Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-02

If r%epresents. Janet lives these les n
sons. She feels that it's a sin to live Il
a selfish life. She Understands, too, II
that whatever will mar her own purity a
and innocence will cast shame upon Q
the white of our flag. The red OF the II
stripes makes her daring in her stand 4
against any cruelty to animals or hu' 9
man beings. She is ~persevering in her t
effort for personal as we'll as pubic !
Improvement. She is vigilant IN
watching for her own and her coun-
try's weaknesses.
There is a big change in Janet in
every way. She's more careful about
keeping hersef in good trim physically.
She used to like to sit round with q
book and a box Of candy. Now she
realizes that among her other obllga'
tions to her contry she has a physlcal
duty to consider. She knows that It's
her duty to discipline ner body. to DE-
yelop strength that will make 1t pos
sible for her when she. comes to motn'
erhood to bear children who will be
examples of the well-born American.
She is no longer too indolent to breathe
deeply, to train her Senses 70 perlect
her powers. AS each star signlfes tne
glory of the state it represents, So
TOO. as an American girl, Janet begins
To feel the responsibility OF standing
:. for the glory of our national woman.
! hood.
Janet and I went abroad with the
aunts last fall. At first l held Out
against going, for / knew an old sol
der on crutches would be a drag on
them: but Janet said she wouldn't 60
without me, and that settled it.
:. Don't forget, Janet" | cautioned
her when we started, that you'll stane
:, al a type Of the American girl K
these foreigners. Don't do anything
to make them say mean things abou
American women And Janet pc
~ hayed like the fine young patr1o
she is.
=. On every side Of us we saw the KIN
Of American girl who is too selt-ll
:. dulgent to tie herself down to any tes
Of patriotism. / was ashamed q goo
, manv times Of some of the girls WI
were on our steamer.
- Nobody knows us" one OF the
said. $50 we can do anything v
please until we get back. Let's ha'
a good time"
Later we saw them trying to ma
q good time' in Europe. This idea
having a good time seemed to be
pay no attention to the verboten slg
IN Germany, to make themselves S
spicuous, to ask the guides silly gu
lions. to laugh at their own ignoran
about places Of historic interest.
~ don't sppose it ever occurred to tn
that they were unpatriotic. II
49,. actually shed tears'-so they 6
fded to Janet, when at the end OF J
70 summer we returned on the same b
with them-the moment they saw !"
: ~, dear old Goddess Of Liberty" ags
They thought that proved they 10
,a+q, their country!
W.. After we got back from our
cast abroad Janet and l spent q good
ran Of our time comparing our cou1
.uork with the others we had seen.
were glad that there are so N
.r,ed. things about America We have Q r
cts to be proud Of. The good points
~ noticed in other countries helped
,eeds to piece out an idea OF what "
,,tt,a make an ideal America.
Is to "For one thing, grandfather J
try it admitted, American girls don't
their advantages for culture ser1c
Of enough. Those foreign girls we
found made me ashamed that / couldn't
back nv IN a conversation in any lang
' one except my own. I'm going to s
my modern languages q great
cans, harder, and I'm going to train m
back to appreciate the masterpieces
q city painting. music and literature
q sum. than / do. When / understand
differ. live their spirit Of beauty. ! can
e. but make It no longer true that Am
as a whole is dominated by the
people of money"
lders," try to help her on with this ID
= have I can, and it keeps me studying
really Trojan myself. I've found out m
thing" ignorance since I've been tea
er peo. Janet to be patriotic, but / don't
sister. time grieving over the fact t
country can't get in the few years lei'
IN. what it would take a lifetime to
by the There's a lot 10 learn =
/ said, otism," Janet says many q .lme
means, II get it al"
on Just "You cam" / assure her; you
pathize the genuine American spirit u
{. Don't ing there's nothing you can't DO
ron see try hard enough. wonder, nov
, on our country would become if ev
clubs Of our girls felt like that? JuE
tand for until the really patrlotlc Anlefic
loon nm ID the rule and not the except
=, over she ia now-then the eyes aero