The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-02


THE REDWOOD G
weary pillow of pain, binding up broken bodies
and broken, bleeding hearts as we'll
He who could best speak of her noble deeds
lies cold and still Who then will speak for her I
Let those who have been appointed to do honor to
the American sailors and soldiers who fought
in the war, make room in their plans for the
American Red Cross Nurse-Spring Valley Mer-
curry.
/. SMALL TOWN TALK :
Some people are so very henny-they cackle
every derned time they lay plan.
There is vast difference between thinking
and thinking and thinking, and thinking and acting
and thinking again.
Mankato is advertising for poetry by local po-
cts. May kind Providence protect Mankato from
her own undoing!
Early settlers started this country going and
more of the same kind are keeping it going. (The
first of the month is upon us).
Men make mighty good houses but did you ever
see one who could put up any kind of HOME as
a monument to his individual effort?
There have been men who have denied valiantly
that they ever made fools Of themselves. No per-
fectly honest man was ever in this class.
We can't see any real reason for the street cor
ner loungers getting sail het up over the presi-
Dental candidate for 192O-but they are all doing
it.
The London Illustrated News speaks OF us as
'The subjects of President Wilson" Is that mere
" because of British density of understanding or
is it worse.
To be sure beauty is only skin deep, but any
thing as attractive as beauty doesn't need to De
and brains are only required OF the
ordinary plain things.
The Hun claims that punished Germany would
be menace to the world. Would the Hum then,
suggest complete annihilation? There is no 9TH
er alternative we believe.
Before these tight skirts came in used to
send missionaries to China to see that the feet
of the little Chinese girls were unbound SO they
could indianapolis News
At Camp Hancock there is poster which reads,
"They say it is fashionable to have the Flu-but
who in hell wants to be fashionable" Editors
note-The cuss word is not ours but we think it
we'll putt
You can lead your son to the foot of the ladder
but you can't push him up unless he shows some
inclination to climb bit for himself Many a
fond parent is wearing himself perfectly thread
bare in this very futile effort
There is one sure and straight road to happi-
ness and that is for one to keep so everlastingly
busy that he hasn't time to worry about anything.
All other roads are only crossroads and don't
really get anywhere.
A church congregation of Albert Lea recently
presented its pastor with $1,000 purse 1t is
probable that there will now be grand rush for
"clergical jobs" in Albert Lea. Twill serve some
other towns good and right, too.
"In our happy and free country, we can differ
in opinion without being enemies" said John Quin-
cy Adams. But John nor anybody else ever got
up early enough to state that we could differ from
each other in this day and age and not call each
other BolSheviks.
Statistics show that England raises more than
twice as much wheat per acre as the United States
The old u. S. A. has never let Johnny Bull beat her
in anything else-why let him win out in this?
Our extravagant use of our good soil is not the
least of the many things we have learned as
by-product of the War.
tn, SrooL;yor Of %bo Third Ho,aco Ponnunf