El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-22
DO YOU REMEMBER?

,@ar-heu on EARTH the veritable acme
of horror; civilized. cultured men al
each others Threats. men made in the
Image Of their Creator. such men who
at home sat with their children upon
their laps in happy. coy homes.
Don't you remember the day the
iarmistice was signed? Goodness. but
how happy you felt How quickly
your thoughts turned homewardi Even
after your division was ordered home.
IL seemed like ages before that event
ful day when you ran up the pier into
I IsabeIle's arms. God. WASH that some
I bear hug YOU gave her2 Don't crush
me 10 death. Bill" she said. but it was
hard to keep from doing It, wasn't it,
Wasn't it fine to be back home in
your little sitting room2 Isabelle
looked so well you thought. and pref
tier and sweeter tnan she had ever
looked in her life. You see she had
suffered. too. and without suffering
Wen. maybe we wouldn't appreciate
our loved ones so much. tt takes suf-
fering to make real men and real
women. You knew how lonely and
brave she had been and she knew how
NAahE anu AN4EAN you Aa4 nEEn anu A44E
love Of each for each was rekindled-
You couldn't 20 through greater hard
ships in the future, for God made no
greater hardships than you had al
ready seen and as a consequence, the
future 10 you, TO both OF you. seemed
one long vista Of contentment and
happiness
About the time YOU came home. they
were starting the campaign for the
Victory loan You heard comments
regarding the difficulties that might
be met in raising the allotment" Of
your good city What Would ans
man living in your town refuse tC
take all the bonds he could possibly
afford2 You simply couldn't under
stand It, Ii couldn't be true. yet you
had heard some supposedly decent
patriotic men Of means say, The war
IS overt I don't know whether I shall
buy any bonds OF not" In fact, one
man made such a statement TO you
You knew he had money, lots OF
money You knew he hadn't gone to
war either. You knew that you and
tens OF thousands OF other men like
YOU had been fighting for him, his
family and his property
You sim7lv looked at him. saw the
peculiar CLINT Of money madness ard
selfishness in his eve. You landed on
him, didn't you? You had some right
arm after that year in the trenches.
y
Of pure pity The fighter after all has
the greatest heart He came TO at last
You had to pick him up. BY this time
a crowd had gathered The affair had
happened in the park. You sat him
up on a bench You told him a few
things, didn't YOU? You told him why
you hit him That you would hit him
again If he ever dared to make the
same remark again. You told the
crowd why you hit him
There were several hundred men
and women gathered around you by
this time. They made you tell your
little story to them. You told them Of
your struggles. Of your suffering It
came right from the heart You be-
came enthused. You didn't know it
was in you to make a speech, but you
were speaking now for the country
that you had fought for You were
speaking from your very soul.
That was some whirlwind bond
campaign. Wasn't it, Your city's
quota was more than doubled Now
really when the campaign committee
gave you that little dinner as a small
mark OF appreciation. didn't you think
that IL is a pretty good world after
all2 Claiborne Adams.