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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-29

A Query About National Honour

contcmptuouS as when they can refer to something
as an emotion of the masses or part OF the psys
chOlOgy of the crowd In this tone there Is eons
plcte consistency: even between Mr.. Perla who
writes the book and Mr.. Angel who writes the
introduction.
Pacifsts always insist that the people cannot
think but only feel; that the many headed beast
never acts till it has lost all its heads But IN truth
it all fails upon a very simple fact that the people
cannot only think. it can know.
For instance Mr Pcrla has a curious passage
about emotional nifcaton producing "the GER
taIuty with which every Frruchmau hut Holland
regards Germany AZ the aggrcSSor and even talks
of the 'extremc mental vlgUur needed to detach
oneself from IT, Now in fact the French masses
showed not only far more mental vigour. but far
more mental clarity when they saw their homes
burned and their brethren butchered and waited
with mind unchanged. than ROLAND ever showed
when he decamped comfortably TO write cloudy
essays i'll Switzerland
The World Aggressor.
And they did not merely feel or even think that
Germany was the aggresSor they knew 1t. They
knew it first because they were citizens and knew
the facts, and second because they were French
men and knew the Germans.
Such popular apprehension II hOt any thc ieSS
rational because it is rapid The belief of demOc-
racy in the Far West, that prairie fire is unde-
sirable is none the less strictly logical because they
act promptly on the premise; even to the extent OK
hanging the incendary 1t is the curse of all this
intellectualis literature that it would merely make
the verdict clearer by making it calmer. and camer
by making il slower. 1t thinks itself clever when
it rushes down the road shouting "COmbustiOnl'
instead of shouting " FIRE. 1t thinks itself moro
rational for giving a botanical catalogue of the
vegetation DESTROYED by the fire But it is in real.
ity less rational.
Mr. Pera s book is undoubtedly earnest ethi-
cal inquiry into important subject and con-
tains many interesting and valuable passages But
it is infected throughout with this falacy of sup
posing that mere frigdty in the presence of out
rage is the guarantee of reasonable reply. As q
fact, Indignation is in itself much more reason
able reply. And he could not more completely
have answered his own case than by his own ex-
ample, the case Of France in this war. For France
which is the most rational nation has also been the
most rigidly national and where there was most
logic there there was also most loyalty
G. K CHESTERTON.
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The Last Post
By Robert Graves.

The buglcr sent a call of high romance
Lights out! Lights out" to the deserted square
On the thin brazen notes he threw prayer,
"God, if it's this for next time IN France
spare the phantom bugle as lie
Dead in the gas and smoke and roar of guns,
Dead in row with the other broken ones
Lying SO stiff and still under the sky,
Jelly yuung Fusers too good to die
From Fairies aud FWsiiiers. Alfred A. Knopf.
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the blood of its citizens if need be, is quite mean
ingcss for any nation, though profoundly right IN
its contention might be defeated at the hands OF
a superior force exerted behalf Of unjust and
unrighteous cause. What becomes of national
honour theni"
The Essence of Honour
The answer is that national honour is then vIndi-
Gated; in the only way in which 1t can be vlndl-
Gated 1t is of the very of honour that 1t
is not lost by failure to defeat the oppressOr but
is lost by failure to defy him. This is true even in
the ease of a duel; and even in TN" cas-" Of bad
duel
Nb code was ever SO barbaric as to suppose that
the man who fell had failed in The matter of re-
dccming his reputation. Nobody thought that Alex
andcr Hamilton had not behaved like gentleman;
even if Burr had only behaved like a bully. And
nobody ever thought that Koscusko had lost either
his own honour the honour of Poland, because
the Polish rising was suppressed
Nobody ever supposed that Wolf Tone or Robert
Emmett had lost either their own honour or the
honour of Ireland because the rising of '9s was
suppressed.
The Spirit of the Right
\ man resisting wrong is not sort of
tcrialiStc magician who can say that it shall not
be forced on him. On the contrary, he IS a man
who says that it shall be forced on him; because
he will not assent and therefore assist. In pri-
vate case like that of Burr and Hamilton it is pre-
cisely the dead man whose dignity is secure; it
the living man whose dignity, for other reasons,
was doubtful. In a public ease like that of the
patriots of Ireland and Poland, it is the defeated
nations that have become sacred; nor will civliza-
ton have saved its soul alive until the hope of
Kosciusko is realized and the epitaph of Emmett
written.
Indeed the fact that seems TO escape NEST writers
of this school, is the fact that all they write about
war is equally applicable to revolution. There is
always the same difficulty of defining at what point
human dignity is intolerably nSulted; at what
point corporate Indignation is a reaction Of common
sense. They would not in any case, indeed, be par
ticularly sympathetic with the corporate indigna-
ton, even with the common sense. 1t is really
the whole point of their intrllcctualsm to say that
sense is never common
Anti-Democrats All.
The primary point that strikes me about all these
extreme apostles of peace is their profound dis
like of democracy They are never so eontentedly
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At Wipers and Calvary

