The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
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EvERAL people have written ms
- letters and many have waylaid
\ me ana talked TO me behind
doors ard under the shadow Il
the artistic portiere about something. To
tel you what Il IS, read this, one Of sew
eral letters received:
Seattle. Oct. 9.
MY Dear Nancy Lee: VIII you
please tell re why the people OF Seattle
refuse 20 rise when eur national song,
The Stsr-Spangied Banner 10 being
played or sung: In other cities men
uncover their heads and women and
men al rise and stand during the play
Ing Of eur national air. Now tina. our
regimen: viii soon return viii you not
please use your very pleasing pan and
beg the citizens OF Seattle - show a lit
tie patriotic fee.ing7 Seattle is always
50 abreast with the times and so go
ahead that Il does seem as though
somebody ought to DO something TO
awaken q feeling OF responsibility IN
regard 70 this matter Of standing up
during the rendition OF the Star-Span-
gied Banner Respectfully yours,
MRS. BARNES
Now about SIX months ago I used my
pleasing PEN to voice the request of q
writer OF pretty much such letter as this.
l begged. nay. ! iulplorsd. my fellow men
and fellow women. TO arise at the frs, bar
OF the SIS. B. said that / would
stand Up and thereby show the color Of
my convictions. ana have done 1t reiig-
iously every time since. What more can
I say. what more can do 70 effect a ref
ormation and affect the feelings or the
dweileTs in this beautiful city?
wonder whats the matter anyway? We
surely are patriotic enough. Just loyk a.
the kilograms We have sent 10 the ma
ttonal capital begging that our soldiers
come TO Us booted and spurred. guured
ard sworded? just behold how the women
have been hustling 10 get hot chicken pie
and cold fee cream for the soldier boys.
Just see how the citizens have gathered IN
shekels and promises! Observe how We
have railroaded the railroads, watered the
water fronts and bluffed Magnolia bluff.
We are patriotic.
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Perhaps. oh, gentle writer's q my sew
eT1l letters, perhaps there are = as rs WY
the rising Is not general We are u tiulii
and an appCeAensive crowd II this town,
ard We fear TO rise lest some scofftr near
viii smile or sheer at our patriotic Ell
dtav0r. W. do rot wish 20 he Vainglor-
io9s or seif-appreciative and each enc ais
for his neighbor 20 arise. until It's too
late, ard the last bar sounds On sitting
multitude.
Is this the reason?
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Perhaps we are stiff from rheumatism
or tired from climbing these everlasting
hills OF ours. or perhaps some OF Us may
have some tiny. taught, tendon under cur
knees that makes Us chary Of arising to
show our loyalty.
AS far as ! am concerned posture has
never been the criterion OF religious per-
fS ts,f 4rfo 81 Ia IN,
think heaven can only be gained kneeling.
I'm willing to DO anything anybody else
Will do I don't think the man who kneels
and ertns behind his fellow sinners back
VIII get 10 heaven any quicker than he
Hho Sis and does mentally what tother
fellow does physically. But t. standing
while our national anthem is sung (and
tho edlct has gone forth that il means re-
spect to our nation 70 do SOB is the right
thing to DO Why In the world can't we
al rise and show our patriotism and cur
respect7
We need limbering. anyway.
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knew an old woman once who thought
she was going to die. She said; oh, my.
/ always did want 10 be a Catholic. but
the religion was too industrious for me
Getting Ii? and sitting down every two
minutes was more than ! could DO. Now
II Is Almost TINE Tor me 10 Gle, ana / do
wish / had used my knee-grease saying
my prayers"
What's the matter with US using little
knee grease particularly,
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have many inQuiTers as to why when
the band plays and the performers uncover
their heals men IN the audiences etc.
fai 10 uncover their Polls- Alas, ami a,ack.
DO not know why men faiI 10 uuro0f
- If trp stories. Perhaps they are va
cant Perhaps some are ta,1. ana men DO
net wish 10 show II hairless condition.
Perhaps some are nsura.gtc. Perhaps some
arc only naturally lazy.
What do you think?
Il surely IL too bad that this city, which
IS a fag-bearer as TO progress ard sue
cess. should not come Up To the
Scratch" SO the old han said 10 the new
laia chicken
We must and we VIII show a patriotic
spirit II our trousers are PATCHED we
mustn't mind. II our heads are bald. We
mast bare them. Nothing must como In
our way to keep Us from showing 20 tho
gaping public that we understand our