Show THE NATIONAL ANTHEM A traveler reports a curious law Jaw by which Mexico is trying to make more sacred the t e national anthem of or that country The he statement Is la made that before the anthem can be sung In any gathering a permit must be secured from a n regularly constituted authority If It any gathering sings an anthem without securing permission the chief promoters are liable to a fine and im imprisonment imprisonment Imprisonment An instance of the fining of a bishop for a lapse apse of or this charac character character ter is cited t The law Jaw seems seem rather foolish It is perhaps true that the singing of or the na national national national anthem in a barroom or a dance halt hall seems out of ot place but the anthem rings true nevertheless and even In those place some besotted wretch may hear It and be benefited For our own part we believe the American national na onal anthem cannot be sung too often oUen or In too many places The words are in inspiring Inspiring inspiring the music worth hearing No real American can sing the hymn or hear It without being moved by it There is such a thing of or course as asa asa a n cheap display of or patriotism Thus we often see In theatres a performer make a bid for applause by unfurling the flag while the orchestra plays The Star Spangled Banner or America And we are arc rather glad that the ap applause applause applause is always forthcoming It shows sho I that the theatre crowds honor the flag j I and the patriotic songs even though they the may recognize the fact that they are in a way wa being by their theirL I use L j I Every school building In the land lands should s fly the flag and in every school schoolroom schoolroom 1 room the anthem should be sung two i or three times a week Let us instill patriotism into the children instead of I taking it for granted that they will be patriotic when they the become men and women We Va should not wait walt for Cor wars to fan tan the smoldering fires of o patriot patriotIsm patriotIsm patriotism Ism into Hying lIving flames There are wars going on all the time battles for civic chic righteousness The Tho man who really loves byes his country enlists ts for those wars v as cheerfully chee as he would w uld enlist to fight I a foreign foe roe The singing of o the anthem going to hurt any of us a bit and the an anthem anthem anthem them going to be hurt wherever it may be sung A pearl is not less a pearl because It is found In a pigsty or a arose arose rose roso less a rose because It blooms In a garden that is overrun with weeds eeds weeds |