanitarian Joe Stdin has plenty of friends in this country. If you don't believe it ask President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The National Youth Congress, which Mrs. Roosevelt had gone far out of her way to defend and champion, booed the President and hissed his wife because they spoke against Russia in this Russian-Finnish war. ft was General "Lighthor.se" ffarry Lee, father of Robert E. Lee, who was the author of the most famous remark about Washington, "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." trlrt

The other day we observed the birthday of George Washington. Tributes were written and uttered all over the land to the memory of that great man and patriot. But Abraham Lincoln had entirely covered that subject, when he said: "On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington alike are impossible. Let none attempt it."

Patrick Henry, himself considered the most flaming and gifted orator in all American history, said THIS about Washington, "If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina is by far the greatest orator, but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Col. Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor." We Americans often speak of "a sound man." It is probable that Washington more thoroughly fulfilled every man's conception of that complimentary term than any other famous man. And don't forget, Mr. Washington considered ten minutes sufficient time to discuss even the most important matters before Congress.

When Washington was just fifteen years of age, he wrote down ttre rules of conduct that wouJd guide his life, and one of them was: "Speak not evil of the absent because it is rurjust.', * ,r *

Washington was 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighed about 220 (Continued on Page 8)

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