The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-22

Copyright, 1910, by George Matthew Ad
garbled the address would be printed
in full.
| Patterson then went off into frenzy
and said he commanded THE TINES
not to dare to do this
| In accordance with last nights state
ment by THE TIMES representative the
address is printed in full today. and
will be found elsewhere in this issue.
The chairman of the meeting sug-
gested that it would be well for Mrs.
Patterson to retract her statements,
and Patterson replied that she had
nothing to retract; that she would
stand by anything she said which in
no way reflected upon the foreigners
Mrs. Pntterson's Address.
To the members OF the Womans
Club of Indiana Harbor
I see that the committee has digni-
fed my few remarks given from my
paper with the name Presidents Ad-
dress" which is very high sounding
am sure but I think after 1T is all done
that there will be little OF the address
about it but more of a talk.
First of all / wish to welcome the
members of our little club back TO
work again for our meetings of the
past have proven not only our willing
ness to act as hostesses and guests but
you ability to give at each and every
session something that Is worth listen
ing to and better to think about.
l There was not a paper read before this
! society that was not worthy the writer
: as we'll as the listeners, not-with
: standing the fact that your president
= gave one two of them.
t made for a good cause that did not
r WELD Its own reward to the originator
e and so while our club has been small
and poor we have in our own way ex-
erted an influence peculiar to our
i selves hich, I believe has had tend
n ency toward to betterment of the com
n munity In which we live and as we
i grow and expand from year to year
the effects of our being will be more
surely and decidedly felt.
. l seem to have taken 1t for granted
that we will grow, for growth or de
cay Is absolutely necessary to ever,
r living acting organism and our club +
. no exception; and as we do not wish t.
:, retrograde. growth is the only alterna
tive.
!, We were born in region that l
- growing rapidly, in a town that is do
up at all we must grow.
And now only to keep up must w
grow but the problems that confron
~ us are becoming bigger every day an
IL we do not increase with them w
will soon be unable to grapple wit
az those great questions and condition
az that are staring us in the face an
oi because we are weak we first endur
then pity, then embrace, as the oil
saying goes, and so we are defeated
n the race and soon are swallowed u
he by the very things that we desire
a much to overcome.
of For few moments let us considt
tst some specific cases: now I am on
"a giving you these things as I see the
Ter no do 1 ask you to agree with me, fl
90. 1 have only one pair of eyes to Sc
with, one pair of ears to hear with ar
ay one nose for its purpose and only OF
ge, brain to think about things while yc
ill are endowed with thirty of each kir
i'd and so you may not endorse all thu
IRE I say but we will think about some
as these things, agree or not.
IN presume there is not nose with
'ct range of my vision that has not BET
a subjected to the greatest indgnity
ng. that of being pinched severely,
las suddenly and without warning turn
almost upside down when the bree
waited to the delicate olfactory nerv
100 the scent. laden with all kinds
yht germs, from the saipase "asoh as
TO- makes its daily rounds gatheril
the everything that is too filthy to be US
ent full or TOO useless 10 De USED. 10 y
~ wonder that the doctors are rush
almost to a state of frenzy and requi
means OF rapid transit to get fro
RI xEh he Or
authorities allow and endorse and HI
ln and pay man with a wagon to
- about town spreading disease germ
one would almost think that the go
. men who have authority to do the
80 things and the doctors and undertake
IT, are in league together, If we did I
know them to be above such reproa
Now comes the question-Why can't
7 have a sanitary. covered garba
tea wagon as other cities do?
tie HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ENTE,
was ED SUBURBAN RAILWAY Goa
Itch GOING FROM HERE TO CHICAGO
the THE OTHER WAY WHEN THEl
was WAS NOT PLACE TO SIT DOy
far EXCEPT BY THE SIDE or A VI
we'd WHO HAD NOT CHANGED 1
adj fCLOTHES FOR so LONG THAT
ell WOULD BE HAZARDOUS TO CT
at An 1lhINU bt L n MUM "SE$SS
ical TO THE LENGTH OF TIME TIL
was MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN SERVO
her NO NATTER HOW DAINTILY Att
inly ED A WOMAN MIGHT BE SHE
. HERE COMPELLED TO COME
res CONTACT WITH THAT DISGUST
He PIECE OF FOREIGN HUMANITY
side HAVE THE PLEASURE CD
inal STANDING UP UNTIL SUCH TINE
ex- HIS STATION MIGHT BE REACH
d to AND HE ALIGHTED FROM IT
the TRAIN. The street cars are as bad
to worse for the dirt the floors m;