Show I 1 x y I 4 9 By DR FRANK CRANE One of the noblest chapters in n the tho annals ot oP mankind mankind man man- kind is the story or of Valter Reed need Dr Lazear an and cx X Y It is' is the story of the conquest or of yellow fever the terrible scourge of the south b by the American Yellow Fever ever Only Only- maii takes the yellow ellow fever Animals are immune So So only upon man could experiments be made When n. n call was Issued for Cor someone to risk his life to prove that mosquitos really carried the plague a 0 soldier stepped forward He was jut just art an American private ato known to histo history his his- to tory IT as X Y V. At bottom every great undertaking Is supported by the X Ys Anonymous and unknown they embody the virtues we hall hail In fri our heroes When we think of Valley Forge we think of the firmness and courage of Washington At Valley Forge also starved and froze the X Ys of the American revolution the unknown soldiers who held firm when others were finding fault and traitors were getting rich selling food to the enemy we think of the Panama canal we think of Goethals Yet In the tropic heat and the terrible odds of the undertaking common privates without being even designated as X Ys showed the tenacity and fortitude that made the accomplishment possible In war the searchlight Is on the generals They stand as represent or of the heroism of common men X Ys Slims Shims of The Dig Parade We are so constituted that we have to embody every Idea In at a personality We Ve change England Into John Bull and the United States Into Uncle Sam And so every great undertaking has its Its Its' representative representative personality a symbol for X Y In applauding any hero It is well to keep in mind that you are partly applauding him and partly applauding applauding ap- ap those unknowns the X Ys ls for whom he stands a symbol When several nations nation consecrated tombs to the unknown soldiers then for the first time in history was the heroism of the common man recognized We should bear in mind that no ocean liner sails gaily across the ocean ocea with capt captain in and upon her her- deck dece that does not also have some stokers In Inthe inthe the hold that are working unknown and Every large household splendid as It may be In its appointments must have dish washers and floor Ioor sweepers The pyramIds are splendid achievements of th the past but they embody the blood and sweat of hoW many countless laborers Let us give a thought once in awhile to the Unknown un- un known workers who never never achieve notoriety while we ve applaud the heroes who have done some spectacular Jar lar thing 1 right Copyright 1929 McClure Newspaper Syndicate te A. A |