The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-20

All / could never be,
All, men ignored in me,
This was / worth to God whose
wheel the pitcher shaped.
A Briton's Tribute to .sold Glory
'fAnd the funny thing about it all''
he added, els this: In spite of all the
trouble I've had over here I like
the United States and I mean to live
here always. England is rich in ira
dition, in culture, and historic asso-
citation, but she lacks the man-to-man
democracy that has made America the
greatest country in the world.
81 had strange experience once.
I didn't understand it then but now
know. I was walking down the
Strand with friend of mine who had
spent some years in your United
States. Presently we saw the Stars
and Stripes hanging in front of one
of the consular buildings. Ny friend IS
eyes beamed with the light of recogni-
ton and with little tremble in his
voice he said: / must wave my hat to
Old Glory, the flag of the rec. And
he did with with such vehemence
that I felt foolish and did what I
could to restrain him.
But now I understand. Everyone
who has ever lived beneath The Star
Spangled-Banner feels the same way.
No man can ever breathe the air of
America, feel her freedom, and partici
pate in her democracy without conceiv-
ing passion for the Stars and Stripes. y
The Man of Destiny.
'fYour president is wonderful he
proceeded with the same enthusiasm.
He IS an incarnation of the Stars and
Stripes representative American, who
knows men, believes in then. ability,
and works untiringly for their progress.
He has amazed the nations of the old
world They never dreamed that there
was man in America with such in
sight and such power of expression.
In fact, they are so favorably i'm
pressed with him that hereafter he
will be the commanding voice in the
councils of the nations.
His conservatism is marvellous. He
saw the storm. approaching and like
wise pilot took to harbor. For two
years he let others waste their strength
in conflict with the storm while he was
quietly waiting his chance to meet the
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for the voyage. When that time came
there was no waiting for favorable
winds or seward flowing currents.
They were not necessary. His Ship
of State was now prepared to weather
any storm and sailed majestically, out
of the harbor into the very vortex of
the greatest tempest the world has ever
seen. Yes it will have rough sailing,
but with such a pilot it will come
safely to port with sails unfurled
and the Stars and Stripes still flying
from the masthead.
g And think of it,, he concluded
with smile, "that is the man who
became president of the United States
by accident. When ] think Of how it
happened it makes me optimistic-it
makes me religious-it makes me know
that the old saying was true which says:
There's Destiny that shapes
our ends,
Rough-hew them how we may
''Just Drifting
HBut IN taking too much of your
time, he said in a tone of apology
81 beg your pardon. didn t mean to
intrude but it's different to meet some
one who seems to understand
With that he extended his hand by
way Of goodbye" and waited for
me to take it.
$50 long, I said in Yankee slang,
but where are you going anyway9"
Of course it was impertinent but being
a reporter I some way couldn t resist
"Me, = he answered sadly. go I'm
just drifting. AS you Americans would
put it: I don It know where IN going
burt / m on my way It's hard road
sometimes and dark too but when it IS
worst of all I trudge along in the hope
that Tennyson was right when he said:
Thou wilt not leave us in the dust;
Thou madest Man, he knows not why;
He thinks he was not made to die
And Thou hast made him, Thou art
just"
With a little wave of the hand he
was gone and I was left to wonder
at the ways Of a world, which had
made possible the strange paradox of
the bard of Birmingham.
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