The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
Copyright, 1906, by

these here dead heroes to listen g peop,tf
tein' hoy great ,n ,Se , Mss Of helm
dead. The other is you don't have ,, 70 rra ,,.
none of George AIDES fables. inc Only ny
point that don't seem quite i "a IS tt a.
the skates that's been shot off, gets tne
bull col, Just as much as the fellows that
was the goods. All men is heroes after
they're dead. They begin to SNOW So siEms
Of nobility as soon as tney ged o a5l' hnyo il
that 1t sticks. Never take TIN halo IRON
got to live Euptto 'em. Now, i've n ,,,sos'
Is In constant dan MT i LOO" at the guy.
that started the fat mans club, an took
Cuby, General Shafter. he was nero ,o
once. Some newspaper man SlhpPeu ~, -
wrist Now he q a lobster The dead ones Is
different. Once a dead one always a dead
one. OF course, this Amt very encouIaigt,i.inI
to men like Bailey, of Texas but us
right just the same. An you cant ehahse
said y MI MI. pevery, 1T always makes a
man feel as II he ought to spend q.
qaet h9ar II R s9ooa a am remn sdd e en
the s sans q 6ein an rrs nsprn
than to waltz into quiet corner saloon.
an over six long beers figure out on
fntnre nosSsteds ooy A and It's It's dooty
that every man ought to perform once
in while Il men figured hGaT t,i mere ,o Ss
aness on so OFF sehs Courses ,9ts
ali sorts Of national holidays is more or
less inspirin',& but when you get down
to What yoa night f eau hae o July cam
n free treat YOU get the sxhilaraton
without the bpres 9oa nan to f.
can IN laugh at THE tie soldier three hundred
an sixty-four days in the year but
when It comes round to Decoration NJ, ,ioay Y
nlarchn' behlnd, brass band put those ,s,s
to the glazed calico, flag with the stick lIaI
Where Where the guy had a liver that wouldn't
work, Think of the fun there Is on
hgurin' out whether the f s5ne cost y vem
did go out into the roar of battle an, an
dodge bullets till your. neck worked IKE
a clock pendulum. Wasn't IL s 9.1,n, eM,
tfd's manage Ae top ions Spear in Your
left lung. what about it?
you've sot.to get , the ,, MAROON IN W onH
any any greater lat reward when you're lynn
peaceful in yourtgrave on ope CO.. h ,sG Il
listen lister to the mighty shrek, Slide, Kelly
slide?' An 1t don't cost you no, no Two NO
I bieachors. You've bleached long. n ,se;
Why you cansee every b1n ne MAJ With i en.
Linton onor Ge tilne tev make base
hit. There amt one Of EN-, that !, would }, 4,
( care to be OH .earth-to see It. ASK, EN- !;
NOV a Decorat ration Days. that's the only
trouble ti.o,f We ain't got enough; III bet bet
eral Alger, thcrell be three extra brass
bands, an twenty thousand more people
on the free field. Even the horses Won on
celebrate Ii would be a sort Of If equine a1,l 4
an u mules would ; rise out of the tin beef
cans an come tGlfe o neen Take he your our
fa as sAp they come Don't rush things.
Be satisfied with, what Divine. Pro y.
dence SENDS We've always a G5 fES St lot Lot
to be thankful for; n ,t tora i IN ta in
the State of Ohio nine months out i, OF I
every year An there's "a chahce 'na'
Thugs VIII H n Invariably "a one Of the
That's the time when the old boys &c!
together an explain tnhgs an B sn was vas
tb hoy 1t bmapps sags ONE Of em wed
Been nc on the irin' line for eighteen hours r.
Tie bullets was whizzin te arou nnen u1
up on us an the battalion 70 ne Jet Ils ~,
/ charges. We was drove back 1901 by
foot Men was fa II ed on Ri 1Eerf makes makes
1 q a. dash IS Z for The trench, an there finds
him He was most too weak TO move no.; e.
picks him up onmS Daf f6oa an ear bni
lets lets followin' us US. How missed EN- ]
5 don't know. Poor Bill got one right /, +
the neck Just aswe r Was w yaaef HE emt enc
Of him. We dug a hole with our r. bay 70
1.ets an fixed him up ,Gomf ,3rj PIE I,,, fo
his last restin place; ae, ther neG won 1H b
> man here that WON'T drink slen
toast to poor Bill Then they em en-
seven quarts an a,noo spe alI Wnu Ia
very i mpress aSs,s besdes ben adyana
geous to the guy with doopleS 1nront
, makes hit hit. BESIDES they give mai
chance to law pipes so O., ne can { 81
proper send.9f at the r,ghtt b h,'e ror hon nq
the The, border, the fellow that's LEFT g,
tell how his dead conlrade rescued Y ~
from the trenches once up p,n hoc .lne
! the guy himself told how It happened !, Y
confidence once when ne was a,iW f.I
Then there's another silent ~ doa a:e, WI
rs n?'e only iy"a' qu lsd q time T YOU iy
long enough 70 die you're pou IIha 70 bo D
sSn s%s u To %aar nS qsy aH
bets overlooked when they DE- III All q
!, which, of course is pleasin' to the corpu
.'Anioithor point about DeeoratrIGpn p rn
t is that II, eyens things Up; IA I So mn sn
backs all right the rest Of TIE t ,t timI,
but on Decoration, Day lt Llain ene so ,e1
young soldier that's 5us on e M q
side an cnvies the space underneath: /,
tell YOU i reses ne moSlesse e tf ne M Z
bodys sayin' anythlnI y hsa'ns' cel taa'a
h ub It's hr great nedh hng 10 H look With prd
on the man that an't all there; al IT J one
wouldn't N'' be- notSin too good for hin IN
He'd BE- he centre ol graotiIEHi on bat at e e
Q centre of 'Ieyvity. uniform makes =,
great dfierence Miles VII HI tesI ya tiod
speak about it either. Miles So mas ~ y On az
form for every day in the y ~ Eaa I RI
extra for the 'twenty-ninthy q ,1r' ,u a.;
He's an expert, YOU can hear n, mn ~ ! on y,
7. ercises OF course, there's others ~ MI,
AIM the whole thingi Or 'yefy brI gao
general. Then there's ieW pu wv ~