The men waved their flags whenever they cheered and the sight made me feel so patriotic that I forgot all about civil service for a while.

And the good work of the flags didn't stop there.
The men carried them home and gave them to the children, and the kids got patriotic, too.

Of course, it all cost a pretty penny, but what of that?
We had won at the polls the precedin' November, had the offices and could afford to make an extra investment in patriotism..