Show q The Secret Lam 8 V s v O O tiny day endeavors to todo todo todo ME M do a difficult thing Patriotism Patri Is to not an on emotion n that stirs us day b by day like the appetites or the tine commoner feelings feel tel ings lags of ot enthusiasm and weariness over o life lite It Is In the words of or John Galsworthy Galsworthy Galsworthy Gals Gals- worthy a secret st-cret lamp lump hardly to be seen when the world Is nt lit peace pence All Alt the finest and most generous emotions are arc of ot this type The Tho most sensitive affections affections af of- of ot human beings for tor one ono another another an an- other rise and fall tall they may be bo Ignored Ig ig- pored nored In the tine rush of nn an active life lite only on ly Iy to flare nare up In to an hour of trial of grave e Illness or disaster or death deuth It Is when ones one's country Is beset that one turns to her aid with that of sacrifice which made mode the tile Great War so momentous a fact tact for tor the great grent mass of Americans The greatest of ot nil alt the tile tragedies o othe of ot f the war reserved for tor those few tew souls who were so out of ot step with their time and ond their fellow met men t that they could share none of ot this emotion that Is one ono of ot the few tew real compensations for tor the evils lIs of war war- fare tare To state the quality of ot patriotism is to state the difficulty of ot expressing so lying deep an on emotion In i t a parade Yet Memorial day dill n sire lurel serves seres not less of our support f obstacles which It faces It If the thi I f of gratitude to those wh who hi tare haT for tor the nation Inevitably Ine wan van each cacti war recedes In time lime and I 1 Us lis are arc forgotten It can cnn never nefer be ly Iy lost find and drums and ond tri tram are still the surest moans means to Q the hearts of ot the shott short short-of of me 11 Here ere Is no new phenomenon of 01 ern pacifism Each generate to forget the war Rr fought by li its censor cessor as ns the tho failure of this a ato to prepare for each success bears cynical witness Man Alan needs ritual to keep t ht cret lights burning There Is Ie red Inspiration In a great church se Ie whether one subscribes to t tie the tenets of the tine creed expressed a Memorial day Is part of ot the thi ritual of ot patriotism a II cere honor to those who have i sat sac themselves In 10 Its name and a ato II re reto to the living of the lie cause v wile whit far as ns present wisdom reve reveals be fought for n again and ond aga again I years ears to come if It civilization Is h preserved |