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Show FLAG DAY Tho 19th of April, which Is next Wednesday, will bo Flag Iay. Men by tens and hundreds beyond tho sen aro dying for their lings dnlly. All other governments, when wo stop to think what governments stand for, begin to look second class when measured mea-sured for what they hold out to tho peoplo, when compnred with ours, nnd It should not be left until somo su preme call Is sounded to make us appreciate ap-preciate what our flag really signifies. signi-fies. Its sovereignty Is not crrllncd to our land, a hulf stranded world In truth turns to It for ultlmato redemption, redemp-tion, nnd tho bringing back of pence, nml for such readjustments ns shall permit men and nations to Plan for a future thnt shnll not bo overshadowed overshadow-ed by menacing clouds. Under another an-other forms of government It really Is ns Napoleon said: "Men are nothing, noth-ing, a man Is everything!" Hereafter the man Is to count for less, men nre to count for more, nnd In our land, If the peoplo shall only bo truo to themselves, nil tho opportunities which our land has to offer aro to bo offered to nil allko. It Is thnt which gives to our Hag tho special rcvcrcnco thnt Is duo It and tho majesty which no other flag bears. Ilcnco nil who hnvo a ling on Fog Day should bring It out nnd tho children should bo told what It stands for and why no other Hag means half so much to mankind. Goodwin's. |