Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-06-09
SALMAGUNDI
(FESTUS)
The Mothers of Men
(Joaquin Miller.)

The Mothers of Men
Joaquin Miller.)
The bravest battle that ever was
Fought
Shall l tell you where and when?
On the maps of the world you will
find it not
Twas fought by the mothers of
men.
Nay, not with the cannon or battle
shot,
With a sword or nobler pen;
Nay, not with eloquent words or
thought
From mouths of wonderful men!
But deep in the walled-up woman's
Of a woman that would not Yield;
But bravely, silently, bore her part
Lo, there III the battle field!
No marshalirig troop, no bivouac
song,
No banner to CLEAN and wave;
But-O!-these battles they last SO
long
From babyhood to the grave.
CT Id1Julu sun DIS q DIIQSe Oh SLdISS
She fights in walled-up town
Fights on and on in the endless wars,
Then silent, unseen, goes down.
0, We with banners and battle-shot,
And soldiers to shout and praise,
I tell you the kingliest victories
fought
Were fought in the silent ways.
o, spotless woman in a world of
shame,
Go back to God as white as you came,
The kingliest warrior born.
We are told that Demosthenes
took up the study of law that he
might sue his guardians who had
cheated him out of his inheritance.
Well, what of it? None of US scarce
ly remember him, and haven't time
for old matters like that, anyway.
"Do as you would be done by is
an old motto. We use to have to
write it in our copy books at school.
1t may sound Sunday SchooIy and
goody-goody, but it's good business
for all that. 1t is not religion-it is
sense. 1t is the kind of uncommon
sense that men in every kind of
business need now. The man who
keeps it in stock will win.
Poets tell US that Love is blind.
When | see some of the bad shots
he's made am prepared to accept the
statement. He must be blind as a
bat-at times; kinder moon-eyed, SO
to speak.
1t is a misconception to speak of
man as a goose. He is not a goose.
He is the remainder product of 'pro-
poganda" after the ''prop" is knock
ed Out-that which gets entangIed
with the goose when allowed to wan
der loose. He's built that way.
If say to the dog: "You have
many of mans virtues" the dog may
answer in sef-defense: please make
no mention of the matter lest the
world suspect that also have his
vices"
We are taught from early child
hood that 1--WE are here to help
others" I've always wondered what
the "others" are here for"
There is more luck in finding a
HOHSSSHOe these modern days than
ever before. 1t may save YOU a punc-
ture the next time YOU drive that
way. But there are not so many
horseshoes.
If talk were an indication of wis
dom some men / know would have
as good chance as a parrot to be
chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
No other animal serves humanneeds
to the extent that the COW does. A
nation without cows could not long
survive, and the debt humanity owes
this mild-eyed, self-abasing quadru-
ped cannot be estimated. She is wet
nurse to the civilized world. Three
cheers for the GOVT
A lot of folks have gotten started
saying "boo" at one another, and don't
seem to know how to stop. Things
viii continue in bad way so long as
you listen to. Calamity Howler: for
YOU will never see things clearly
through a mist of gloom, and you'll
90 crazy, nearly, if you Just as
sumo the world is full of sadness
when it's filled with glee; for you'll
only find its badness when you search
to see.
Loud laughter is a sign Of COCO
health-and bad manners.
Did you ever notice that after Z
man dies he always becomes 'sa Low.
ing husband and kind father?"
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