Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-11-12 | Page 4 | Get a Flag

I GET A FLAG ; In this day of agitation on the subject of national preparedness one of the simplest and most practical steps to take would be fr each family to keep an American flag where the children can see it from day to day. .Then teach the children that the flag of their country means more to them than life itself, that it must be handled with care, and looked up to and revered as the symbol of liberty and the champion of right, justice and humanity. It is difficult to instill ideas of patriotism pa-triotism into the heads of present day adults who have been reared in an atmosphere of growing indifference, indiffer-ence, but ours will be a better nation na-tion fifty years hence if we of to-day but perform even a fraction of our duty to our offspring and to our country. r r