Show MET DR 0 Y MAW MARY THE BIG PARADE there wn was a wonderful fui parade once sald daddy and it so very ions iong ago it happened in the big city and I 1 know about it beforehand or I 1 NN certainly have had bad you children see it too loo but the next best thing thine to seel seeing a parade is henring hearing about it and so I 1 will tell you about it tills this evening there were mere a great ninny many nien men in iho flie parade and they carried american flogs Ds as they wanted to show the people who ulio watched that they were very p patriotic and loyal and the people clop clapped ped for ninny many of them had bad not been able to march in the parade but still wanted to show how how fine they thought it was what a funny kind of pnra parade said id noncy nancy with men intend instead of ea elephants tint and c camels I 1 thought you were going to tell us about a cilcus parade dear tile me said daddy so you think it would be a funny sort ot of a parade it if a cuper old creature like daddy walked in it find and that it be funny in the leat least if mr j elephant and mr camel walked lit in it P were there some soldiers find and some sailors in the parade asked nick oh it was a parade of soldiers and aind sailors I 1 understand now sal said d nancy oh with just soldiers or maybe just sailors you said that nilen men in marched arched in the parade and you especially say they were soldiers daddy well said daddy 1 I dont believe iwas I 1 was very clear and now we must mike male it quite plain about the parade it was a of patriotism and ayou you know well what that nite means atis 11 indeed we me do daddy said quid nick patriotism means that we love our auntry ou and w ailt do anything for it right you tire arc said daddy go on about the parade of patriotism I 1 sm sal said d nan nancy cy PI please ease go on oni we have certainly done a grent great deal of halting chatting this evening said paddy daddy well that Is fun too said nick yes but of course in the story time we must nuat have a f tory sald daddy r f fill 4 I 1 ra they had taken messages through all sorts of dangers and now I 1 N vill III go on with my iny story my true story in ili tills this parade every one who abo was not in uniform carried it a flag tin for tit the nien lit in the lie uniform of soldiers or sailors ir 1 allowed their m by wearing t hie he uniform anil anel the others showed they frit fell the same saine way may its as they waved their hugs flags for everyone cant wear a uniform but everyone can he be patriotic there were mere many hands bands find and they played nil the tunes tulles we me love so well and thi the sun san was mits shining down upon the men find and the bands and the flags and the people who mere watching it NN was as shining i as though it N were ere trying to say 1 I want mant to do my part fart too rii ill milne I 1 will the parade began early in the afternoon and it continued until the afternoon was gone so many mally people wore marching all those who stood on the side wilks clapped and shouted how flue fine it was how proud and happy they all feltl felt but titter after many bands had gone by ninny many soldiers soldier s many sailors sal lors ninny many illen in plain clothes carry carrying ln the little littie hags flags and after many bliz big american lags h had ld pone gone by blien all the men took oft off their hats in honor to b the flag a part of the parade came along that was unexpected A wagon drawn dramn by four big horses borses and upon the wagon was an enormous cage which covered it all up and in tile cage were homing pigeons on the side of the wagon was written a little story about the pigeons telling how they had taken messages through all sons of dangers danger how brave they had been beca liow how clever and low how they had thought ot of their duty and not of themselves and when N lien that thal wagon passed along carra carrying ing the homing pigeons every one clapped harder than ever for here were little dumb creatures who had shown hown a wonderful understanding and had done nil all they could for the country and the little pigeons were so modest that they actually wondered hat t all this excitement was about |