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abe ails tflebraefcan c. f i - i r- r-1 h ' S. L- 1 1 - B O Literary Right. 'Tis no more than natural that wars Bhould be; That blood be spilled on land and sea. For might Is sometimes a nation's curse, A- plague that shakes the Universe. Bo not surprised when seas run red, And darkness hides the faces of un numbered dead. For men will scrap, and what of that. What's wrong is wrong, what's right is right. Right 1b not power, nor power's not might; So let them fight. Content to know Each strives to show his strength of Right against his foe. There have been wars; there will be more. Unnumbered lives must pay the score That giveB a nation the right to boast, To rob the sea, to ravage a coast They will scrap on. Oh! what of that, So long as their right Is justified. Though truth be crucified. The weak must yield unto the strong, Yet knowing this, they still fight on, And which 1b right and which Is wrong Let time and fate decide. LORRAINE. YOUNG AMERICA. For the greatest amount of inde pendence in the smallest possible space commend us to Young America. He knows that the United States can whip any country on earth, and he Is proud of it. Ho can not help but glory in the achievements of his forefathers, and he seeks to emulate them in deeds of dariqg. True his activities lie in an entire different field, but his courage is equally aa great. And it sometimes happens that he ranges closo to the sound of musketry, when on a puni live expedition to his neighbor's or chard or. melon patch. For he Is a parasite "on nls neighbor's vegetation, and when attacked he certainly makes valorous efforts to get away. Turning tho pages of the unwritten history of baseball, ono reads tho rec ords of glorious deeds and judicial fa talities, without thinking of the prom inent part played by Young Amorica. Games have been lost and won, for tunes change and exchanged, and even pennants captured through the ear splitlig activities of America's gifted youth. The youth who crawls through n corn-field and runs tho guard of tho deadheads who manage to get in by keeping others out, Is a blessing in dis guise. Wait till the exciting moment arrives when tho homo team Is in dan ger of getting beaten and the specta tors feel blue. Then In tho midst of it all, when even the most patriotic fan has lost his tongue, a thin, piping voice sullies forth from obscurity with some strikingly humorous phrase that raibtis tno ioughand restores confidence to tho wavering ones. Almost immedi ately a battery of youthful voices is sot in action, firing point-blank at the opQeition some of the finest and clean cut, sarcasm over devised. Ono small boy' of seven years can throw rlngn around a regiment of ordinary rooters, when once ho gets intothe proper mood. And when a hundred of his kind Is turned loose, -Imagine tho ef- feet if you can. In amatuer games, at Tenet, tho quostlon of supremacy does not rest ho much with tho curves and strategy of tho pitchers, as with, the number of small boys on the field. His mental keenness Is truly remark able, and ho always acts, at the right Rusoid and Japan The Ivy Press (o. FOR PRINTING ... 125 North 12th Street. time. He can perpetrate and appreci ate humor with equal facility. Al though his English cousin has many good traits of sturdiness and solfrro liance, Young America Is bottor ablo to act to better advantage. Ho Is quick er at perception,' and does not havo to carry a joke in tho recesses of hls-skull a year or two before he can Bee tho point. A lad fresh from England waa explaining tho circumstances of his ex odus from England to this country, and in tones of great pride, ho said: "My hunclo a rich lord In 'Amp fihire. and he was bloomin' good to us. 'E gave papa the money to come out 'ero on, dnd 'e would 'ave sent us clear to California if we'd wanted to go." Now how long would it take Young America to penetrate the "rich hun cIc'b" designs to get rid of his poor relatives. Yet in spite of their dospalr ity in humor, the youth of America and Britain have many good traits in common, and If there ever coraci a time when they must stand shoulder to shoulder In battle against the rest of the world, they will make a good fight ing pair. But Young America, like the Missou ri mule, is a strictly American Insti tution. He is bright and aggressive, and never takes to tho woods except as a matter of discretion. Whether he becomes famous and hangs In the gal lery of famous men or in Nebraska penitentiary, or lives in obscurity, his truth qualities will always remain the same. He is sympathetic too, and binds up the bruised toe of a comrade with as much careful consideration as he would his own. But the sight of a dog with a can tied to his tail is a pleasing sight to him, and he is not averse to making the required connection. Indeed, his unkindness In teaching the dog bad habits by making him rush the can can not bo excused on any grounds. Hla sense of knightllness is always keenly alive and he 1b willing to stand on his head for a year, if the curious little miss on tho other side of the fence will ony stand and admire him. When he gets older he falls victim to tho wiles of some bulging eyed beauty, and his life changes from a comedy to a tragedy, and In the careless, light hearted youth one can see foreshad owed the serious, hard-working man of the world. It Is not always the firm who makes the most noise and has the loudest signs that does the business of largest proportions. Occasional tooting of horns Is good, but a horn that toots all the time becomes motononous. George Bros, print anything. Frater nity building. 'Phone A349. The Weber Suitorium Is the up-to date place where you can get your Clothing Cleaned and "Pressed 'Phone 708. Northeast Cor 11th and 0. 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