La Junta tribune., 1917-08-23
WAR FABLE FOR EVERYBODY
By Gsurss Ade

Go home. take a bath. put on you
nice clothes. 90 and talk to her
think IT will be all right" III.
young man was skepticAl. TN.
trouble is" he said. Il might e
home and take bath. and then sh,
wouldn't have me. after all"
We must convince people whc
shrink from contact with cold por.
ceialn that a bath ISN'T a bad idea
whether you are going to get mar.
ried or not.
7 We must drive home to lot OF
nice people the important fact that
whether the entry OF the United
States means real war or merely the
, opening OF a new commissary. We
need universal military training.
This country ia first In the produc-
ton OF a good many things, but
our largest and srrest crop-the one
that never faiis-is the crop OF half
baked liabilities. between the ages
OF IS to 25.
Whether you find him a, the cor
ner OF Forty Second and Broadway.
or on a depot platform In Indiana.
or steering Ford through the corn
fields OF Kansas. the delightful spec
linen OF Young America who has
Just ttrned IS. and who knows more
than his parents. Is the most OBJ
trusive item in the picture. Young
men are fresh the world over. but
the American cub Is fresher than
green paint. than which nothing
could be fresher.
Sometimes It would seem that all
the women Who didn't raise their
boys to be soldiers raised them to
be vaudeville performers. Nowhere
else in the world do young people ao-
oept so lightly and in such q take
it-for-granted manner the enormous
sacrifices made in their behalf.
Nowhere else {. the directing ad-
vice OF elderly people received with
such Eood-natured contempt
Nowhere else do young folks have
so little regard for vested author
ity.
They are too old to spank. but ne
can line them up and try to convince
them tina, this world Is not all rag
time and cigarettes.
We can teach them to respect the
flag. obey orders and get a, least
a rlimmsrinr conception OF the eter-i
nal Law OF compensation-that he
Who ,akes must also give.
We are nov at war with Germany. |
We have not struck back. but we
have taken blows in the face. and |
either ne must rsiAiiate or cease to
claim relationship with the human
rare. There Is no need TO talk pre-
and military service 10 In
ieliiEent people They are In favor |
Of striking hard We must be OF some
real help 20 the mea who have been
fighting our battles. We must de-
wise ways and means OF arousInr
our fellow citizens 80 that they will
take up the tasks OF this war with
burning enthusiasm. and not with re-
luctanoe.
This ls a good time for all OF "
TO say that. regardless OF old affili-
ations. We are now ready to follow
any leadership that win oouraEeously
show US hos TO defend our national
honor. And we are AGAINST any for
mer roommate who gets cold fee,
At a time like this.
Up to this time the Germans have
done all they can 20 convince Amer
leans that we must battle for our
rights or 20 out OF business. They
have violated our hospitality by In
famous plots. They have murdered
our people. They have struck down
our flag. Every time we began 20
cool down from one insult they
landed us another. Just as slight
token OF contempt. The Germans
have been the best allies Of patriotic
Americans.
Real war VIII be wased against
Germany when all sections Of this
country are convinced that our mos,
sacred interests are actually In
yoi,ed. Plenty of people regard the
war In Europe - . mere uphcavai Of
explosive elements. II II no more re-
lated to them than n famine IN In
dia or y tornado In an adjoining
state. II Is something 10 feel sorry
about. but nothing has happened
which can materially affect me and
my wife or my son John ana his
wife" These kindly souls have been
told for years that when wheat !.
e?.So = bushci. and corn hrinss twc
dollars. and hogs are eis . hundred