The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-27
Ne1gS and Comment

1.-THE lament of the stay-at-homes" is the
title Of sonnet published in B. L. IT'S column
in The Chicago Tribune. It's well worth while
Here it is:
Lament of the stay-At-Homss.
prompted by Alan seeger's sonnet" On Re-
turning to the Front After Leave.")
Spirits of seeger, Chapman. Rockwell, Brooke
And all the host of martyr heroes slain,
We hear your voices calling clear and plain
To us who may not tread the path you took.
EnVious of your need, dare not look
Eastward to those stern fields where we would
he.
Feeble or old. or fettered house bonds we
Deserve not your contempt, nor have forsook
That generous cause for which you greatly died.
Harder our sacrifices, that here pursue
Our lowly labors for the men who share
With you that godlike Joy to us denied.
Nor would ye sneer If ye btt knew
JAMES PONTIFEX
Like 90 out Of every 100 Americans we know
we can write play when get around to
it," We have, the theme all picked out. It's
going to be a Qualification of the commonplace
and the hero is to be the commonplace man. we
had it selected long before the war be-
gan, but the war has provided wealth 18th
commonplace men who stay at home and
carry on" as the British say. The other hun
dred million Americans will be writing their
plays about the war heroes so they won't be
neglected. This sonnet revived our ambition.
Ever since Premier Lloyd George made his
been on it's trail.
This week we ran it to earth It's obsolete
English word meaning clandest!ne or in secret
Another meaning is muddled or jumbled
Undoubtedly the British Premier used it in the
| latter sense when he spoke Of "hugger-mug-
ger peace"
Hurrah, for a peace that is not hugger mug
ger!
Apropos Of the growth Of profanity resulting 1g
from the war like the story Of the chaplain
who was met by a group Of newspaper cores
pondents as he was returning from the front
He was Of French descent but had acquired
American ways and was so much beloved by the
men they effectionately called him Padre"
Padre" was greatly excited when the cor
respondents accosted him and asked him for the
news from the front from which they had been
barred for the time being.
1.-THE boys are giving Heinie Hell-beau coup
He'll" he shouted.
Which condition, should say is tres
bully"
Again speaking Of profanity in the war it
might be noted in passing that General He'll is
one Of the commanders. who with General Won
Below is fighting Damard. We predict
that General Below will return whence he's Won
after the Americans strike Damard.
After the war we are going to have a lot Of
knights in our midst here in America at the
rate the title is being bestowed The first time
you meet knight at luncheon it would be we'll
to know how to address him. You say. quite
cheerily How do you do, Sir William" using
his given name without being thought unduy
familiar
The knight is just one jump short of bar
onet. The title Of knight was formerly pure
ly military one, but it began to be passed around
to civilians in the days when kings acquired the
fashion of being hard up. For certain none
tary considerations, it was possible to become
| knight. =
The first civilian knight was Sir William Wal
worth, who got his job by Staying Wat Tylep
| in the presence Of the king.
Canada is full Of knights. There are so many
OF them it is becoming political issue.
There are Knights OF the Bath and Knights
Of the Garter, and Knights of Pythias and
Knights Templar and many other kinds of less
honorable Knights like the knights of the road
Personally, we favor the Knights of the Bath
1t is a cleaner sounding title
The knights Of the Garter were organized
when some queen dropped that necessary article
Of wearing apparel at a ball. To save her en-
barrassment, the king promptly conferred a title
the courtier who picked it up, and made a
function Of the incident.
The principal function Of knighthood is to
arouse the envy Of those who don't possess it.
AS John Ridd said in Lorna Doone when he
acquired a title: THANK you your majesty
but what am I to do with p"
The best feature Of the knighthood is that
you can't have it wished upon you by accident
Of birth. The title is not hereditary.