| Show 1 I AN EDITORIAL BY BYI I I FLORENCE DAVIES DAVUS C G TIlt PIlE FRONT Time Tuna tiles flies Who would believe that wo tee have o just passed the sih of the tho entry of ot the tho United States Slates Into the tho war warf It seems acorns only day b before fore y that we waved goodby to the toys who were marching off oft to join the ranks and just yesterday that w them home again But tho months mouths have hate sped aped by and anil the heroes have taken oft off their medals and settled back Into the old tasks That is one of o the fine Una things about our war llero heroes 5 by the way Very lew ew or of them theta have havo been beon will will- willIng lag Ing to live IIvo on past post glory some one started to call the yell roll roll V n l rA a tl m 1 iAtt 1 wok geant t Samuel m whom Gon- Gon Gen General eral oral Pershing called the bravest of them all was discovered back at athis athis his old army post ot of o top ser sergeant ant and Sergeant Alvin C Tories Yorke n the country over tor for his lone combat with a company of ot Germans was wag hard bard at wor work on the little farm In Tenn Tennessee which Ito ho left when be he went to war Wor And the list of ot heroes who are aro I bae back at their old jobs might be In- In Increased Increased In Increased creased indefinitely Winning a fight once was wae enough nough for tor all l of these men The real heroes al- al almost almost al almost most without e exception refused o owin win n It over again gln D In the tho field fields M bf oratory oratory- or on the silver r screen And they were quite right Once Is enough for tor any battle hattie And once oneil Is III enough for tor any wound to heal But some aoma of us Insist pon fighting our battles over oYer an and over again We cant can't quito quite forget old grudges or old victories Wo Ye never roW outgrow certain e experiences Sergeant Tortes evidently o has too much to do in tn the tha present to his hiB time living over the pest And for lor that matter matt r whon you see any one ono who spends B 11 il his time living over the tho put post tie ho doing mue much that's that'll worth while lu in the preSent Dt About Abut the time you OU find fiad yourself trying to Itra Itee h hi ft the of o pas past glories 6 you OU had letter better check I UI on your present efforts and see Sec If you arent aren't lagging a lIttle I By rights the tho present and the I future ought to be too full of ot in In- In InI in I terest and promise to admit n tr I much for tor brooding over oer the time past J Nothing I is mOl than the occasional evening or of reminiscence remInIscence cence with Ith old friends But Hut the I tery ery reason that it is delIghtful Is thit th it Is I Looking after the crops on a farm Carm ma mu not be bo halt half as thrilling as killing Germans but L mt's a v whole ahole hole lot moro more worth lits lit's than killing dead lIs GerDl I So don t let us waste any n time 1 killing lIlIng dead enemies I TV InninG cunning inning oil oli battles attles gloating 0 over oter er old triumphs I or even arming old 10 lose lo e Affairs i beats bats yesterday estErday a ays and tomorrow may be be beter be- be beter beter ter I ter thin th n either cither But Bul it wont non on t be beit it at are arc racing backwards s |
