The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD
Members Of the Grand Army and Allied
Organizations Attend Notable Serv-
ices at ST. Matthew'S Church in
Body on Sunday Evening.

servance or Memorial DAY by henosh@
Veterans took place at st. Matthews
Church on Sunday evening when
Sarge number of the members Of the
Grand Army and allied organizations
went in body to the church. The
annual sermon was preached by the
Rev. Fred Ingley and it was a strong
plea for the higher patriotism. Mr..
dngley said in part:
"The purpose of Memorial day is
tWo-fold; it keeps fresh the memory
of thos who, in the name of patrio-
tism, offered up their lives for their
country, and also serves to inculcate
patriotism in the rising generation. |
believe the members of the Grand
Army have a most important mission
still to perform; since our young peo-
pile look upon them as the embodiment
of true patriotism, it is for them to as
sure the rising generation that there
never was time when patriots were
needed more than today. One of the
hopeful signs Of the times is that we
are coming to realize what constitutes
genuine patriotism. One does not
have to go to Washington in order to
serve his country, nor to Madison, in
order to serve the state. Ones name
need not even be in the nation Is blue
book. Patriotism is sacrificing for the
public good ;and anybody who makes
genuine sacrifice for the public good is
a patriot We rejoice at the evidences
of patriotism in our own community.
The Kenosha hospital is one case in
point How came the hospital into be-
ing, and how is it able to continue its
good work2 Not because Of the income
from the patients (for that is quite in
adequate for it's maint"nance), but that
institution continues to minister to the
needs of the community because there
rs governing body Of patriots who
serve as a board of directors and give
of their time, and labor, and energy,
and means to keep it going; in short
they are sufficiently patriotic to make
sacrifices for the public good. And
when you look at the improvements
that are being made around the city
cemetery you realize that debt of
gratitude is due those whose unselfsh
labors have brought about such trans
formation. What do they get for it,
Nothing but the satisfaction that
comes from serving the community.
Brethren, that's patriotism. The man
who performs his duty as clean, hon
est, upright councilman is patriot, be-
cause he sacrifices for his constituents
The men and women who labor with
singleness of heart ON the board of
education, or VINO help manage yonder
library, or look after the city's parks,
or serve honorably on any other com
mission, all such are patriots worthy
of the name.
We need more patriots in our midst.
When a city permits typhoid fever to
come into its midst you know what
that means-it means that the water
supply is contaminated. A city which
values life and health SO cheaply is, in
so far, unpatriotic. If city has no
more regard for it's children than to
use UP all its property Cor business and
residential purposes, and makes no pro-
vision for its children to play, I say
that city, in that respect, is unpatriotic.
We need patriots in the nation.
When one considers that tuberculosis
kills 100000 persons year in the
United States that is to say, one every
three minutes, its perils loom up as
mighty danger signal. Anything,
therefore, which we do to overcome the
white plague is an exhibition of pa
triotism. When one realizes the enor-
nifty of the social evil, and learns that
the profits of the business in Chicago
alone are sixteen million dollars year.
and that FIVE thousand women are en-
gagged in the traffic, surely it is evident
that anyone who combats the great
black plague is making patriotic con-
tribution. Then there is the problem
of intemperance. Why, brethren, its
fact that every FIVE days here in the
United States as many lives are lost
through intemperance as went down
with the Titanic. To fight that evil
surely is to play the part Of patriot
Never were patriots needed more than
today
If any one should ask me to name
the most illustrious patriot in the
world today, should go a long way
off to find him. have said that the
= patriot is he who makes sacrifices for
the public good. 1 believe the most
illustrious patriot in the world today
is to be found in far off China. His
name is Sun Vat Sen. He more than
any other man: is responsible for the