The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-07-15
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WE WELCOME YoUl
"A Greeting to Newcomers From
other Lands"

WE WELCOME YOUl
"A Greeting to Newcomers From
other Lands"
(Thls greeting, in seven different
languages and illustrated with the
American flag in colors, is given to
immigrants landing at our different
ports Of entry.)
We welcome you TO our great Re
public We welcome you to its free
public schools; its free libraries and
reading rooms; to the free picture
galleries and pleasant parks Of our
great cities; to the vast grain fields
and rich farming lands OF the Col
den West, to your new home-east,
west, north or soulful While you
will always love the beautiful flag
of your own land, we hope you Will
also love our red, white and blue
flag with its forty-eight shining stars
for the forty-eight states of this big
Republic, which stretches from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. This
flag floats over free public schools,
which are attended by thousands OF
boys and girls, who have come to us
from other lands.
Perhaps you left your steamer feel
ing sad and lonely because you we're
a stranger in strange land. II so,
we hope 1t will comfort you to know
and realize that every member OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, a society organized in ten thou
sand cities, towns and villages Of
America, is your sincere friend. We
hope some kind woman wearing the
little white ribbon bow, the badge Of
our organization, was the first to greet
you as you stepped upon our shores.
We wish we might take from your
heart all its homesick feeling We
hope you will soon find a pleasant
home in our country. Among our
members there are many women from
other lands and we cordially invite
you to join us, and to help us increase
the prosperity of our country, and
make 1t a safer and happier nation.
We should love to have the boys and
girls unite with our temperance So
ciety for the children, called the
loyal Temperance Legion.
II you reached the United States
through the port of New York, you
rejoiced to see, as you entered the
harbor. the Goddess of Nberty-the
majestic figure of a woman holding
aloft a flaming torch to enlighten the
world. Yes, this is the land of true
personal liberty; for each individual
has the liberty to make the most OF
himself or herself and to become q
useful, educated. upright man or wom'
an. Some of the most prominent po-
sitions in business and government
are filled by the children of parents
who were born in other lands. They
are the governing power In many OF
our large cities, and in some OF our
states. Thousands of Norwegians
Swedes, Germans, Italians, and men
and women of other nationalities
now Americans, are enthusiastically
aiding in our temperance work When
you have become an American citi
zen, we hope you will vote against
the saloon and against the manufac
ture and sale of all alcoholic liquors
In many states, women as well as
men, are citizens and can vote.
The headquarters Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union are al
Evanston, Illinois, but wherever you
may make your home you will receive
from those who wear the little white
ribbon bow, a warm and true vel
come.