New Ulm review., 1912-08-28

and made 1 nne speech, the one thss
he had prepared, but when he GOT
half way through he forgot the rest
and not being able to 80 on and
being bound t0 introduce me any
way, he said well. anyhow. / intro
duce to you Mr.. Eberhardt. his IL
the whole cheese" Yes, like that
kind of an introduction / sat nexr
to an English boy who was with me;
we were singing the hymn America"
and the "Star Spangled Banner" and
I never saw two thousand boys sing
as they did. asked this English
lad whether or not he knew any of
our American national songs and
he promptly said "yes, lots of them;
II know all of them" and asked
him which one he liked the best and
what do you suppose he replied2
II like this one the best MY wife
has gone to the country: hurrah;
hurrah.'" Il.
Now, the trouble is there is q
whole lot of truth in it; whole lot
of truth in it, Why, If there is any
nation on the face of the earth to
the disgrace of which can be said,
that we are grinding out more divor-
ces, we are dissolving more homes
than any other nation on the face
of the earth, it Is America, and
want to say to you that we want to
impress upon our, people the most
characteristic principle of the Ger
man nation and that Is to stand by
and build up your home. That is
why l favor introducing in every
school in Minnesota the teaching of
agriculture and home economics and
cooking and sewing and . manual
training and music and want to say
that these principles and these insti-
tutions that stand by and support
and build up a home are necessary
in order to build up our state and
our nation.
was instructed by all these folks
here, these military men on my staff
and the consuls that must be
brief, very brief with my address;
they told me not to talk too long be-
cause they wished to be soon at
liberty to go about the park and get
acquainted with all the nice looking
ladies and men and I promised I
would not talk long,, but you know
it is difficult when you get to COM
munity like this and get talking
to so interesting and attentive a
crowd, it is hard to close right away,
and hope you have bourne with me
patiently for speaking as long as I
have - rE
Il just wanted to say in conclu-
sion that we are looking back to the
fifty years past, upon the trials and
tribulations Of the defenders of New
Ulm and vicinity. We realize In
looking at this vicinity what they
have done for us now here; for the
daughters and sons of these defend
ers; let us come forward, every man
and every woman and march side
by side and hand in hand for the
achieving of the results we are
after, for the solving of these prob
lens of the future. Let us respect
the sons and daughters of them
whenever we meet them; let US take
off our hats to them and love and
respect them, every man and woman
that have done so much for us: we
never, can do them too much honor;
let us live up to their motto. A., >f,-'
! Let us build UP this state and ma
ion as it can be built by the CO.
operation and working together for
Ill these things that means so much
'or the home and the church and the
'tate and the school; for the state as
we'll as the nation. ~ -.
I am very glad that i could come
lere; it has been a rest to me.
Some wonder why 1t is that can be
Up so much nights and out at BAN
luets and feel much better than l
lave felt before. i tell you why
+ you promise not to tell. 1t is be-
cause l am subsisting on German
that is all. But l feel
his is, rest; it is recreation
md 1, like that old German poec
Goethe, when he speaks about rest
md says something like this, REST
S not the quitting the busy career;
est is the fitting fact; it is the
breaks more than anything else that
We strive to fill; it is living and
serving the highest and best; it is
,nly a surviving and this is your
est
l can conceive the time will soon
come when there will be not merely
| large number of representative
sons and daughters of old Germany
,ut of other nations in the world
hat will meet in this park again
md again and think of what that
'turdy nation has done; other sons