By Mary Carolyn Davies.
Fhe boy who was first to die
For the cause they are fighting for
Links his arm and walks with the lads
Who are going to die in the war.
He bled in agony
very long time ago
Now they greet him eOmradely,
With eyes that newly know.
They are brothers in arms in the old.
Old war that is never done;
SO with him they jest they march and rest,
In the snow and the mud and the
With the boy who was first TO die
In the fight to make men free.
For it matters little where gOes out,
At Wipers or Calvary.
From Drums in OSr Street The Macmilld" CO"pd"
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A FURRY in Stocks
By Harold Willard Gleason.

Summer, Sunday and afternoon:
Modern lovers delight to spoon;
But in Zaccheus knox's time,
Sunday spooning held crime!
Poor Zaccheus, for one short kiss,
Got sentence which read like this
"Whereas he, on the Sabbath Day,
Hath behaved in unseemly way,
We impose on the culprit, Knox,
One full day in the public stocks"
Hands and feet fastened twenty four hoursl
This was surely no bed of AowersD
Sunday night: and Zaccheus sat
Hot with shame meath the broad brimmed hat,
Thinking painfully DER and DER.
"Ilow can Abigail love moref
Me, law breakerl me, Zach Knox.
Who hath been in the public stccks!'
Morning came; but before the sun
Clambered out of the fog banks dun,
Some one stole to the culprit's seat;
Some one slender and sorry-sweet
Sat beside him and stroked his hair.
Saying, "Zaccheus, don't thee care!
Just because thou hast had to sit
In the stocks matters not whit
Not to mer Then Zaccheus heard
Whispered low, but distinct each word:
81 ain too forward. Zach trow;
Butt isn't the Sabbath nowl'
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To My Father
By Max Eastman.

BY Max Eastman.
The eastern hill hath scarce unveiled his head,
And the deliberate sky hath but begun &.
To mediate upon a future sun,
When thou dost rise from thy impatient bed.
Thy morning prayer unto the stars is said.
And not unlike child, the penanee done
OF sleep, thou goest TO thy serious fun,
Exuberant-yet with a whisper tread.
And when that lord doth TO the world appear,
The iovial sun. he leans on his old hill,
And levels forth to thee golden smile
Thee in his garden, where each warming year
Thou toilest with all joy with him, to fill
And flood the soil with summer for a while
From CoIors Of Life. Alfred A. hHoPf.
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Requiescat
By Oliver Herford.

By UIlVeT HerfoTd.
Here Wilhelm sleeps. For mercy's sake
Tread softly, friend, lest he should wake
From The Laughing WilIOT George II. DOrGn Compa"s
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The Essence of Honour.

Anti-Democrats ALL
The primary point that strikes me about all these
extreme apostles of peace is their profound dis
like of democracy They are never so eontentedly
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
WHAT RED CROSS MEANS

The stay-at-home American cannot
realize what the Red Cross NEAR in
this war. Just as it is the worlds
most colossal struggle, enlisting more
millions and creating a wider havoc
than any other war, so are the de-
mands for mercy greater than ever be-
fore. | have been with six armies and
half a dozen fronts. Wherever |
have gone the Red Cross has been in
the thick of battle, first to aid last to
rest. 1t needs every dollar that can
be raised for it; every bit of loyalty
that can be mustered. No money ex-
pended in the war reaps so rich a
harvest of gratitude and service. The
Red Cross is succor and sustonance.
Isaac MarcOsson.
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Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS

&. c. MILLER, M. D.-Physician and
Surgeon. Hours: 9 to 1880 a. m,
1870 to 4:30 p. m, Z to s p. m. Office
in Kendall Block. Phone, Office L-9,
residence, PTS.
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HOME DEFENSE NURSES

