The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-18
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The Milwaukee Wisconsin: The
Lenroot canvass grows stronger as it
! proceeds. This is the natural result
| Of Mr.. Lenroot's forceful personality
and Of his obviously unusual equip
ment for the important office for
! which he has become a candidate.
| Now it is understood why people at
| Washington felt so sure that he
would be the choice of Wisconsin
| electors. It is because Of his evident
| fitness and power.
| Always able, he has developed a
great deal, making the most of the
years of experience which have come
! to him in the lower house. He has q
bright mind, we'll stored, and a
statesmanlike poise. His strength of
character and integrity OF purpose
| impress those who meet him as
public asset that should be utilized
| In the senate.
General Frederick c. Winkler,
whose standard Of qualifications for
public men is high and whose patriot
ism and good judgment have won the
approval of his fellow townsmen dur
ing q long lifetime OF upright citizen
ship, has come out with the observa-
ton that the immediate contest in
the Wisconsin senatorial campaign
lies in the Republican primary; that
If the Republican primary turns out
| satisfactorily, the election on April
2 will do the same; and that the pri-
mary will have a satisfactory out
come IL II results in the nomination Of
Irvine l. Lenroot, who has shown
| in his steadily onward and upward
career a high order OF craftsmanship
and patriotism"
That they may contribute to the
desired result, General Winkler urges
citizens TO attend the polls at the
primary election and vote for Len
| root, which is good advice.
The New York Sum. Surveying
the American people and recording
the changes that war responsibilities
have wrought among them, Conings-
| by Dawson permits himself % pay
tribute TO the American girl, an un-
falling inspiration to writer's:
The American girl, frivolous, gay,
who formerly thought only of pleas
ure, is now devoted, self sacrificing,
indefattgable worker, not only in the
Red Cross, but at carpentry and
housebuilding.
The pampered society girl, frail
as a rose leaf, is establishing and
supervising creehes in France
When did the American girl
think only Of pleasure? Certainly
not within the memory Of Coningsby
Dawson, who is young man. Yet
nobody who knew American girls
ever found them frivolous" and
gay in any sense that implies dis
paragement. They enjoyed them
selves when the opportunity offered,
wholesomely and with due regard for
their dignity; and whenever there
was work to DO done they did it skill
fully and without repining.
Naturally, the American girl took
her place in the war machine prompt
ly, and she is doing what falls to her
lot with credit. But it required no
moral or intellectual revolution to
put her where she belonged. She has
lost nothing Of her gayety in chang
ing her activities to meet the new
calls that are made on her energy.
She retains her fondness for pleas
ure" unimpaired. Her war time
spirit is not new, but the familiar
spirit that has always been hers.
The American girl is now all
right. She has always been all right.
TO picture her as a reformed charac-
ter is unjust to her entirely ad-
mirable past. She was in need of no
reform, and her present useful occu-
pations are exactly what everybody
who knew her expected OF her.
And where the devil did Coningsby
Dawson before the war see an Amer
lean girl as ''frail as a rose leaf?