The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-11-09


darpr realization of what this war means q~a;n.t ;'
,nms Christianity we'll against Democracy We nn,rs
ts from one of his more recent addresses as folows
Continued
The Frenchmans Love of France
IN men love their native land, but the Frepcbman,s
,s a unique quality. The patriotism of the English
mdemonstrative. The Britisher surrounds his
and his garden with high brick wall, conceaIs his
feelings from his closest friends and when he enters
Nh on Pail Mall and disappears behind the threshold
mis closed upon tomb. The Americans patriotism
ey academic national safety through isolation breeds
nu for danger. The time was when his love of co,n
As vociferous on the Fourth of July, but the enthus
las died down, until he is ready to eXtinguSh even
cracker. The occasional speaker deals in historical
ents about the four wars fought by our country But
pnchmanS love OF country has tender gentle WOO
e He speaks of La Belle France as Dante spoke of
tm as Petrarch spoke of Laura, and the name of
fingers upon his lips as music trembles in the air af-
Nng is sung. The reason doubtless is found in the
Mat the French people have carved the hillsdes and
ed the valleys and adorned the ridges and mountains
Vineyards until the whole land is thing of radiant
n It is love that has made France beautiful lust as
after completing the nest, makes it soft and warm
Wiling the down out of her own bosom, The French
love France as an artist loves his own canvas as Bel
lel the missal he had Illuminated, and as that young
feet loved the little Roslyn chapel upon whose delicate
(khe had lavished his very soul
Would you have an emblem of France in the month of
with her wide, fat valleys her green pastures and the
E up which the pines climbed in sewied regiments?
|a great robe of green velvet lying loosely on the
he ceases and velvet ridges answering to the rivers
valleys and the hills, and then fling handful of r-
pearls and sapphres down. that these gems will lie
the ceaSes as the lovely French cities at the foot of
(S and beside the rivers, and you have France the
fI; France, the mother of the modern arts and sci
france full of sweetness and ght-that France con-
/ which Heinrich Hene exclaimed: "Oh France.
Eaghter Of beauty, Thy name is culture"
FR tJee great enemies of farms and towns and cities
|een fire, flood and earthquake. Witness the city Of
Ere An interior explosion blew off the cap Of the
|a1 and flood of gas poured down upon the lovely
ERF1aed the citizens, and left not one house stand
EnneSS that mighty convusion in San Francisco, that
| thousands OF bricks crashing down in ruins. Wit
E,Me IN Chicago, that turned the great city into
nOn ana ashes. In New Zealand there is lake call
II FaaS nus Ihe blrdless lake. Poisonous gases rise from
h. EhooG OF water and soon the lark, with it. song ard
~ n wv with It's flight, fall into the poisonous flood
oil lheSe images are quite inadequate to explain the
FuA Ihe devastation of France upon the retreat Of
EnaM' About 40 miles north of Paris one strikes
F~Iegion Then hour after hour passes, while with
rn ,vhVH ana breaking heart one journeys 100 miles
nG'm ~, ma ana zlgzags 1875 miles south again through
F& rtl ,eglon The time was when it was a wild land,
nn n, forests filled with wolves Then the French
su @ Ine M scene. He subdued all the wild grasses to
rbo caesar referred in his story of his war in
II u14ned the valleys and wdened the streams in
rn ne I enriched the fields, and made them wave
and h ne surrounded the meadows with odorouS
n III sb4 oanNed where there had been a swamp with
ms a uoS Slowly he threw arches Of stone across
ayna,' "nu carved the bridges until they were rich in
ehtI UIHlg made for use was carried un to ont
to The roof of the barn had lovely lines the
pp sh5 nn9 mouse was upon curved road; the high
''"0eo by two rows of noble trees. The stony