Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Every time the German crown prince loses a battle, . the kaiser takes a fresh grip on his “divine right.” ‘ ■ . • About the greatest achievement of the Liberty loan campaign was its signal victory over General Apathy. The average hotel or restaurant boarder is convinced that this thing called “food conservation" can be mighty easily overdone. Why all this comment on the loss of the colonel’s eye? It should be remembered that sight is not the colonel’s long suit, anyway. What has become of the oldfashioned woman who used to think she never could get a gown out of less than sixteen yards of cloth? The most uncomfortable fellow we know of these days is the fellow with a political speech in his system and hunting for an opportunity to unload. ■ ■ • ft , ■ ■ The kaiser of Germany and the sultan of turkey, working together, ought to cook up a very promising dish of “kultur" for the nations of the world.

The su>ltan of turkey now wears .the Hohenzollern star. Indicating, evidently, that he has passed a creditable examination in German “kultur.” - i To Bernstorff: Seven billion dollars war loan. And you might mention to your yiaster that t'hei-e are many more billions where these came from. I With £80,000,000 subscribed to the new Liberty loan by the sol-j dier boys, it would seem that the Sammies are willing to back their fighting with their dollars. J Shoes which the government ' furnishes the soldiers at a cost of $4.65 a pair, costs the civilian $9. to $lO a pair. There’s a reason, , and it should interest the govern- , ment. i “Me and Got und Mahomet,’’ is j the way the Louisville Courier- ■ Journal puts it. Sort of <a new I trinity, but let us hope not so [powerful as the one it would seek ( | to supercede. | The answer to the sinking of the transport Antilles in this country i 'was a $5,000,000,000 war loan.' Germany is doing her best to bring ; out all the latent patriotism of the American people. . | Not to be outdone by the women ;in conserving clothing material, the ( men will now abolish vests. Well, • it isn’t fair that the women should , make all the sacrifices in this direc-

tion, even if they are voluntary. Next time you hear a wise guy ranting about the huge profits the farmer is coining, remind him that there are several million acres of idle land in this little old countrv and some of it would be tickled to death to yield its treasures to HIM. Characters writers and others should cut out the “By Heck” and “By Ned” stuff when referring to the efforts of the ruralist toward the gentle accomplishment of profanity. The average countryman of this day would blush with shame at such feeble efforts. If our writers would get out and mingle with the real farmers of the land they would find them possessed, when so inclined, with a vocabulary of cuss words warranted to do justice to the 'most strenuous occasion.