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50 the curent isseue. MEMrORY'S ýDAY Monaynet s emoriai Day. It is a day - on which we pause i n th.-e ordinary pursuits. and- in- terests of Mfie to do homnage to tht bravepatriots whQ), under. the inspired leadership of Abraham Liîncoln,'rendered a valiant service in preserving the, union;, to:e reember the aged surivivors of that titanlic struggle with ioving' thouights and tender solicitude, and the dead with i a gratitude that will last as long as lif e endures.. Few among us but had- some near relative en- listed in that unnecessary war. Most of, them are, gone. Thoôse who remain but form-the red embers. of a dying generation. tach year the rol caîIl brings fewer answers, for "here" has been changed .,by the. processes of nature to "there," and from "there" there cornes no answer. OTd and 1eeble now, they ne longer have the stretigth to respond to the bugle cali, "Fali in," and tbey wihi "niarch" in automobiles instead of on foot. The grand old soidiers of the grand old. army are now but a band fui. And se Memorial Day wili be xnemory' s day, a day on which we wii pay reverent honor net only te the memory of our own, but to that of ail who had a part in the-tragic events of a conflict that 1.4 *to u antetd and indivisible nation. Not one c ial prostration and panic, and thousands of our poorest fellow-citizens are turned out against the approaching winter without employment. and without the prospect of it. "In France'the politicai caîdroni seethes and bubbles with uncertainty; Russia hangs as usual., like' a cloud, dark and silent upon the horizo1n cf. Europe - while ail the energies, resources and in- fluences of, the Brîtish Empire are .so rely tried. a id are >et to bc tried more sorely, in coping with the vast and deadly disturbed relations. in China. "Tt is a solemn moment, and no man,.can feel an indifference-which happily, no, man pretends to feel-in the, issue of events. "0f o Wn troubles ý(in- the U.S.A.), no m an can sec the1 end. T 1hey are, fortunately, as' yet mainly commercial:, and if weare oniy to lose money. and by painfulpoverty to be taught wis- dom-the wisdomn of honor, of faith, of sympathy anid of charity-no man need seriously to despair. "And yet the very haste to be rich is the oc- casion of this widespread calamity. has also ten.ded to destroy the moral forces with wbich %ve are to resist and subdue the calamitv." To TiEACH AmERICANISM Some months Dr. Eston V. tubbs. 425 ette. founded an organiza- A Latdy inember of congress, stealing away .îroni arduous legislative duties for a few quiet days at home,' wýas>:notifled that the petition to take the, *wage s and ýhours bill outof the hands of the committee. ivas ready -for th-esignatures of àl memfb ers favored ivith coattail seats. She im- mediatelv took airpiane for the capital.. Rushing to. her place: in :the hôus,ý, she' tarried just a minute i the> cérridor to powder ber nose. During that minute the time for., signing expired. Wasi't. it just like a woman to, powder lier nose and lose b> a nose ? Iliiioisafls cati overiook the raid on their pocket- bookcs in the interest of relief if ihe legislature %vit! be fair enough to pass a village manager law. "Are Dogs People? asks a Wilmette lady. Bertha Y. Burrill, in an article unde.r that-titie i the April number of "American Mercury" magazine. After pointing out in a mnost interesting style all of the ahnoyances and damages whicli dogs inflict 'upon people other than their masters. the author comes back to the opening question, "Are Dogs People ?" and then continues- "I wishi we could get it settled once and for ail whether they are or not. If they are not., if they are .just animals-like horses and cattle and sheep-then let them hbe treated as such, with kindness, with consideration, with appropriate affection. But also let~ t1,j'm bh ker ,intheir place as these otbers are rsetlnsffired A Toss Up If one's faîth in the moral stamina of hu eings is everstrong, lhe bas only ta peruse lice records of any fairiy large city to learn here are men and wornen low enough. i ing- the idea to other high schools, nor bhow many units of "The American Youth League" have been established. but we do know that the movemnent is one greatly needed througbout the counitry. The youtb of today are too far removed from the achievement of liberty to estimate it at its uman correct value. Born to it, they take it as a matter -the of course, hence entertain no fears that it wil that. éver he taken. away froni îhem. In tbis attitude ithe they are especialiy susceptible' to propaganda of their welfare as of vour chilcren's; put the aged and indigent on reli ef;- and allow the worthless and useless -to outbreed the worthy and useful. But-be consistent. Make themn observe the canons of good taste and decency just as other People do. Is vour three year old child ailowed to greet aIl visitors witb deafening whoops and yells, or to jump..and drool all over them, or to spoil their silk stockings? Then thurnbs dowxi on that for Fido. Do you permit your children to ruin *II stheTrie PHANTOm REPORrTR., as thë ï and 9