. Springhillian Oct 1920 - July 1921 New Series Vol. XIII No. 1 - 4. an may not be as spectacularas that of men it is not less real. It isi admirably described in the words ofthe poet who sings: The maid who binds the warriors sash, And, smiling all her pain dissemblesThe while, beneath the drooping lash, One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles,Though heaven alone records the tear And fame shall never know her story,Her heart has shed a drop as dear As ever dewed the field of glory. The wife that girds the husbands sword Mid little ones that weep and wonder,And bravely speaks the parting word,
. Springhillian Oct 1920 - July 1921 New Series Vol. XIII No. 1 - 4. an may not be as spectacularas that of men it is not less real. It isi admirably described in the words ofthe poet who sings: The maid who binds the warriors sash, And, smiling all her pain dissemblesThe while, beneath the drooping lash, One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles,Though heaven alone records the tear And fame shall never know her story,Her heart has shed a drop as dear As ever dewed the field of glory. The wife that girds the husbands sword Mid little ones that weep and wonder,And bravely speaks the parting word, Although her heart be rent asunder,Doomed nightly, in her dreams to hear The bolts of war around him rattle,Has shed as sacred blood as eer Was poured upon the field of battle. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast her son she presses,Then speaks a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriots brow she blesses,WTith no one but a secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her,Sheds holy blood as eer the sod Received on Freedoms field of SPRINGHILLIAN 33 The patriotism of the citizen differs only in degree from national pa-triotism. The city for the citizen is a little country, and to its interestshe devotes his best energies. Though more prosaic than national patriotismit too has its heroisms. The highest form of civic patriotism is the safe-guarding the jeopardized lives of ones fellow citizens. No finer exampleof this can be found than that which was witnessed during the Galvestonstorm. A young fellow, Mutti by name, seeing that the oncoming stormwas to be a severe one, hitched up his little cart and set out on his missionof mercy. He seemed to be everywhere. Load after load of sick and oldand helpless he brought to a place of safety, and in this way he saved morethan two hundred lives. At last he reached an engine house and depositedhis last load, and was setting out again when a fierce blast struck thehouse, dashed down a wall and buried the poo
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