The Independent . Rankin. There is no one woman in blue in the backrow among the men touches herhandkerchief to her eyes. There is apause. At last the Clerk calls again, MissRankin, and again, Miss the woman rises and in a voicefull of emotion says simply, I want tostand by my country, but I cannot votefor war. The roll call has at last been com-pleted and at fourteen minutes pastthree the vote is announced. 373 to !Washington, D. C. ii WARS ARE FOR YOUTH TO WAGE By Morris Gilbert Wars are for youth to wage; for youth aloneCan fling the unsullied ore of his tomorro
The Independent . Rankin. There is no one woman in blue in the backrow among the men touches herhandkerchief to her eyes. There is apause. At last the Clerk calls again, MissRankin, and again, Miss the woman rises and in a voicefull of emotion says simply, I want tostand by my country, but I cannot votefor war. The roll call has at last been com-pleted and at fourteen minutes pastthree the vote is announced. 373 to !Washington, D. C. ii WARS ARE FOR YOUTH TO WAGE By Morris Gilbert Wars are for youth to wage; for youth aloneCan fling the unsullied ore of his tomorrow Into the crucible that flames today; Bringing his metal, splendent in the assay,To give its heart for lesser gold to borrow, And for the giving let the gift atone. Wars are for youth to wage; not even deathCan make of war a greater thing than youth, So that when it comes walking in the dawn Some lad will laugh, rejoicing to be goneIn witness to the youngest ageless truth That honor is more beautiful than Central Xetci THE SPIRIT OF 17 INDEPENDENCE HALL, IN PHILADELPHIA, WAS AGAIN THE FOCUS OF THE COUNTRYS PATRIOTISM WHEN THIS GREAT MASS MEETING GATHERED TO ENDORSE THE DECLARATION OF WAR WITH GERMANY DONT MUDDLE THRU BY SYDNEY BROOKS THIS war, like every war, is oneof donts; and most of them,I should say, are applicableto America. Particularly thedonts that we have accumulated inGreat Britain. I take it for grantedthat pretty nearly every detail of oursuccesses and our failures in settingabout this tremendous business of waris known to the authorities at Wash-ington, and has been diligently col-lected, weighed and sifted by theAmerican representatives and attachesin England. There is more for theUnited States to learn from Britishexperience than from the experienceof any other belligerent. That is notbecause we have been uniformly effi-cient in all our enterprizes. It is be-cause America today is pretty muchas Great Britain was in August, 1914,a commercial, easy-going
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