Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16


calling themselves liberals are try
ing To do. Unstable, Wavering,
changeful the wind that blows.
they seek 10 cut The roots from under
the trees. forgetting that the tree
itself will come crashing down and
carry them and their cheap theories
to ruin.
1t has been pointed out that the
immoVable stability of Britain is her
reverence for her past. When | was
in England the thing that impr
me most was her statesmen. One felt
SO secure. safe. for there was change
lesSness in the midst Of progress
thrre was a live past in the midst of
the living present 1t breathed from
the great cathedral and the venera bl g
homes. big and little. where the same
families had lived for generations
1t fiourished in the hearts of the peo-
pie. who loved il as a sacred trust
10 guard and pass on to future gem
erations Britain is immovable be-
cause of her tight grip on the past.
The same may be asserted OF any
nation that holds to it's traditions,
Of America. We build only to tear
down. The changing aspects of
American life are admitted to be an
outstanding characteristic. Here to-
day and gone tomorrow has become
d Droverb. 1t is with difficulty that
we have aroused interest in our past.
The existence Of our patriotic socie-
ties is proof of this statement. They
sprHng up to meet a need which was
/, literally the salvation of our past
from Oblivion. and in this the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution have
been pre- eminent in their power and
influence. To YOU II has been given
especially to arouse reverence for
tho past such as shall be among the
most stabilizing of the elements that
will mold the future out of the
changing ideals and standards Of
today.
Craze ror New Progress.
seem no longer the standards OF to-
day. The craze for progress and for
so-called liberal thought is in dan
ger of discarding the good in the
past that should be permanent along
, with the chaff that should be and is
transitory. People are being led
away from the well-trodden path of
their ancestors and are followin &
will-o-the-wisps into the swamps OF
elusive and defective propaganda
We sing:
Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet.
Whose stern impassioned stress,
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness.
but are we keeping 10 tndC lnOE-
oughfare? 1t led onward and upward
In Gods evolution to the framing of a
mighty nation. conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal A false
! sem blance of this equality, dedicated
to the socialistic proposition that all
men should have equality of posses
sion. has led another mighty nation to
destruction. Yet this false semblance
of equality still lures thousands into
the belief that it is the ultimate goal
of human destiny.
Under the mask OF peace and free
dom movements. Of human brother
hood movements, Of international
friendship movements, this socialism,
by whatever name you call it. mas
QueTades as though it and IL only
were that one far-off divine event to-
ward which the whole creation moves.
Tear off the mask and you will see 1t
as 1t is-the denier of God, the mega
ton Of all that men have held sacred
from time immem orial, the denier OF
homes and the denier of country. Has
not this onslaught upon religion, this
attempt of socialists to abolish God.
had frightful fruit in the murder of a
vicar general Of the Roman Catholic
Church by the reds of Russia? The
whole world stands aghast at q crime
perpetrated not alone against the in
dividual, but against the sacred re-
ligious instincts OF all mankind, re-
"It was an example Of bolshevist
repudiation Of God and bolshevlsm is
socialism and Is not confined to Rus
STA. It is over here in this country,
deriding our faith in God of right
eousness, sneering at spiritual things,
leading astray our young people,
some Of whom are saying. There is
no Cod To combat this spirit that
denies this spirit of evil in our
midst. is the sacred task Of every
daughter of the American Revolution.
This is one thing it means to be a
Daughter"
Build Up Large Homes.
Another duty of every Daughter
the president general continued, is
the building up Of large homes and
families Asking where are the large
families of the past. the speaker de-
clared ut is not birth control that
America needs today, for our country
is 43 per cent foreign and birth con-