The evening herald., 1917-09-01
DO WE LACK PATRIOTISM

The Chicago Tribune. In a recenI
editorial, admonished the people :,
make more outward manifestation ol
patriotism. The articls follows;
"A woman smong the spectators Al
the parade OF the new army pulled
out her hatpins and whenever a flae
sent by whipped off her hat.
Officers and sometimes f,itu,
pfivates wore flowers. One had q
long stemmed pink rose across his
arm
Now and then thcrc was singing
'Tipperary' and Marching Through
Georgia and one detachment
Nhisiied in chorus while marching.
These are little things and at the
same time big. In and OF itself. 4,
was a small matter that woman
pulled off her hat. but wha, rebuke
TO the men who kept theirs on. Flow
ere are trivial. In and OF themselves
hut they express sentiment. and Il Is
q fine sight when officers wear them
in public without shame In and Of
themselves. singing snd whistling are
thimportant; as outward signs of
good comradeship and joviel army
spirit they are not only important.
they are essential
IAN such demonstrations make for
morale. Let us see that they continue
and increase. Demonstrs;ive out
bursts on the part OF the troops
hsarten them for sacrifice and hard
ship. Demopstrative outbursts OF
the part OF civilians have the same
effect. Cheers. hand-clapping. flow
.ers. and aiutes TO the flag all coun'
They sre OF ritai Importance. especial
~ in such war as this.
ITO the average private Il seems =
strangely impersonal war An imper-
ronal force. the government declared
Il An impersonal force. the draf'.
made the army An impersonal force
namely. chance. decides who must
so. II is apparently as IL a huge. un-
seen mechanism were al work blindly
ooldly. and without soul
Whereas In realty no relationship
on earth IL 30 personal as that between
soldier and his country Our boys
Ia France viii lfind that out once
there. they will cease to think OF Ann
erica. as a spo, on the map. or a. an
institution even. or as an abstraction
symbolized by flag on a pole They
will think OF America as people. a.
TOO. .0o0. OC0 human beings. their coun-
trymen.
DO we want an American soldier
20 say OF us by and by. Those peop'rI
ant us out here 90 risk death for ola
Glory. and not one man IN ten of
them would so much as salute ~
''Do we want him 20 say, I mar
perish here. and no one greatly "ares.
when we parsded hardly anybody
cared enough for Us 20 cheer"
do we want him to say Were
lighting their battles. and they're liv-
ing IN comfort aud forgetting what Wa
have to endue?'
Little though they may realize j.,
civilians are making a deep and las'-
ing Impression on the new army. a
ii.tls heediessness q little restraint.
little self-conscious reluctance 70
show their real feelings. and. sure as
fate. they will plant the wrong idees.
let us not misropresent ourselves.
Let US show our real feelings Let
us convince the new army that W.
care. Let US make that plain, ana
rub il in. and put II there 20 stay Il
viii cost us some momontsry embar-
rsssment, no doubt. We shall have =
overcome our national instinct Tor
behaving like wooden images. But
are We s~re that wooden images rank
as the noblost producis Of our clyil.-
zation7 On the contrary. there turks
IN all % US secret desire to be hu-
nan. and nov Is the time to indulge
that desire"
There are many statements In the
foregoing which the people of Albu-
queraue may apply to themselves. We
10 not think our citizens hack patriot
ism--they simply keep their FEELINGS
bottled up and do not give vent t2I
their emotions when they should For
Instance. parade Of the soldiers
through our streets or the maneuvera
az camp are taken as matter-of-fact
event in the dcings Of day and at
tact little or no applause. whenever
ihe star spangled Banner" is played
o. sung. the audience. n seated shows
no particular disposition 10 stand up.