The department of nursing, Wash
ington, D. c., is organizing a new en-
rollment of Red Cross nurses, to be
known as Home Defense Nurses.
1t is evident that in every commune
ty there are graduate nurses who for
some reason are not eligible for mil.
itary duty, but are able to render val
liable service in other channels of the
profession. Nurses who are married.
those who are not within the age limit
or who are not physically strong
enough for war service, are all eligi-'
BILE to this class of enrolment.
Besides being a graduate of an ac-
credited school of nursing and hold.
ing a diploma from that school, the
applicant need only be a member Of
the American Red Cross and capable
of assisting in local disasters, emer.
gencies, institutional work or any
forms of visiting and instructive nurs-
ing.
If not a member of the Red Cross.
the applicant must join through the
nearest Red Cross chapter, or branch.
and must present evidence of member
ship with her application papers. Ap-
proved applicants for enrolment will
receive a membership badge with a
bar bearing the title, Home Defense
Nurse" which will be issued by the
division director of nursing.
The Home Defense nurse shall wear
a uniform-that of the regular gradu-
ate nurse for indoor and outdoor SER
vice-or a special apron to be desig-
mated later.
Those nurses who enroll under this
special department will be relieving
others who are able to enter active
military service. AS the call for
nurses to go abroad has been very ur-
gent during the past few months, it
is most essential that an unlimited
number be ready to step up and fill the
vacancies at home.
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G NAN Of 9
MUSIC MOUND TAN
By frank II. SDedrmdn
Author of Whispering Smith
Author q WhiSpeTing Smith

ne other the empty revolver.
You've aSkt I me TO go-I'm going.
Flow much OF what you tell me is true.
! DON'T know. But | can believe nay
nNu eyes. and l believe YOU are not in
condition 10 DO much injury. even II
Won came here with that Intention. You
IS j certainly lose your life if You move
from your hiding place"
81, started away. He leaned toward
1eg stop he said peremptorily,
-ai>.l1 hims - with a wrenching eff
fort. Something IN the stern eye held
.-r lis extended hand pointed toward
.sr a~ arbitrarily rs If, instead of tying
1e!r!,>S aJ her feet, he could command
ler To- It's bidding. II want to ask you
: question. I've told YOU the truth. |
awe tJS' u cartridge. If you are
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going 10 send your cousin and his men
lere, its only fair ! should know 1t
low-isn't If"
My cousin is wounded" she said,
)ausing. And then with indecision:
If you sta. here quietly you are not
kelly 10 be molested."
She stepped down from the ledge
is noiselessly as she had come. Shaken
~ the discovery she had so unexpect-
dly made, Nan retreated almost pre-
ipitately from the spot. And the
question Of what TO do worried her as
much as II worried De Spain. The
ytole range had been shaken by the
Calabasas fight. Even the men in
horgan's gap, supposed to be past
masters Of the game played in the
losed room at Calabasas, had been
stunned by the issue of the few min
ties with Jeffries' new man.
Nan, who had heard but one side Of
he story. pictured the aggressor from
he tale Of the two who lived to tell
" the horribly sharp action with him.
Sat Mans common whispered to
Ter, whatever might be said about De
spain's starting the fight, that one man
ocked in a room with four enemies, all
dangerous In an ARRAY, was not likely
o begin a fight unless forced to
zone, at least, but a mailman would do
70.
Unhappy and %irresolute, Nan, when
The got home, was glad Of an excuse
o ride TO Calabasas for q packet OF
iressing coming by stage from Sleepy
at for Gale, who lay wounded at Satt
~horgan's; and, eating q hasty lunch
son. she ordered her horse and set out.
Should she tell her Uncle Duke Of
hiding De Spain? Whenever she de-
aded that she must, something In the
recollection Of De SPANS condition un-
settled her resolution. Tales enough
II his bloodthirstiness. his merciless
Efficiency. his ever-ready craft and con-
summate duplicity were familiar TO
Ter. Yet only a few OF thWe stories
appealed TO Mans innate convictions
II truth and justice. She lived among
men who were, for the most part, not
truthful OF dependable eve In small
.hings-how could they be relied on to
ell the truth about DE SPANS motives
and conduct? AS 10 his deadly skill
gith arms. no stories we're needed to
confirm this. eve tho.;.h she herself
had once overcome him In u contest.
The evidence Of his mastery had now
a fatal pre-eminence among the TRACE
lies OF the Spanish sinks. Where he
ay he could, If he meditated revenge
,n her people, murder any Of them, al
most at will. To spare his life imper-
led TO this extent theirs-but surely
ne lay not far from death by exhaus-
ton. And IL he was not helped soon
be would die.
But who was TO help himf Certainly
none Of his friends. II she told them
they would try to reach him. That
would mean an appalling--an unthink-
able-fght. All came back to u ter
rifying alternative: Should she help
this wretched man herselff And II he
lived, would he repay her by shooting
someone Of her own kinf
The long ride to Calabasas went fast
as the debate swept on. and the vivid
shock of her strange experience re-
CURED to her Imagination.
She drew up beff-e the BIG barn.
Jim NcAiDin was cominG ont - 70 20
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This was, to say the least, u further
awkward complication for her feelings.
She already had enough to confuse
them.
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w. &. g.

