Oct. 20, 1916. 
3 Earty IN tHe War Norman Prince responded to. 
the call that France made for her sons to come to the 
pport of the colors. Although an American, by sym- 
‘pathies and interest, France had always been his second | 
A loyal American he sympathized with the Allies 
particularly with France, in the dire position tucy 
nd 
“were placed when the Germans violated Belgium and 
‘started their ill-fated march toward Paris. Trained as 
"an aviator, having made his first flight from the frozen 
surface of a pond near his home in East Wenham, and 
thoroughly trained in the mechanical construction of 
aeroplanes and in the art-of flying at Marblehead, he at 
ment. His service has been noteworthy and France in 
placing upon his breast the Cross of the Legion of Honor, 
honors him and herself and America. America has never 
- forgotten the debt due to the French Republic these many 
years since Lafayette and his noble band of faithful men 
threw their interests with those of the struggling republic 
and aided with’ their lives in. wresting from unwilling 
hands the privileges of self. rule, freedom and the oppor- 
‘tunity of working out upon this continent the ideals of 
republicanism. Mr. Prince’s loss will be recognized by 
the people of America as a sacrifice, a contribution of 
their interest and sympathies to France. To the dwellers 
on the North Shore, however, the interest must be more 
personal for one from among us has given his life. He 
had died in a royal’ manner. He gave all that he had to 
give and America is proud of him. The members of his 
family will mourn his loss. Bereavement can have no 
consolotion, but in their loss the members of his family 
cannot but receive comfort in the knowledge of the fact 
that he has lived and died a hero and honored his home 
‘city, his family and his country. 
The leading journals of New England have honored 
Norman Prince for his service in France. The words of 
praise which are spoken are universal and indicate the 
“spirit and sympathies of most Americans. The Boston 
Transcript says: 
uous contribution to the Great War, and espe- 
- cially to the cause of France—a personal sacri- 
fice deliberately made, for young Prince was 
; exceptionally intelligent and unquestionably saw 
; the full danger and probabilities of such service. 
; He was the organizer of the little band of nine 
: Americans who first offered themselves: Fully 
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: 
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| “Norman Prince is Boston’s most conspic- 
as important as the number of victims of his 
skill and daring as an aviator was the inspiration 
and example of his quick response to opportun- 
ity. From both sides Norman Prince inherited 
an energy, an imagination and an ambition that 
; made the ordinary things in life seem tame and 
trivial. Sent West to be a brakeman on a rail- 
road, that he might learn this method of trans- 
portation from the ground up, he surprised his 
| family and friends by qualifying as an aviator 
_when that business seemed as hazardous, and to 
have as little to do with everyday life, as para- 
chute jumping. He had the full measure of per- 
sonal courage, which has aptly been divided into 
pluck and nerve—pluck, the courage of the body, 
; which gets one into trouble: nerve, the courage 
of the mind, which gets one out. Prince had 
both. The greatest test of true courage he met 
and passed. He held himself resolute when he 
knew enough to be afraid. Of him it can be 
said that he died not only a hero—but a hero for 
so great a cause that the world may find inspira- 
once placed his life at the disposal of the French govern-. 
‘sation and penalties are seen on all sides. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE HW 
tion in his death, Sympathy and honor blend in 
our thoughts of him.” 
The tribute is worthy of the man and his career, The 
Boston Herald also honors the young North Shore avia- 
tor in its leading editorial: 
“Something of the terribleness of war comes 
home to us anew as we learn of its claiming 
among its victims—as a result of injuries re- 
ceived in the flying corps—Norman Prince of 
our own city. From his youth, fond of the cul- 
ture of the French and a sympathic student of 
their steadying republic, its endangered life 
flashed on the world in the summer of 1914— 
seemed to him a call to personal service. Re- 
sponse brought him to a post of peculiar peril, 
but one for which his ingenious nature had in 
peace prepared him. Once in the aviation corps, 
he worked continuously and courageously. As 
one after another of his friends, like young 
Victor Chapman, paid the last full measure of 
their devotion, Prince kept on, undismayed, un- 
daunted and unyielding. Verily, he died on the 
field of valor.” 
Compen- 
Every gain 
means a loss and every loss means a gain. ‘To have we 
must give and if we do not give we lose. If the weather 
is fair the automobilist and open air recreation seekers 
have a season of pleasure, but they pay for it later in 
increased prices for the late garden produce that needed 
the rain to develope it. If it rains hard and there is a 
season of wet weather the water commissioners report a 
goodly supply in the reservoirs, but the market gardener 
suffer and the consumer pays for his disappointment and 
failures in increased prices for the goods. What serves 
one cannot please another! Life still remains an un- 
solved mystery and the dilemma has never been better 
told than in the fairy tale of the nursery. The father 
visited a daughter who had married a potter: All went 
well with her, she claimed, if it would only be fair so the 
clay could dry. The other daughter told her father that 
all things were well with her if it would only rain so that 
the plants would grow; and the bewildered father said, 
‘Gf one of you wants rain and the other wants sun how 
can I please you both.” Sure enough! 
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