Show CREPE HANGERS LAY OFF of 0 late aral armistice tice day the one and particular fete of the I 1 E F has fallen into the ahe hands rf cf the crepe hangers the boys feel that long faced parsons and patriotic states i men have horned la in on armistice day and they have been gradually turning it into a time to drop a silent tear bobow to bow in silent prayer and to meditate upon lost loat comrades and lean leah upon the flag which la Is not as it should be armistice day originally was a gentle blending ot at christmas christma s fourth of july thanksgiving and april fools day at 11 on the morning of november 31 11 1918 the boys in the tren trenches blies let oft off fireworks firework El lumped J out of their fox holes lasome la some instances ran across to the german rues lines and slapped fritzle on the back bach anit behind behina the lines in paris and in logdon they made tor for the boulevards turned guined on all the lights sang drank drank elder cider threw confetti and danced on ta beles regulations we were re throb thrown n to the winds and the Y X M C A sec ret arles ran for the dugouts dug outs the warto war to endways end wars was over and everybody was deliriously glad now on n armistice day the statesmen pra ora tors torb and the preachers go round with a tear dangling on the end ot of their noses and the boys who got out ot of the trenches and celebrated eight years ago dont like it IL memorial day has been set aside for showing respect tor for the dead fourth of july Is the day on which the nation shows its patriotism but armistice day Is different t Is a day on which wo cut loose thankful that the war Is over 0 ver and that there wont be another tor for a long time to come thAnk thankful fal that we got out of it as lightly as we did and thankful that were still young enough a to enjoy life so down with the crepe hangers and tho long faced hoo voodoos hoodoos doos who are trying to steal armistice day from the A E F xay may joy J oy be unconfined william allen alien white |