Show TWO SIDES TO TRAGEDIES OF W WAR R RNe Ne New York had a rather stormy tune lime ot of o It the ot other 1 r day day when the board held a public hearing on the question of ot reading the Bible Dible in tho the public schools Th The arguments that were tossed back and forth pro and con at atthe atthe atthe the hearing betTing were for tor or the most part serious and aDd Intelligent ButI But Dut 11 l remained for a woman nUng the national security I U EUL ui to pull the the discussion down oil o the plane plate o of or common sense This woman ol objected objected to having Ie ie Bible read In the tho hy Because the Bible e contains Ute the Ten Commandments and one ODe or of these commandments says Thou halt not kill Children should should n-it n be taught that commandment she argued It might put wrong roDg Ideas idea In their mInds and aDd mako make them reluctant to tobe tobe tobe be soldiers wh when n the they grew up Now low there a are man many valid atu attu arguments ments tor for reading the Bible In the schools and many other valid rea rea- reasons sons eons ons against It it But the Lion advanced by this super patri otic lady Is b 1 enough to take onea breath away Follow out her train tab ot of o reason reason- reasoning ing lag and see where It leads you ou Dont Don't teach your our children that war tar Is a dreadful evil to be avoided as long as it Is Ia humanly possible Dont Don't teach them that It Its gaudy trappings aD and tide fine ll e tinsel are raise Dont Don't teach them that thal the stirring bugle calls and the beautiful beautiful ful ful tul waving flags arent aren't to be found on the battlefield and that the trenches are places of ot disease pain and aDd torment torment Dout Dont let them guess that the soldiers on the the other side are human be be- beIngs beings ings just as we are with human doubts contusions confusions and hopes Ah Ab no no- Teach them Instead that It Is a splendid thing to march away and cut oft off the life liCe of ot every mortal sou soul you encounter pro pro- provided provided provided vided that soul Inhabits the body ot of some come foreigner Tell them that It Is delightful to stand knee knee- knee deep In 10 mud and carrion with the fire fire drum tearing your comrades limb from limb at your side Bide Train them not to think 1 of the women omen whose husbands and sweethearts are torn from them them by a cause they do not understand let them never hear of ot children made or- or orphans or orphans by war Away with peace peace Let Ift the olden bold golden en dream o ot a ad an age uben sword will be beaten into Plow plowshares shares vanish forever Bring up your children children to pray for Cor war There Is a form torm of patriotism that is ennobling that ennobling that that realizes that war is horrible unspeakable evil and aDd refuses to consider It un until til Ui theta there Is Js no other way out and out then mar marches hel oft oCt to die with a 1 cleat clear understanding ui of what It Is 13 all about I But there Is 11 another form torm ot of patriotism too perverted led and un- un unthinkable un unthinkable thinkable to o deserve th tho name that gives birth to such romark as that made by the tha lady above abovementioned abovementioned mentioned concerning the ten com Corn commandments commandments Keep our nation reasonably well lIell prepared for tor or war ot of o course But be always ready to restrain a sudden Impulse toward nausea nausen when the national security league cuts loose |