The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-12
Young Lady Advises
Her Brother to Take
That Action.
Brother Follows Her Advice
showing How Feminine Patriots Ne v
WELD Their Influence for the
Good OF the Cause.

Since the appearance OF the i'eu
Where are they now?" in last evenings
News. the editor has heard OF a case In
which the actions Of a young girl have
been the means OF adding one TO Calu-
NETS complement of recruits. and it was
in this wise.
One OF Calumet old veterans has edu.
Gated two orphans, Floyd and Maude
Yeomans, aged respectively % and 20
years, the former being engaged as sup
ply clerk at the North Tamarack and the
latter school teacher at Mason, having
studied at Yysilanti. after graduating at
the Calumet high school.
As soon as call was made for men
Floyd was DESTROYS OF enlisting In the
Calumet Light Guard, but the old yete-
ran and the family eventually persuaded
him from doing go. A few days ago
Floyd received the following letter from
his sister:
Ny Dear Brother
OF course the only subject that you can
talk and think about is war; you,
know, are as enthusiastic as the average
young man OF %. This little city OF
Mason is all excitement over the leaving
OF the troops for Island Lake. / can
hardly imagine what il must be in Calu-
met. Many haye joined the company since
it was called out last Saturday. l won
dered il you have, but thought you
would have written me il this were the
case.
We may laugh and joke about the war
as much as we please, but it is now a |
very serious affair; cannot make myself |
believe that war was really at our doors. /
IL has always seemed to me that war
was something to read about in history |
and talk about in the future or to be car
ried on in uncivilized countries.
| am no more willing or anxious to |
have my brother 60 to war than the |
average girl-that is American girl, but |
since our country is in need OF her men l |
am proud that my brother can go. You
can see how sure l am OF patriotic |
brother, even though you have not told |
me anything about il. However,
Auntie did write something about 1t a
long time ago As said in letter not
so very long ago. say again in this. but
in more serious manner, go and fight |
Tor your country and II need be die for
it-this from your sister.
Ia iao 4
IN Drning. This evening they are to be
given a reception by one OF tue hotels.
expect my soldier boy at any minute to
call for me.
Union services were held last evening
at the opera house in honor OF the boys
in blue, the patriotic speeches being very
fine. With love from your sister.
Please write soon. MAUDE.
The above letter which contains such
noble sentiments is published in the hope
that it may cause other girls to follow
Mrs. feomans' patriotic course and ad-
wise their brothers to 90 aud do likewise.
Tor since the receipt OF the above letter
the family felt in duty bound to with
nTaw their objections aud Floyd Yeo-
mans has now Joined as one OF Lieuten.
ant Thielman's recruits. II
God grant that Maude's soldier boy
may return safe and sound as well as her
,ror her Floyd.
There is no fear Of Gibbon or any OF her {
nan writing 1.-The Rise and Fail OF the '
American Republic" as long as there are d
'uch women in the country to become
h mothers OF our citizens OF the future.
The NEWS takes upon itself to thank
IN the part OF itself and it's m any readers r
Hiss Yeomans for her noble and patri- O
tic ADVICE to her brother Floyd. a