The Irish standard., 1917-12-15
ENR,cH1 GRESHAM AND HAY.

ENReAT, GRESHAM AND HAY.
They have grounded their meath Eternitys stars,
They have blazoned fame beyond ALL
In the great gift supreme, the Altar of Mars,
In the writing they placed on the WALL
They caught up MANNED the helpless, the old,
They have reached for the tremulous hand,
Aye! Bonded their knees on the blood soaken void,
That the will of the people shall stand
With grandeur sublime they have haowed the sod
OF their "Sisterland" the sea-
And raised monument there up to God,
And inscribed on it. GAIL free!"
Sounds the Bugler "Taps"-the minute guns boom!
Eyes front! France presents arms" today,
revor Stars and Stripes They have passed through
Privates Enrght and Gresham and Hay
Charles E. NJ Brock in Observer of Washington, Pa.
is to be hoped that teachers will not insist upon
pupils memorizing political boundaries in reference to
countries in the Eastern hemisphere in these days of
change ande uncertainty. The task of "unscrambling
original task of teaching it, Better let him skip
altogether Europe Asia and Africa for the time being so
far political divisions concerned, combining his at
tenon to of the features that reasonably per-
manent, the Atlantic Ocean, and--we, can't
think of much else that is not immutable Perhaps the
teachers will be able to do
Those who difficulties in understanding the
ing of minus negative quantities in mathematics will
find the thoroughly illustrated in the thermometer
during the subzero period enjoying co. If the
study outofdoors it will not take long for the
student to persuade himself that he has mastered the
subject himself comfortable quarters and
manifest increased interest in Dante's Inferno.
OUR ADVICE TO RUSSIA, "WATcH YOUR sTEPPEs!"
Socalistic system the laborer is to get the
whole fruits of his labor. But Maurice Perlmutter
marks to Potash 81" could make IL buttonholes every
10 minutes or 72O buttonholes day. how many button
holes would have in under socalistic SYSTEM
and after had them what would do with them? The
must be deferred until the outcome of the
Lenine- Trotsky administration in Russia.
Russia seems to only country that fear of
invasion It would that he who enters there leaves
hope behind this respect she is like debtor who has
nothing therefore defes his creditors against
him. The of collection would entail disaster
than the loss of the debt The Germans evidently have
vivid recollection of that Napoleonic precedent in this
direction
There poetic individuals says the Catholic
Citizen who could live Ireland not poor, dis
tressed country They do not want Ireland to be Free
It is romantic to have her in chains They do not
want Home Rule; they prefer faction. Some extreme
patriots would think there Ireland unless it
was the
"dost distracted country
That yet SEEN"
And while the day may mot distant" it
be permitted to arrive.-Michigan Catholic.
To be angry over trfes is to be childish To let the
habit of peevishness grow is to cultivate propensity
which eventually tortures the irritable person than
anyone else To suppress anger often avoids
days To check rising resentment is exercise
of maniness How often is the saying verified: IF you
keep cool you command the situation"
AS paradise for travellers Northern Italy