The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-06
The Wan" for the Week

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| Use Of the word Hun" to designate the Ger
/ mans no longer brings forth indignant protests
| 1t has come into such common usage that it
! ls now generally accepted,
The Huns and the Vandals were the scourges
| Of the eary Christian era.
The Vandals were a Gerrnanic race inhabitng
| one of the Baltic provinces, and in the Fifth
| century they overran ancient Gaul and Spain,
crossed into Africa and even invaded Italy. Their
| destructivcness was such that thereafter any
| wanton laying waste was called vandalism.
The Huns were n1ied OF Asiatc barbar-
fans, who first appeared in Europe early in the
Fourth century. Under their bloodthirsty leader
Attla, the hordes Of ruthless robbers laid waste
most Of Europe. It was not until 955 that they
were finally beaten decisively, and their entire
army rnassacred. But meanwhile their descend
| ants had settled along the Danube, and remained
there. and the Bulgarans and Magyars Of today
are their offspring.
The Huns and the Vandals again trying to
devastate Europe. They have the same insolent
aggressiveness; the same disregard foc the rights
l. Of Others the same wanton destructiveness; the
same methods Of terrorism; the same cruelty and
barbarsm Of their ancestors Of the Fourth and
Fifth centuries.
Therefore the word Hun" is no misnomer.
1t is rapidly being incorporated into the English
language the accepted name Of people who
have done all In their power to earn it.
When William Alfred Wells Of Baltimore,
member Of the United States Marines, wrote a.
poem for his kid sister back home, he prob
ably didn't dream it was his farewell message to
her.
The verses in themselves ring so true that
they bring little lump in the throat, but the
death OF the writer gives them an added signifi-
canoe.
Here they are:
You were only a kid little sister,
When 1 started over the sea,
But you've grown quite lot since came here,
And you've written a letter to me,
And nobody knows that you wrote it
It's a secret-and we'll keep it we'll,
Your brother and you and the ocean,
And nobody's going to tell.
You were only a tot when left you,
remember 1 babe you goodbye,
And kissed you little bit flustered,
And you promised you never would cry.
But know that you cried. little sister.
AS I'd gone out the door,
And did cry myself? I'm a soldier,
So don't ask me anything more
I think of you often, kid sister
You're the only kid sister I've got
I know you'll be good to your mother
And I know that you'll help her a lot
And whenever she seems to be gloomy,
You've just got to cheer her somehow,
You only a Kid to your brother,
But you're more than the world to him now.
Flowers at first thought would seem to be
one Of the first luxurtes to go in war time.
But such is far from being the case,
Florists, both in America and Europe, report
a greatly increased demand for their stocks. Sol
diers returning from the trenches, are said to be
among the best customers Of the florists.
If the growing Of flowers in this country Is
Fcurtaied or dispensed with because Of the war;
it won't be for lack Of demand, but because Of
the necessity for action on the part of the fuel
administrator. Coal supplies to florists have al
ready been cut so per cent.
We haven't yet quite reached the mental at
titude Of the poet who wrote:
"If thou Of fortune be bereft.
And in thy store there be but left.
Two loaves, sell and with the dole,
Buy hyacinths to feed the SOUL"
While 5000 feet in the air, guiding his plane
with one hand Lieut.. Harry Rudd of 1ndepend-
ence, Kan, wrote letter to his pal, Arthur
Metzger Of the same city. The Kansas City Star
reproduces a photograph of the letter which
plainly shows the vibration" he refers to- Here
is part Of the note:
well I'm up here alone with nothing but
lots and lots Of nice air between me and the
earth about mile below. Wonderfully cool
up here and not very bunny. I just passed
through cloud and could not see darn
thing.
Have to handle the ship with my left
hand and write with my right don't know
whether you can read this or not The vi
bration Is pretty bad.
Tn over a town now, and it is little
cool up here think / will kick the ship into
a tail spin and fall couple of thousand feet
and look the town over. So here she goes.
Fell LOO feet and spun like b.
Great sport spinning, but not till you get
used to it. Lots of people out streets.
But if would make dive not one could
be seen.
Gas is getting low and I'm about Is miles
from the field, so must jazz back.
will write you soon SO you can read it,
Our idea Of light and pleasant outdoor sport is
Kicking an airpIane into tail spin and fall
ing 1000 feet" We prefer flying safe and
sane" Two brief flights straightaway without
any frils, gave all the thrills desired with
out tail spinning from 5000 feet up
Probably il 10 persons were asked to name the
most interesting family in the United States,
eight Of them would name the Roosevelt family.
Whatever views Of the Colonel may hold.
nobody will accuse him of leading a drab and
uninterestng life. He has packed more Of life
into his So years, than the average man would
see in a thousand years
And his are proving themselves worthy
descendants. Theodore Jr, the eldest son, is
major in the Twenty-sixth infantry. He has
been partially blinded, gassed SO that his lungs
are injured, and has been cited for distinguished
bravery in action.
Kermit is a captain in a machine gun battery,
and he has won the military cross for gallantry.