The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-05

A new estimate has been put upon
America by the world powers. They
have discovered America, and Amer
ica has been discovered BY Americans.
too. The world war. now history, has
been world leveler Rich and poor
have bunked, and dug. and laughed
and wept together. A lady was de-
tailed to scrub floor. and upon her
knees she toiled at task she had
never performed before. A man is
passing thru, and she asks him to
empty the bucket and return it filed
with fresh water He looks at her in
a startled way and said So it,
woman, I'm an officer and she re-
Piled, So it officer, I'm duchess
A rich man was assigned to a COM
pany and was heard to exclaim in sur
prise, Why, that fellow who is cap
tain of the company was my chauf-
feur.' Kings crowns have become an
embarrassment to their owners; ev-
erything has gone up so far as know
but kings crowns. They have come
down, and are so cheap that nobody
wants one, and we thank God for We
would not have a king about the
house. We'd rather have a dog, or a
cat, or a baby.
Great changes, indeed. Some
months since Gods lightning
flashed the intelligence to the world:
Jerusalem has fallen and there was
where the Prince of Peace fell. Aye,
bat there was where the Lord of
Glory slew death by standing up
again Another day came and God
| ligffninged to the world Damascus
is fallen. Saul was going to Demas-
Gus with his pockets full Of official pa
perz, By which authority he would
take back fer Imprisonment the Chill
dren Of the King, and he fell, and it
was in that city that be arose to a
new and beautiful life; and little
time after, Gods lightning told the
world that Nazareth is fallen the
home Of Mary and Of Jesus, and we
all rejoiced and sang hymn Of prise
deep in our souls, for well we knew
that the Good Shepherd had brought
back his own, that the Turks were
thru in the Holy Land; that Moham-
mechanism had finished its debasing
reign there; that the autocratic god
Allah had folded his tent and moved
tout, because the democracy Of Abra-
ham and Of Isaac and of Jacob had
moved in.
Last. but first, superlatively first,
N r. - -
anhood. We thought we knew, but we
did not know, until thousands. yes.
millions Of mothers, wives, sisters,
daughters and sweehearts put on the
arnor Of labor and took up the unfin-
ished tasks and finished them while
Americas noble some were assisting
in holding, and driving hack brigan-
dage, banditti and piracy. We thought
we knaw until we saw and heard
from the lips Of women prematurely
old whose nerves had been shattered.
whose faces were scanned by the aw-
full sights and sounds of weeks at the
front
The war is over" has thrilled the
soul Of our nation. Thank God, right
eousness sits enthroned among men.
With the victory comes gladness
and sadness, weeping and laughter.
Many thousands Of our boys sleep be-
yond the sea, in strange lands, but
they have not died in vain. for mill
lions win go and walk and stand
wherein they trod, and with uncover
ed heads and uplifted hands win
swear by these dead heroes that
freedom shall not die.
Across the ocean, will never be so
far away to Us again; Cur precious
\ victorious dead lie there; il win for
ever be our own land