The Glenwood post., 1923-02-01
Uade Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
WHAT WOULD LINCOLN sAy2

IL was cold outside and a brisk wind
was blowing harder and harder every
minute, plling the snow in huge drifts
across the road. Ruth and Jack had
been out all afternoon laying in the
snow and had just finished big eve
nlng meal, consumed by the appetite of
youth plus that wholesome longing for
food brought on by hours in the crisp,
fresh air of winter
almost BLIZZARD" said Uncle
Ied' as he pulled the curtain to one
side and looked into the night. "I'm
afraid that snow fort you built this
afternoon is not strong enough to hold
back old Jack Frost"
81 hope 1t won't get covered up. :"
said Jack. f'We worked hard enouob
building it.''
That's the way with life, though,
Jack We work hard at various
things, building them inch by inch and
then some force over which we have no
control comes along and destroys our
WORK That is bad enough, but what
seems worse to me is to see something
puilt up by years and years of effort
and then threatened with destruction
because of blindness or stupidity. It
is Just this sort of thing that we have
faced in this country ever since the
great war and we should think more
deeply on the subject today than ever
before. I am thinking of the necessity
FOR the United States to keep cool and
stay on this side of the Atlantic while
France is attempting to force Germany
to the terms Of the Versailles treaty.
Her action in occupying the Ruhr dis.
triet and taking over the coal mines is
questioned by many and may delay
the coming of permanent peace in Eu-
rope and even herald the coming of
another war.
You both know that upon the first
intlmation of this action by France,
our president called all the remaining
United States troops home from that
sector they were holding along the
Rhine. That action told the world that
we are determined to keep our hands
off! 1t is not our argument While
Great Britain and France hint for can
collation. of the allied debt to the
United States, nothing is said of the
spoils of war obtained by these coun-
tries in the form of valuable territories
while the United States got nothing
Not that we desire more territory. It
has never been our policy to grasp other
countries and peoples or parts of coun-
tries. I am looking at the entire Eu-
ropean situation from our own view
point which is America first-no med.
ding in European affairs.'
1--WE were fortunate in the choice Of
men to guide us through the early
days. Washington, of whom I will
tell You more some other time made
plain that one of the first and most
important things to remember was to
keep clear of anything that would tie
us to Europe and her troubles. That
was said when Europe was IN far bet
ter shape than she is today With the
affairs of Europe in worse condition
now, and our country with its immense
territory and resources requiring con-
stant attention, it is even more i'm
portant that we keep clear of the bit.
ter controversies that afflict Europe.
"On February 10, we commemorate
the birthday of the great man who
guarded his country through the great
crisis of the Civil war. / speak of
Abraham Lincoln who was born in
Kentucky, February IL, 1909. As a
boy, one of the books ahe loved the
most was Weem s Life of Washington.
When he became president he carried
with him the teachings of George Wash
ington and they became his own con-
victions-that the United States should
not become entangled in European al
liances, and that such meddling can
only spell disaster. You children may
well study the life of this wonderful
man who made his own way from
hard working farm boy to the White
House
"I am telling you of him now be-
cause his birthday anniversary comes