Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-02


read that day.
There is no doubt in the minds of the
ministry OF our financial success. Every
engagement in which the enemy suffers
losses only weal1ens him the more. The
enemy are far from their main base We
have been brought closer TO ours by fall
ing back on our own soil. We are con-
tent. We remain on the defensive for
the present, but our time Is coming"
What had the little woman with the
snow-colored hair TO do with this war
dispatch? Everything. You see L know
her life.
Like the minister Of war who Issued
the bulletin to his nation, the keynote
of her character has always been hope
There is no doubt in our minds OF final
success said the war minister Il am
perfectly sure that everything will come
out right in the end" the little woman
had been saying every day of her talking
life. So she went splendidly on, her I'M
da.nted spirit shining in her eyes, while
che and her husband fought poverty;
kviile they wrestled with the forces that
/were seeking TO destroy the young man
who was their son; while their daughter
manifested the same wildness that was
near to placing the son in the tanning
institution, a penitentiary. There were
years OF war with allied enemies of
poverty and disgrace. The engagements
were often losing ones for them, but they
kept on fighting.
Like the minister of war who has been
quoted, she was philosopher. She found
refuge from heart break in reasoning
Sooner or later my husbands business
talents and his hard work will win, she
reasoned. No one ever starved who Kept
on working and no one finally failed who
persevered. And Of the children she
would say: They have fine minds. Their
minds will tell them Of the folly OF the
frivolous life. They will see that they
are wrong Their fathers words and
mine will echo in their minds. Any day
they may realize their truth. The smal
female soldiers view of her own cam
paign was like that of the minister OF
war, but crouched in her own terms.
Every enlargement in which the enemy
suffers losses only weakens him the
more. The enemy are far from theiI
main base of supplies and ammunition
We are brought closer to ours by falling
back on our own soil"
So the war minister and thus the little
woman warrior. Jack will find that his
wild friends will desert him when he is
in trouble. Marie will see how heartless
her frivolous friends are. Their home IL
I waiting for them here. They will come
back to it," Both the minister Of wal
and the warrior woman displayed theil
3 /practical habit of vision instead Of hys-
v terical view of their problems. 1--WE arr
content to remain on the defensive fol
the present." was the message Of the
I minister. 'I will not weary the children
Nwith my tears and prayers" said the
little mother. Il will wait and play II
silence"
"Our time is coming" said the minister
"Are you not anxious about Jack beint
in the city alone so young? There are Sc
many temptations for young man in thu
city," 1 heard a blunt-tongued friend
ask her. The little woman looked at thu
son who was home on a vacation and
answered: IT am sure my son will be I
credit to himself and US"
His sullen face frightened of he
words At all events mother believed II
him. That was something. On the firinl
line when he went back to the city he re
membered. The memory helped him in tn
fight.
The woman's husband struggled int
competence and security The minds o
her children triumphed over the materia
lures OF the city. Her daughter cam