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Show ; -- i - ffhl.PhilliPr W THE STUDY OF A MINUTE MAN The Minute Man (came into being at Concord and Leiington. He was so called because the question ques-tion of hours didn't bother him when trying to win a wjar, With him a minute Was 60 seconds sec-onds and even if it ran into 62 be didn't demand overtime. l When his country wanted him, a minute's notice was plenty. - He was so loyal he would even take your version of what time it was. The Minute Man was a" Minute Man and never a Four-Minute Egg. He realized that a minute is a long time when somebody's life is at stake. lie knew a minute was 60 seconds and not subject to change without noticq. He knew there were 60 minutes in an hour but he acted as diligently as if he were afraid there might be only 59. He stood ready to fight at a min-" ute's notice but didn't squawk if he got onjy 30 seconds. He never put off till the mor-1 mor-1 row the bull's-eye he could make today. to-day. He never heard of the word complacency, com-placency, but if it had been ex-! ex-! plained to him he would have thought himself guilty if he had , stopped to look around between shots. His slogan was, "Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes!" but he gets 'em now when he senses the black of their hearts. When life and liberty were involved in-volved he knew no form of compromise compro-mise that didn't depend on marksmanship. marks-manship. The Minute Man hadn't even a half second for an appeaser. He was no luxury hound even when the going was good, and when the going was tough he thought he was well fixed if he had a fair supply sup-ply cf dry powder and bullets. He never left (o any committee, commit-tee, -agency or board anything he could do himself. He never confused an attack with an appropriation. e e a To a Minute Man every minute counted in the job of licking the foe and he never argued over hours. He didn't worry about the peace until he had won the fight. It never entered his head that be could do his duty in a free-for-all fight by buying some stamps, appearing ap-pearing at a benefit or offering to spend two hours on a roof every other week, unless he was over 60. Nothing would have disturbed him less than a reduction in luxury transportation, less rubber in his suspenders and a room in which the temperature got below 70. e e e He knew all the Indians were in the wuods arid nut in his legislative bodies. He was brave and rugged but he thought one war at a time was enough. He never called his fight a "defense" effort and was always , out te lick the fellow who started start-ed the trouble. He didn't need long and frequent speeches to make him understand he was in a battle. In his most desperate minutes the Minute Man never gave any part of a minute to worrying about his morale. It would have taken too many hours. The Minute Man was an all-year-round man every second. e e e NO DETOURS I cannot buy a radio, I've got to scrimp on gas, My tires they are going fast, I'm low on oil, alas!" I'm running low on beer (canned) --" Of sugar I am short; - If I should get a new sedan I'd finish in a court , No longer can I buy a gun-There gun-There is a ban on rope; The more I think of it I know That Sherman had the dopel 0 0 0 "Washington Has Blackout" Headline. How docs a congressman know when he la In a blackout and when he la not? e e e And We Do Card Tricks, Too, Mister "WANTED Secretary-stenographer; alert, , ambitious, aggressive, attractive, refined, helpful, dependable, dependa-ble, resourceful, excellent English correspondent capable writing own letters; accurate in detail, good at figures, capable assume full responsibility, respon-sibility, religion, education, experience, experi-ence, references; phone number S 908 Times."-N. Y. Times, e e e "U. S. to Delay la Collecting Lease-Lend Debt" Headline. Never Nev-er was a truer word spoken. |