A few years ago, while watching a parade in Boston in which the Stars and Stripes were conspicuous, a fair foreigner with strong anti-American proclivities turned to a companion, and commenting on the display, pettishly remarked:
That American flag makes me sick. It looks just like a piece of checkerberry candy.
Senator Lodge, who was standing near by, overheard the remark, and turning to the young lady, said:
Yes, miss, it does. And it makes everyone sick who tries to lick it.