Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1918 — LITANY FOR PESSIMISTS [ARTICLE]

LITANY FOR PESSIMISTS

Regarding this war, yon are mobilized or not mobilized. If you are not mobilized there U nothing to worry about. If you are mobilised you )pive two alternatives: Either you are at the front or in the reserves. If you are in the reserves there is nothing to worry about. If you are at the front you still have two alternatives: Either you get hurt or you don’t get hurt y If you don’t get hurt there is nothing to worry about If you do get hurt you still have two alternatives: Either you get slightly hurt or seriously wounded. If you get slightly hurt there is nothing to worry about. . > If you get seriously wounded you have two alternatives: Either you recover or you don’t recover. If you recover there is nothing to worry about If you don’t recover —Well —y° a can’t worry.