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They stood in the door of a cottage' In the dawn's first amber glow, And the sailor boY sighedAnd the little girl criedThey loved each other so. His ship was to sail in an hour, They'd heard the bugle blow, And the sailor boY sighedAnd the little girl criedOne more kiss-and then he must go. The sailor boy pressed the girl to his breast, Their young hearts with love were aflame' And the sailor boY sighedAnd the little girl cried-

"Before you go-TELL ME YOUR NAME!" {. {. * (Author unknown)'

The little poem above made a great hit with me. I heard the veteran movie director, Fred Niblo' recite it one night to a room full of hospitalized vtar veterans, and it brought down the house.

Charles Coburn, great character actor, was on the same program. He made a hit with this story: "When I was but a lad, my father said to me-'Charles' never go to a burlesque show; you would see things you shouldn't" Naturally that aroused my curiosity, so at my first opportunity, I went to a burlesque show. And I saw something I shouldn't. I SAW FATHER!"

The vets liked that one a lot.

I have attended many entertainments for wounded and hospitalized veterans during the past year, and I noticed one thing with deep interest; the great love of these men for the better class of music. They laugh long and loud at comedians' jokes; they join in lustily and sing popular songs and "boogie-woogie"; but when some magnificient offering of fine music comes on the program their interest and applause knows no bounds. Iturbi at the piano transforms them into wild enthusiasts. And when some great violinist turns loose with "Ave Maria," they can hardly stand it. I was impressed by this fact. They say it was the same way with overseas entertainment. Standard music got the biggest cheers.

Speaking of music people love, one of the great American creators of such music died just the other day-Jerome Kern. If music is good for the soul, then the sixty year life of this man has been the means of spreading goodness over untold millions of souls. Already, "Old Man River" is an American classic, to be sung as long as time and music shall endure. While he wrote many other beautiful songs, this one should make his name immortal, for'it betongs in much the same category as the wonderful songs of Stephen Foster-"Old Kentucky flss1s"-"$wanee River," and "Old Black Joe." A wise man once said, " I care not who makes the nations' laws, if they will let me rir'rite its songs." For beautiful melodies that touch the human heart are direct pathways to immortality. d. *

A wise man was asked the other day to state where, in his ofinion, lay the best and brightest opportunities for the returned service men to take up a life's work' And he replied without a moment's hesitation-"Scientific Agriculture." Personnaly I am convinced of the wisdom of that opinion. Science has moved into the field of farming in a fashion that has amazingly improved and modernized the production of things from the soil; and the surface has not even been scratched. With the marvelous and completely practical aid that our agricultural colleges and state departments are furnishing the modern tiller of the soil, energetic and intelligent young men will from now on make many bushels of corn, and many bales of cotton grow where one grew before. The total a modern farmer can produce is no longer limited to his acreage-it is limited only to his scientific application of practical new methods' Research is doing wonders. A mighty future awaits the strong hand of the farmer.

It has been recognized by the thinking men of all ages that agriculture is the basic industry on which civilization is built. A famous economist once remarked that the civilization of the United States is founded on 9 inches of top soil, and when that is gone, civilization will go with it' Daniel Webster said: "The farmers are the founders of civilization." Emerson wrote: "All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land." Thomas Jefferson said: "Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God"' Chatfield wrote : "Agriculture is the noblest of all alchemy; for it turns earth, and even manure, into gold, conferring upon its cultivator the additional reward of health'" Lord Chatham said: "Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land." Dr. Samuel Johnson said: "If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science." And so it goes through all generations and centuries. If we can induce a sufficient number of our re-

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