Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-27
LITTLE ACTS OF
PATRIOTISM
By Hildegarde Hawttornp OF
The Vieilanpea Ss

It was the millions who took the lit
tie bonds. straining q point to do 30,
buying them on the. instalment plan
when they couldn't buy them outright.
1t was these. who gave the country at
this great time the best assurance. Of
the patriotism and the devotion OF. It's
peoples s.s :.
And tits the many little acts Of pa
trtotism, by the millions who for
many q varying reason cannot make
the great sacrifices. it Is these who
emphasize that fact.
The little acts Of patriotism! We.
are constantly coming across one Of
them. Hearing some woman say, as
I did this morning. while crowded In
to an Office elevator:
You SEE. ! have only two free
hours each evening. Isn't it too bad,
for Of course L can't do very much in
that time. + knit one evening and
make bandages the next-but only
two hours" .
Or it may be another sort Of sacri-
flee, such as this by q young girl:
averaged fifty-ffve cents a week on
candy: And I Just decided that l
wouldn't eat a single piece this.year-
or for the duration of the war. as they
put iti And I talked with all Of my
best friends. and we've signed q
pledge to put our candy money all!to-
gether-it- amounts to seventeen dol-
lrs and a few cents each week think
of that-into comfort kits for the sol.
diers, or wool for sweaters. OF
course, tie silly even to speak Of CIV
ing up such q little thing as candy in
a. time like this. but we are-sil girls
without very much spending money.
ana we've. been perfectly delighted TO
see what getting together accom-.
plishes;;, Seventeen dollars a week
buys quite a lott" Jt ~
The other day I lunched with a
friend of mine who is a secretary in q
downtown office. As we gained the
street I turned toward the restaurant
we h~abitually frequented. but she pull
mo, Isdon't go there any more.
why not? There isn't another s.,
convenient, nor with better food--and
then they make US feel so at home
there, NJ
"Yes. but they aren't complying
with Hoover's requests as to meat n
wheat, and 1 won't go to any restau.
ant that doesn't. Well have to 30
another block and get into a crowd,
but it can't be helped" I
A suggestion there. isn't there for
those women who can't help the food
conservation personally, since they
don't keep house. Patronize no$res-
taMrant thatf.doesn'tseompH with thN
Hoover requests. and let. those Ahat
refuse to do. SO know just why they
don't: get your custom. ~ Z \
Are you planning to a v forsthe
next issue Of Liberty Bonds?" said one
girl to another.
THE next? Wait till 1t comes! I'm
still paying off on the last"
"sWell so am I. But I'm working
out a scheme to lay asidesa quarter a
week In addition. and then I'll have
enough; on hand .whensthe new issue
comes t start taking n Of them"
These are only a few of many in
stances. l know a child who is run
ming errands for two nNghbors after
school hours in order to pay off. a
bond he is buying. I know of~tFo
little girls who have volunteered to
20 without Christmas presents In. Or
der to send Christmas bags to. the sol
diers abroad I could go on ALMOST
indefinitely telling Of such little acts
Of patriotism, Just as the rest Of US
ear. Those who are doing them don't
expect any notice, however. They are
sorry they can't do more. they are full
Of generous admiration for those who
are making the big sacrifices. giving
everything. -
Theirs are just the little acts Of pa
triotism. ,s
But they have their place. haven't
they? And maybe the place is big:a
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