Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1918 — Seemingly Small Sacrifices Are Apt to Appear to Be Too Trivial [ARTICLE]

Seemingly Small Sacrifices Are Apt to Appear to Be Too Trivial

By HARRISON RHODES.

of the Vigilantes

Do Your Best, but Don’t- Neglect Your Bit. There has been no better motto invented for war time than our Amer’ ican variation of the English phrase —we say: Don’t Do Your Bit. Do Your Best. But we must watch out how we carry out even the instructions of a good motto. As the wave of patriotism rises some people grow impatient of the small things they find to do as their part in the war. They feel that they would be capable of the great sacrifices and the great heroasms. They want to go to France. They want to give and do their all. But when they cannot they sometimes give and do nothing. It is so hard to believe that a bit is your best. Don’t believe it—it is probably only your best for the time being. But do it We are already beginning to realize that the heroism of the stay-at-home is often dull, unromantic and hard to achieve. Do the big things if you can; be gallant and reckless and make your whole country proud of you. But if you cannot, do the small things; be patient and cheerfd and make your neighborhood glad you live there. - .