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Show B LOSS AND GAIN 1 ' Out of Uv wasto and woo of war HHJ I at loss the M8. comes to us a grain M of caln. ijj. I do not havu most In I, mind tho gain In tiudo that la us- bitred. Tho Imiiicdlatu effect Is u HHJ I lobs of our export trade, hut gradu M ), iiily our manufacturers and niorch- ' f. imta aio seeing that this war means I America's opportunity. It will bo lor ua largely to feed and clothe a starving and shivering Uuropo. Many of the things o hnve do- j lauded ui on Uurope for, wo "Ml now HHJ make for otirselvuJ, Uii'inlia h, dyes, HHJ ' perfumes, uud a multitude of toilet HHJ nud household articles, hurlts and M textiles, so will find way tu make, M . nud In tho making wo will ovolvo men fl ami women, uud therein will He our Hftjj thief gain. Tor us a boy grows when tlrown H upon his own n sources, su -oes n H miiiuu. Made la Amerkii Is n alo- M gnu mat Is Hwel.lug Into a chorus, H 1. 1 ui will imsi Into lliu uirienl coin B oi conimuje. M Why ihould wo .ook to Huropo far H our fashions, when often these fubh M Ions sjmbul iiieptituilu, liicouvenl- M nice, iuellicluncy und Immorality? M Ameiicau fashions will mirror tho B in I ml of Its honest American women, B lather th.m tho lisping, limping, tor- B tu ed creatine of the puo of foreign B , capitals. Why must wo look to "IZxx- M ropeau Culturo" (how Ironical, now, H tho phraso!) for our art ami our ar M lists? Haven't wo tho soil, the sun- B shine, the summer showers, and tho B winter's snow, that produco people ft of iiuullty and character? Not only H will we now "sco America first," but B wo will hear America And this dis B position to discover America and B what America oftors will develop and 1 I bring to the fore the thfngs for whlth B ( wo search. "Seek and ye shall find," H j Ib a saying freighted with a meaning M ' vide as the world. M Hut the great gain from this war H la in tho heroic attltudo of mind M which forgets to complain and do- M cllnes to whimper. Tho weather has H ceased to bo a topic for conversation B a havo discovered that all wcathor H - 8 good, and stormy weather glorious. , Things aro compuratlvo j When wo think of tlio "Army of ! Bleeding Foot" that army of homo j less women and tired, hungry cliil- H: drcn-of tho aged, stricken with Hj grief too groat for tears, and tho H. Noea that aro lioyond words-will . vo coml,-ntn of a social sight, a K toothacho or a loss In trade? Tho M I high cost of living becomes trivial ; when wo think of bloody wounds and . crushed bones and starving widows 1-fM nnd out-ust orphans Out upon tho j faultllndor! Our every hour Is Jewel. IjfM rd with a Joy. an.' blessings are at laffM our doors beyonU that of any poop o B In tho whole wldo world And wlillo Ijfflfl our hearts go out In sympathy to B our brothers and sisters acroBS tho Iflfal sea, It is for us to face each day wWl courage and with faith, and wo laffal wju Indeed make America "tho land H of the free and tho bomo of tuo B briwo." Tho Fra. |