Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1920 — COULDN’T FORGET THE GREEN [ARTICLE]

COULDN’T FORGET THE GREEN

Mrs. Flannigan’s Neat Expression of Loyalty to Her Native and Her .t.„ Adopted- Land. Mrs. Flannlgan for years has proudly exhibited from her front window a row ofgeran turns, in pots wrapped in bright, Irish green crepe paper, says the Indianapolis News. But the other day when her neighbor, whose son was in France for several months, pulled back her. window- curtain and revealed hen-flower- pots, deeora+ed In red. white and btue 'paper, Mrs. Flannlgan wag -visibly troubled. '* She worried and worrieSdT It Is quite hard tobe loyal -to two countries at the same time, yet Mrs, Flannlgan dCsTred to be so. • Then one morning her wide Irish smile cam?/. jbacfe .jo/her- face. And passers-by. Baw.to. the. Flannlgan. front window a row of flower pots brave In red, white and blue coverings and every covering wds tied to the pot with h wide bahd-nf gfeea ribbon.