Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1918 — Patriotism. [ARTICLE]

Patriotism.

Who can measure the compelling force of patriotism? At Sunday night’s Battery concert, largely attended by Manhattanites to whom north of Fourteenth street is a foreign land, theleader asked that after the singing of the national anthem the audience offer one minute’s silent prayer for the boys over there. One whose head did not bow promptly, seemingly held alert by the shock of some amazing surprise, soon acknowledged the force of patriotic emotion by saying, as he bowed his head: “I prayed last Easter, but if It is for the boys—here goes.”—New York Sun.