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Show I MAKING A GOOD CITIZEN Your Lad Could Give Hit Eldsr Greatly Needed Leaaon. A It -year-old 1 1 n Ian bo 7 lately prepared pre-pared oa essay on tho dnllee of cltl-snnshlp, cltl-snnshlp, fur a club In N Yotk. Among the rules which ho laid down ere the following: It I want to be a good cltlten I mast be tnifl to my country, trot to wiy elate and trim In my city. If I do aot rnta I will not be doing my duty. I must have my own Judgment to ante for tha man I (Mnk la bant toallflod for lha office for which ha ' has been nominated. If I don't I won't be doing my du'y. I mint nut lot anybody any-body brlba me to Tola for man I Oil n It not Bund tor an office. It will alao ba my duty to ba Industrious and aalf supporting, an aa not to ba a burden and a nuisance to tha publlo. I moat pay Use, an that tba government govern-ment can ba maintained and tha of' flowa of tha government paid, because tha government la for my (nod. Whan It la necessary I nvtat help to maintain order and alwaya ba reedy for publls pub-lls servlca, and In esse of war eerve aiy country. I ahould knnw Uia hie-lory hie-lory of my country and ba an intelligent intelli-gent reader and close observer ol eurreat events." |