Isn't Il logical TO assume that the
man who doesn't advertise. ha, moth.
Ing 70 advertise.
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DR.. A. w. HYDE-Physician and Sur.
geon. Office in Hyde-Harris block.
Office hours: 10 to IL a. m, / to 3
p. m. Phone, office "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
ADVETISEM ENT.
Item No. 10.

FL Centro, California, October 70,
1918.
Sealed proposals will be received
by The Board of Directors of lmpe-
rial Irrigation District, at its office
in the Masonic Temple in the City of
Ell Centre, State of California, until
2 o'clock p. m. on The 26th day of
November, 1918, and hereupon
opened, for the reconstruction of Assn
Canal from Sharp's' Gate TO The in
ternational boundary line, and The
necessary structures appurtenant
thereto, localed near Sharps Headin'
in thee Republic of Mexico about 8
miles easterly Of Calexico, Califor-
MIA.
The amount of material involved IN
The construction and required 10 be
placed under this bid is noted in The
specifications.
Said work shall be completed on II
before The first day Of March, 1919.
Plans and specifications can be
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21

pania de Terrenos y Aguas de la
Baia California, S. A., at it's office IN
the Masonic Temple, in the City CT
Ell Cenro, State of California, until
10 o'clock a. m. on the 26th day CT
November, 1918, and thereupon
opened, for the reconstruction OF Ash
Canal from Sharp's Gate to the in
terna ional boundary line and the
necessary structures aDpur'enant
thereto, located near Sharp's Head
ing in The Republic of Mexico about
9 miles easterly of Calexico, Califor-
MIA.
Thee amount of material involved
E, in The construction and required to be
placed under this bid is noted in The
specifications.
Said work shall be completed on OF
before the first day Of March, 1919
Plans and specifications can be
seen at The office of the Board of Di-
rectors in The Masonic Temple, in the
City of Ell Centro, State of Califof-
MA and al the office of The Chief En-
gineer of said lCompania in the CITY
of Calexico, Stale of California, tt
which plans and specifications refer
ence is hereby made for more de-
allied description OF The work to bf
done.
Any bidder TO whom The contrac
shall be awarded shall, within ter
days after the acceptance of his bid
make, execute and deliver TO th'
Board of Directors written contrac
in form satisfactory 10 said Board, iol
| the performance of said work within
! the time and in The manner stated il
said notice, plans and specifications
and also furnish it an acceptable bon'
| in the sum of % per cent of The tola
onract price, based on the Com
pania's estimate of the amount o.
work to be done, for the faithful per
formance of the said contract. ant
also furnish an additional bond in Tx
sum of so per cent of the total con
tract price, based on The Company's
estimate of the amount of work *
be done, as guaranty hat the con-
! tractor will pay in full the claims
of all persons performing labor upor
or furnishing material TO be used ir
such work.
Each bid shall be accompanied By
certified check for 10 per cent Of
The amount bid, made payable to The
Treasurer of The Compania, and TO be
forfeited TO said Compania should
said bidder fail for ten days after
the acceptance of his bid TO enter IN
10 the said contract with The sad
Compania and furnish The required
bonds.
The contract will be let 10 he low
est responsible bidder; but The Board
reserves The right TO reject any or all
bids.
BY order of the Board of Directors
of the Compania de Terrenos y Aguas
de la Baja California, S. A.
r. ID. McPHERRIN,
/ Nov6lo26inc Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE AND WATER STOCK
CONNECTED THERLWITH Al
PRIVATE SALE.

