The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-27
THE TRUTH ABOUT HOLIDAYS
BY n. ID. Cochran

What's the truth about holidays?
That is what does any of holidays mean
to the great mass of men, women and children?
Just another day for rest from work and any
kind of recreation each individual enjoy.
How many people give any thought to George
Washington on Georges birthday? How many think
of the Civil War, the emancipation proclamation of
the Fords theater assassination on Lincolns birth
day? And WHO cares darn about Christopher Co.
lumbus Columbus day?
Darned few A few orators get speeches off their
buging chest, and listened by few bored people
who are glad when the speeches Editorials
are printed in the newspapers to be read without much
interest by most readers. But in the main, men,
women and children do their darnedest to have good
time
And there's nothing wrong about the people at that
Theyr human If they don't bother their heads about
the great dead these birthdays it isn't because
they have respect for whatever good the worthy
dead accomplished for humanity but because they
don't see that anything worth while be accom-.
plished by these annual funerals.
The bunk about the holiday thing Is in the super
stitious notion Of very few people that it's duty
to celebrate the birthday of any man whose birthday
Congress can be persuaded to legaze The people who
don't bother their heads about the dead great go
and have good time because they have the chance,
are saner than those who think everybody ought to
spend their time these holidays twiddling their
thumbs and thinking about the dead past. .
During the worlds series the band started off each
game by playing the national anthem. Everybody
stood up and men all took off their hats They did it
because it was expected of them, whether during
war they enlisted ducked the draft. Barring the
head and standing attention when the band plays
that tune doesn't prove that a is a patriot. Most
any man would keep his seat if nobody looking If
you don't believe this just ask yourself you stood
up when the band played you happened be sitting
in an easy chair taking i'm the games over the radio
Patriotism is good thing when it is needed The
American people always have plenty of it when called
upon But it isn't to everastingly advertise
it, When you hear any one Dragging about being a
100 cent American you're safe in cutting off at
least of the ciphers.
OF the holidays. Columbus day means least of all
Even If he discovered America, there is doubt
about that he contributed nothing to the forming Of
Americas character nation and nothing toward
founding or building up the American republic. We
had to be discovered soon late and It makes diff
ference to us who happened to do it. If any of our
ancestors were among tn, discovered they were In
dams anyhow; and we don't pay much attention
dams nowadays unless they oil land in Oklahoma.
If Columbus had been Mohammedan Buddhist
NOBODY would have been nte rested in having Congress
make his birthday a legal h lday
After all, holiday is holiday unless it happens
10 be some religious celebration and is a holy day
Ihats why Chr mas is diffekent from other holidays
ana It's all for the people to celebrate holidays
by having al. Kind of resrfectable good time they
want to have. H.
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