Evening star., 1923-04-23

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paid me, and / wish to be worthy,
and feel very humble. But yet feel
proud that ! have been called upon
to fill so high an office. If / should
feel proud in the wrong way the
sight Of that flag waving before me
will keep me steady. Keep steady
that is my keynote"
These were the words of the newly
elected president general of the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
tion, Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook, for
mer state regent of Pennsylvania, in
acknowledging her election To head
such an organization of nearly 200.-
600 Of the best patriots Of American
women is enough to make any woman
feel proud"
And with that pride comes the hum
bleness which goes with every great
responsibility. The influence upon the
public loyalty to the ideals Of Amer
icanism which that society exerts is
not surpassed by that Of any other
organization. The membership Is
made up of women of superior in
eHCS ana bOCldl III
respective communities. They are the
local leaders. and in many cases the
national leaders, in many activities.
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What a mighty difference there is
in the kinds OF "pride"! One is the
pride Of opportunity, not Of past
achievement. and it is hard to sepa-
rate such pride from genuine hu-
mility. There is another pride which
is the haughtiness Of triumph, but Of
that wrong kind" Mrs. Cook show
ed that she has not a shadow. while
she turns to "Oid Glory to keep her
steady.
Could any one imagine a Narcissus
turning to the emblem of high ideals
as a corrector of his vanity? Can we
think OF the pride Of feminine folly in
such an atmosphere? 1t is. perhaps.
more than the speaker realized when
she spoke 80 feelingly, the very es-
sence Of the D. A. r. spirit. which
makes the organization so powerful
the pride Of service. of loyalty to the
country and its highest ideals.
Here is contrast: Before the
White House. pickets wearing the
uniform of the world war veterans
and bearing banners appealing to the
President to pardon convicted slack
ers and traitors.
In New York, a veteran with one
empty sleeve (for he had lost an
arm in the battle Of Soissons) hunt
Ing in vain for employment, while
trying to live on the S25 a month al
lowed him by the Veterans Bureau.
He grew hun ungry-desperately hungry.
He asked some one on the street to
help him. He was arrested then for
begging.
The convicts are we'll fed, they had
not begged. they had tried 10 cripple
the Army while it was fighting the
battle of Scissors. where the man
who begged had lost his arm
The beggar was sentenced to an
indeterrinate term OF two wears. in
spite of his service for his country.
VIII the White House pickets in
Army Uniform wait until they get the
they appeal for the buddie who beg
ged with an empty sleeve and an
empty stomach?
or course he ought not to have
begged. He ought to-weil. what
ought a starving. crippled, discour-
aged veteran to have done? The Vet
Grams Bureau. under the present ad-
ministration, in cooperation with
the American Legion. is likely to in
vestigate the case and see that that
veteran is given vocational training,
so that even with one arm, some work
will be found that he will be trained
to do. Probably he did not know
how to get influence, that would
move the previous administration of
the bureau. II takes time, even now,
to reach all worthy cases.
There is better work for the uni
formed. discharged veterans than
parading for traitors, in Washing
ton, while one-armed soldiers are
There seems to be query among
lawyers and police as to whether
there is law which will enable the
police to stop the so-calied marathon
dancing In North Tonawanda, n. Y,
Homer Morehouse danced eighty
seven hours and fell dead. In Hous-
ton, Tex. Goldie Hughes danced fifty
four hours. until her condition be-
came so alarming that her partner
carried her forcibly off the floor. and
her doctor found her in a comatose
state, with acute dilation of the heart.
In New York city a waitress danced
ninety hours. In Washington two or
more men have already swooned from
the overstrain. and one woman has
been carried off the fioor in Mysteries.
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In most states there are laws
against suicide. and severe penalties
for aiding suicide. There are laws
forbiddipg bull fights. cock fights and
Knockout prize fights. There is not a
reputable physician in America who