The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-04
AMERICA ALAND
OF OPPORTUNITY,
SAYS DR.. |. FulDA
Your Citizens May BE What
They Choose to Be If They
Have the Wit"
LABOR AN HONOR HERE
"American Women Will Do
Great Things, Thanks to the
Chance They Have"
LABOR AN HONOR HERE

"The WondeYful thing about Amer.
$oo 10 the chance II 0tpes every boy
omd girL You are rtthout the class
separation BY phIch Europe 10 DOM
mated. YoSy c1tisens may be phat
they choose to be, " they have the
popev Of achievement wtthin them.
selves. II 10 your democratic spirit
sphich 10 20 phoIIy admirable. In
america labor 10 not q disgrace. II
u an honor"
There's q cheering word for ioca, pa
sriots who are disheartened ana made
cynical by pot-and-kettle politics. And
Il Is uttered In earnestness and sincerity
by a good friend and u great man
Dr.. Ludwig Fulda. From the rather
large group Of brilliant writer's pro-
duced by modern Germany three names
stand out In capital letters. There IN
Hauptmann, there Is Suderman. there Is
rulda. And Fulda, poet. novelist and
matist-New York has seen several
a his plays-!s with US for long visit.
fOu nave tpOheu u StluellCt dr Il
land OF unlimited possibilities. sus-
Eested. Just what did YOU mean?"
AMERICA THE LAND OF CHANCE
AND OPPORTUNITY.
81 didn't say exactly that" DIR. Fulda
corrected. But It y one expression Of
. truth which I put in different words.
"Yor me America 10 the country
where every one has . chance; an
opportunity to rise above the con-
dataon 20 which he was born. Amer
ica 10 the lana OF spiritual en-
dsavor ~ wsu - the land Of eco
uomio prosperity. That 10 my Arst
and last Thought OF your country;
that 70 why my heart turns to Il.
And that - why myself am %
giaA 70 return 70 you once more.
after the absence Of years."
Or. Fulda spoke slowly. since he has
- ponder u bit over tho framing OF his
excellent English sentences. But his
eyes 'glowed. They are a very dark
blue. which deepens almost to black
when he IL earnest or excited. and
they are set deep beneath the brow Of
IN tdeaiist. He has black hair and a
dark brown mustGche. "reminiscences Of
Q Semitic strain. or medium height
he has somewhat escaped the large
diameter characteristic of the German
AFTER forty. Indeed, the only obviously
Teutontc hallmarks are his deep blue
eyes and a certain military set to the
square shoulders.
But are We without class spiritT' I
aSked. rather doubtfuly. Isn't tho dis
M hat VII ~
strongly marked IN America as between
high-born and low-born In Europe?"
TO-DAY WE ALL WANT TO MAKE
MONEY.
"The worship OF wealth Is the fault
Of tine age" argued Dr. Fulda. 1T cam
not be fairly attributed to America
alone. To-day we all want to make
money. We in Europe are as fond OF
money, and OF the possessors of II, as
you in America. But II there Is one
enemy strong enough to overthrow
tea 10 democratic.
81 think that Europe has the WRONG
idea OF this country. Too much en-
phasis has been place upon your de-
votion to the material side of life. You
arc intensely practical. ana you have
accomplished marvels In mec nanics and
economics. But believe that you are
more strongly swayed by spiritual en-.
deavor than by ras effort for material
happiness"
1t IL refreshing 10 be told that We
have talent for something besides
graft. In short. that we are not al
ways the same old Bill. But intended
to see that unfamiliar spiritual en-.
desvor" tracked TO It's lair. so ! asked
Dr.. Fulda where he observed II.
"Ths fns possibilities OF the
= American spirit are shown In your
Wnndarful aduc atioual aYssams.W ha