West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-05-12

doning the blue IN defense Of free
dom, the air is filled with the
slogan Remember the Maine"
A lady and mother. whose son is
now perhaps well on his way to the
seat of war. hands US the following
clipping and presents IL as the w
man 8 slogan.
While she NAV not take up arms
with death dealing blows. aud stand
side by side with the soldier IN bis
weary tramp, her heart will be in
the ''thickest of tho fight" aud
her love and sympathy will fljat
out upon every breeze as she alters
the prayer "God protect"
1--WE have been urged from the
very bousetop- to remember the
Maiue.' Oie wpm,n whose heart
aches aud hurts over it all--one
woman who is willing TO acknowl-
edge that her heart NAV be stronger
than her braln-onc woman who
loves MIN who may be called up IN
10 go, and stands really To ii his
country needs him. and she would
not have him stay-Iifts up her
voice to say, remember The women
What to the won ~ who loves is
the pomp and pride of might
What to her Is there glorious III
war?
She will pack the knapsack and
buckle on he sword aud bid hin
GOOD forbid that she should
bid him stay-God forbid that she
should be slckly coward AS well
as loving woman--but sarung
hearts break as well AS weak ones :.
and the very soul dies within her.
The tender chords of her heart
thrill and tremDle with parting.
and the world is dead withou, him
What to her is the dandelion in
the grass and the bloom on the
trees
What TO her are the valleys and
mountains that once were green
and gay ?
What To her are the blbbling
fountains when the sound OF a voice
is lacking ?
The children MY cheer for the
tramping feet, but her heart lies
bleeding in the dust beneath them.
Every football is to her sob.
She will fling the rosebud from,
her window easement, bat she l.ngs
her hearts blood with il.
Ga the battlefield aud riding the
waves. duly stern aud pressing &c
tion quick and brings to
him forgetfnlness.
But she must wait.
She must wall AMI think.
She must 1--we with the shadpwy
forms Of the past.
She must live aud watch the DIV.
ing OF many days. Sac must watch
the light go Out of the West. She
must watch the rosy clouds turn
into grey aud the quiet stars come
out. She must feel the shadows
of many evenings grow dark around
her. She musf keep lone watches
through loug. long, weary DAYS In
their sweet gloom she must be
doomed to hear tho clankiugs of
m'mory's chtins. She mist tread
the dear, familiar ways alone and
Temem Der the sweet, sweet dlys
gone by.
She must have fears and hopes
and hopes and fears-hopes that
may only live to cheat, and fears
that may prove true.
She must feel the snow upon her
heart as she look upon the grass
now green.
She must feel the frost CLEAN
where the flowers now bloom.
A shadow is on her sun.
The call has gone forth for hum
bred thousand men. That means
a hundred thousand women's ach-
ing hearts-for
"Ye men. who cry that old-time cry.
Through Death and Dearth and Dole
Know this-ye can not be alone;
4 woman somewhere careth for your
soul +"
Alas, for the mothers wives.
sweethearts aud sisters Of Americo!
Alas. FIR the mothers, wives,
sweetbearCs and sisters Of Spain
Alas. for the heart tb,t bleed
Mans love is Of mans life apart;