In the Superior Court of the Slate OF
California, in and for The County Of
Los Angeles.
In the matter of The estate and guar
dianship of CLIFFORD FULL
BRIGHT WALKER, minor.
Notice is hereby given thai pur-
suant to an order of the said Superior
Court of the Slate of California, i
and for The County of Los Anselos
made on the 18th day of August, 1913
in the matter of the estate and guard
ianship of Clifford Fullbright Walker
minor, The undersigned, as guardiaf
Of The person and estate of said Crt
ford Fullbright Walker. minor, vii.
sell al private sale 10 the highest bid
der, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter mentioned, and subject e
confirmation by said Superior Cour'
on and after the 25h day of Move l.
Der, 1918, all the right, title and in
iIercst of the said Clifford Fullbrish'
Walker, minor, in and 10 The real
estate hereinafter described
Said real estate to be sold is de-
scribed as follows:
The west half of the west half OF
Tract III in township l3 south, range
10 east S. B. M. county of Imperial
Slate of California, together with "a
shares of Imperial Water Company
No. stock.
Lot No. 6. block 80, city of Brawley
County of Imperial, Slate of CallfoT-
mia.
An undivided onchalf interest in
and to the following property:
The east half and The east half OF
the west half of Iracl Ill, in township
l3 south, range 13 east S. M. B. I'm
perial County, Slate of California, to-
gether with 225 shares of Imperial
Water Company No. stock.
Lois 3, A, 5, 6, 8. 10, II and II,
block 80 in The city of Brawley, I'm
perial County, California.
Lot 5, block 18, city of FL Centric,
Imperial county. California; lol H.
block AZ. ciIy of FL Centro, Imperial
county, California.
Thai said properly will be sold in
separate parcels.
The terms and conditions of sale are
cash, or partly for cash and partly -
credit as he Court may approve.
Bids for said real estate, or any
part thereof, must be in wrilins and
accompanied by bidders certiii' d
check for, or cash, to The amount oi
len per cent of The amount bid, and
may be sent by mail or left al The of
flee of the guardian, ElecIa A. Wal
kcr, 1907 Hibernian building, Los
Angeles, California, al any time after
The first publication of this notice, and
before the making of The sale.
DaLed October %. 1918.
ELECTA A. WALKER,
Guardian of The Person and Estate OF
Clifford Fullbright Walker, a minor
Gcorse l.. Greer,
Attorney for Guardian.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21

seen al the office of the Board Of Dl-
rectors in thee Masonic Temple, in
the City of Ell Centro, Stale of Cali
fornia, and at the office of the Chief
Engineer of said District in The City
of Calexico, Slate Of California, to
which plans and specifications refer
encc is hereby made for a more de-
tailed description OF the work 70 be
done.
Any bidder To whom the contrast
shall be awarded shall, within ten
days after the acceptance of his bio,
make, execute and deliver to Inc
Board of Directors written contract
in form satisfactory 10 said Board tor
he performance of said work within
! The time and in the manner stated IN
said notice, plan and specifications,
and also furnish it an acceptable bond
| in the sum of 25 per cent Of the y
tai contract price, based on The Dis
trict's estimate of The amount ct
work 10 be done, for the faithful per-
formance of the said contract, and
also furnish an additional bond in The
sum of so per cent of the total con-
tract price, based on the Districts
estimate of the amount of work TO be
done, as guaranty That the con
tractor will pay in full The claims CT
, all persons performing labor upon or
furnishing material TO be used in such
work
! Each bid shall be accompanied by
certified check for 10 per cent OF
The amount bid, made payable to the
Treasurer of the District, and 10 he
forfeited to said District should said
bidder fail for len days after the nc
ceptance of his bid to enter into The
said contract with The said District
10 furnish the required bonds.
The contract will be let 10 The low
est responsible bidder; but the Board
reserves the right 10 reject any or all
bids.
By order of the Board of Direc'ors
of the Imperial Irritation District,
Ell Centro. California.
f. H. McIVER,
| Nov6to26ln. Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21

ceased, and for the issuance of, lei
ters of admins stration, with the will
annexed thereon, 10 said Ray Edgar,
public admins trator of Imperial
County, will he heard al 2 o'clock p
NJ, November 20, 1918, at The court
rooml of said Superior Court, at E
Centro, Imperial County California
when and where any person interest
ed may appear and contest the same
Dated November 13 1918.
| M. S. COOK, Clerk.
By E. B. Wilson, Deputy Clerk.
JAS. w. GLASSFORD,
Attorney for Petitioner.
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