South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-16
GET INTO A HOME GUARD UNI
FORM

FORM.
Too many of us are facing duty
as a great green dragon" This
idea is wrong because no man will
ever know what real happiness is
until he realizes that all energy ex-
ercised for a noble purpose is USE
full, honorable and worthy, and that
from love, work, laughter and sacri-
flee emerges all happiness and con-
tentment
The war is a great governing fac
tor in our economic and civil life.
Many changes accrue from its exist
ence. Conditions In the business
world, in the factory. in the home,
and everywhere are exceedingly alb
normal at this time. Fortunately,
nature has provided each of us with
a reserve supply of strength and
energy upon which 70 draw to op-
| pose unexpected troubles and prob
lens as they come upon US each
on this reserve force and dissipate
it in combating the imaginary
troubles of next week or next year,
the majority of which will never put
/ in an appearance.
We have a real need for this re-
serve force and energy right now.
| Let US not find ourselves bankrupt
| OF power and personal energy BY
this ] mean that we should not imi-
tate the coward in Shakespeare
drama, who died a thousand deaths
| before the sword struck him. 1t is
wrong TO worry. Worry is weak
ness. This does not mean that we
should not weigh all problems care
l fully at this hour because this is a
time when we should be serious and
very thoughtful But do not worry.
/ Do not fear The first great step in
the conquest of fear is the recogni-
ton that timidity, apprehension.
! alarm, fright. CONSERVATION. terror.
panic and desperation are all false
| limitations of reason. They are in
terpretations OF the warning signals
of nature, to be displaced by rea-
son.
Stop fretting about how the war
| is going TO make a desert Of the
| United States The thing for you to
do is to jump in and help your
Uncle Sam settle this trouble about
which we are lighting.
If you are a man and are not 60
\ ing to France with our boys in khaki
it is your duty to join the home
guards.
/ If you are immune from selec-
tive service in the national army
or otherwise exempt on account Of
/ age or because Of industrial, agri-
cultural pursuits, etc.-it IS n
duty TO join the home guards.
The home defense guard is very,
very necessary. The absence of an
organized armed force OF military
men az this critical period would
I encourage mob law such as was
nractised in the early days when
our forefathers were settling in Nir-
ginia and making this good old con-
tinent safe for civilization.
am not informed whether Tulsa,
Oklahoma. is fortunate enough TO
boast of a home defense guard or
not hut I do know that II has
secret organization known as the
/ knights Of Liberty" You nave IN
all probability. followed the press
comments concerning how these
knights OF Liberty" tarred and
feathered II members OF the l. w.
w. organization Of oklahoma after
having beaten them severely with
the cat-o'-nine tails 'in the name OF
/ the mistreated women and children
| OF Belgium" We don't blame these
modern knights-do you? However,
since we are happily living in an
era OF high civilization and advanc-
ed intelligence and education, II is
much more fitting that We employ
l nathods Of procedure N dealing