El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-22

10 organization, from nation to nation,
working slowly but surely, working
with many delays, many setbacks. but
always working towards the one great
END, worldwide peace.
Nor is II strange wars sprang at first
from the hostilities Of distant tribes
They disappeared as those of each tribe
learned more Of their neigh bors. TO an
pear again between the stranger ma
tons tSat had nothing in common. in
language manners or customs
he who fosters the spirit that brings
men closer together, is a worker for
peace and for civilization. He who
WORKS Ior the spread Of the fraternaI
spirit Is laying the foundation of the
happiness of untold generations
II mas been the custom from the
earliest days, for men to gather at
sldIed intervals to do honor to the
memory Of their comrades who have
FALLEN In battle There the AGED have
come TO mourn, and they have led their
children 10 hear the lessons Of honor
and Of patriotism that would be in
stlied upon such occasions, and there
lne youth that listens to the tale of
glory gains the inspiration that leads
him TO WELD the hero's sword. and the
boy who gains the lesson Of patriotism,
lmblbes the spirit that causes him to
give his life blood for his country's
defence. All true men join in such
occasions, all recognize that honor and
duty alike inspire them and that Wis
keen
alive the noble spirit Of patriotism,
and that the nation that would forget
dom.
Victories of Peace.
But peace hath her victories, no less
renowned than war She also has her
heroes, courageous as any who ever
charged q lannon's mouth; heroes in
the humble walks Of life, who pass un-
noticed In the worlds great throng,
who pass away unmarked by their fell
low men. like those who sleep in mar
row tOmbs and bear above their graves
the legend unknown" And yet those
who sleep beneath the legend "un-
known" are those who in the hour Of
their cOuntry's need proved her
strength Theirs is the true heroism
Of unallOyed patriotism. Duty. not am
bition, was the star that guided them.
Unknown" What a world of pa
thos the word implies! Deep planted
in the human heart is the desire to rest
al last among our kin. Yet those who
have thus given their lives were men Of
whose virtues their comrades could
speak, were ii but possible to break
the silence Of the tomb
.sThe Unknown Brother
ana so many Of those whose mem
DRY is annually hOnOred throughout the
land by their brothers in fraternity
were unknown" outside the circle Of
their comrades. Yet this does not i'm
ply that they did not possess as .Ereat
or greater virtues than those whose
names are blazoned throughout the
land. 7 say greater virtues. for he
who courts success too often tramples
under foot the gentler qualities that
make life endurable. While the char
acter that appeals most to our hearts
must oft remain unknown. because his
gentler nature fOrbids him trampling
down the feelings Of his neighbOr
AS the fastening years foreten to rs
the approaching end of our journey we
feel a deeper love for those splendid
characters whose lives pass unknown,
yet whose influence, spreading through
an overwhelming circle, ceases only
with the end of time.
And these gentle souls are those who
typify the spirit Of fraternal love. Fra