Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1917 — Consolation of a Sort. [ARTICLE]

Consolation of a Sort.

Bayard Swope, a New York Jour--nallst, was talking about his recent German visit. “You see in Germany,” he said, “Innumerable mutilated young men. These young men, no matter how severe their mutilations, are cheerful. They know other-young men, you gee, who are immeasurably worse off than , themselves.” , Mr. Swope shook his head. “Immeasurably worse off,” he repeated. And he went on : “A cheery young Bavarian captain who had lost his sight put the matter to me In a proverb which runs: “‘I had no boots to tny feet and jnurmured, until I met aman upon the road who had no feet.’ ”