Show MUCH TO DO OO AT HOME There Is a good food deal of ot talk Inthe In inthe I the he papers these days day about abou Amer teas tea's activities along alone tile the lines ot of empire A lot of ot people seem to think that we are destined to extend our sphere of ot influence over ovel a much bigger bitter snare of ot the globes globe's lobes lobe's surface than is pow now ow the case and some of ot them are vastl vastly excited about it one way and an- an another an another other Well maybe its It's it true It may be that this nation Is fated to be become come a vast ast world power like the Rome nome of Augustus or the Mongol empire of ban But heres here's here a thought to ponder on before we start A state that dreams of empires usually puts Its own house bous in order before It takes over mani manS man ment of it Its neighbors neighbor's affairs There Ther are a few places place In the United States that would stand a little attention There Thero are spots like Herrin there are eec certain tain ala little mUe things about our big cities such as e 1 New York and Chi Chicago cago there are aro miserable con con- con glom lations of shacks called villages In the the coal mining reo re re gions there are ar mill towns where wb poverty poverty and misery cower In dark streets there well are arc well the he list could be extended a n good goo bit hit It mIght be well for tor us to vot de-vot de do- do vote ourselves ours es to these problems and let our children when the they are grown crown think of empire He that ruleth his own spirit Is greater than he that a elt city That applies to nations as aswell aswell well as to individuals Individual nn |