Daily camera., 1898-07-26
A RED LETTER WEEK.
Rev. Jahu Dewitt Miller Opens up an
Especially Strong Program.

as witty and attractive lectures delivered
before the assembly this season. Jahu
Dewitt Miller held his audience in close
sympathy with him throughout the lee
ture, and their frequent bursts OF ap-
plause testified to their enthusiasm. The
lecture dealt with the problem of immi
grafton and he began by saying that the
problem of immigration was OF great
consequence to every American citizen.
For" said he, eve are to remember that
our religion, our laws, our society, our
individual and collective life are tremen-
dously colored by this constant influx of
foreigners. He considered the reasons
for their coming and the powerful reasons
against their coming, and said, They
want chance for themselves; they want
enoughto eat; not something. bal enough.
They ale far inclined because of the
good reports that have gone back to
them and, frequently laboring under the
disadvantage of tainted name. they
want 10 make one tor themselves. We
do two things for every foreigner that
laods on our shores; we take him out OF
the conditions that have made him what
he is, and we give him the benefit of
what we hope is good example. We
need him on our farms if not in our shops;
the cultivation of the soil by an indus
trious peasantry is the prime condition
of the happiness and prosperity of any
people We need him from military
point Of view. The London Spectator
of last week holds that in 1850, with ZOO.
ooo.ooo. no one can hope to cope with us
except p. rhals the Slav. The imm!.
grant has his unfor! nate side. He means
we'll often when he 1oes not do well, and
he is communicating what few native
merals we have lett He should be con
fronted with an object lesson in patriot.
ism; not of the bullet simply with which
he is we'll acquainted. but of the ballot
which he learns less readily. He should
understand he is to obey the law be finds
here until by vote and influence he can
change 1t. His lingering love for the
fatherland is not to his disctedit. Let an
Englishman that has come to live among
us sing God Save the Queen, the Ger
man the Watch on the Rhine, the
Frenchman the 'Marseillaise,' the Irish.
man the Wearing of the Green, but let
everyone of them get note higher in
Yankee Doodle it they have to violate
the tune"
The plans for The week have been
somewhat changed. Wednesday will be
Colorado Club" day; Thursday will be
"Young Peoples" day, at which time a
great celebration is expected, and on
Saturday all the Texans will unite to
form all the joys and splendors of TEX.
as" day. the programme of which will be
announced later.
Mrs. Westendorf of Denver will speak
this afternoon to the Council on the
"Well Built Bay" She is accompanied
by her fri nd, Mrs, Helen Campbell, the
economic writer
Tomorrow is Colorado Club day and
Mrs. Prentlss is arranging for delight
full time with the prominent club women
of the state. The ladies will occupy the
ii o'clock hour in the morning and the
Council and Round Table hours from d
to in the afternoon. Mrs. James Parks
of the North Side club of Denver, will
give paper on the moral Responsible.
tv of Mothers in Heredity," Mrs. Fred
Butler of the Womans club of Denver
will talk on "Pingree Gardens and the
Work of Opening Parks for the Benefit
Of the Poor" Mrs. Jacob Fillius of the
Denver Womans club will give a paper
Shall the Daughters Of Well to do Pa
rents be Educated for Business Life?"
and Mrs. James Randolph will speak on
"City Improvements"
This is partial list of the many at
fractions for Club day. II is expected
that Mrs. Henrotin, the popular ex-
president of the General Federation will
be present. From to q the ladies of
the federated clubs of Boulder will give
a reception in the Council headquarters
tent to the visiting ladies, and the well
known hospitality of the Boulder ladies
insures delightful time.
At 10 a. m. DR.. Taylor will give one of
bis ethical talks, and at p. m. Dr..
Baskerville from the Vanderbilt univer.
slty will lecture on Sidney Lanier."
Among the new arrivals are seen Mrs.
Harry Hatch, Dallas, Texas; F. F.
Downs, prominent ban ker of Temple
Texas; Miss Cincinnati Willis and Miss
Margia Harrell. Greenville, Texas; Miss
Anna Brown and Miss Maude Parks,
Wichita Kansas; Mrs. Pierce, New York
City; Miss Dunlap, Mr.. Harrington, Mrs.
L. H. Bonnell, Denver. Colo; Miss
Lorena M. Dill, Cincinnati, Ohio; v. B.
Wright, w. b. Morgan, Fort Worth.