The Detroit times., 1915-09-15
CHAPPLE
IS STRONG
FOR FLAG
Should Fly Over Every
Factory In Land;
He Declares
EDITOR WARMLY
PRAISES DETROIT
COmmends Ian of
Teaching English
To Foreigners

What he heard about Detroirs
evening schools, and the efforts be
INK made 20 turn foreign-speaklng
Dctroifcrs into American citizens.
SO affected Joe Mitchell Chapple,
editor Of the National Magazine,
that instead OF talking 10 the Board
of Commerce, Tuesday noon. about
famous men he had mot, he spent
the hour telling the members what
great city Detroit IS.
he had not consumed his onthusi-
assn when his talk was over but Cor
moro than an hour be bubtlcd and
ofcrvesced in The lobby % the
Board Of Commerce building telling
President Warren, Secretary Glitch.
oll, Vice Presidcn, Charles n Cit.
ford. Assistant Secretary Cole and
other, what he thought OF Detroit,
TELL you what I'm going TO do,
ne said I'm going 20 get in touch
with chicago and ser II they can
spare me from the program tomor.
row want 10 stay over and see
more ~ Detroit"
Mr. Chapple likes 20 talk about
Amer.canism Fo says that he viii
not speak In hall wherein the
American flag is not displayed
Remember The lays when the
flag used 70 De draped over the
Nator pitcher on the speakers
table," he asked 81 think the flag
ought 70 De over every public bald
Ing and every factory in The coun-
try tftcr one OF my talks. an old
farmer with G. A r button came
gu 10 mo and said You've got me
going. never thought about the
flag iu that way before told him
that ho ought 70 have the flag fying
over his farmhouse on every pa
triouc holiday. so that everybody
might see what his country meant
20 him.
It's a great work that you have
undertaken In vOur night schools"
he reiterated 1T is work that Is
needed ! understand that in the
Ford factory there are 81 na'ionah.
tics and I03 dialects To fuse All
these nationaltics into one, and
that one American. IS big task.
and "A very important one, and II is
very encouraging 10 see that II has
been attempted talked with a
man there who told NE that he had
come from Chaldea, the ancient Gar
don OF Eden He told mo that
America Is tho Garden Of Eden for
him He has got the true spirit
We're doing something in Bos
ton. too our Rotary club is going
TO present tho city with 1877 fine
citizens Each member is pledged
To- look ont for some boy. some child
OF immigrants, and soc that he be
comes true American The boy
isn't supposed 10 know anything
about A. I've got little italian
chap that I watch and encourage.
] slipped him n typewriter the other
day 10 help him along In four
wears. those boys ought to be
credit 10 Boston. and We shall have
accomplished something TO help the
country along
Mr.. Chapplc said that the Repub
lican presidential nomination is any
bddy'4 al the present moment
IT'S n great opportunity for a
dark horse" he said. The states
are getting ready to present favor
he sons. and ont OF the welter OF
candidates II Is not unlikely that
man scarcely thought OF now viii
spring 10 unite the convention"
Mr.. Chapple goes about the coun
trv. talking good cheer and patriot
ism. and telling audiences about the
prominent men he has known. He
is "a middle wcsterner who has
made good in the east Born in
Iowa about As years ago. he did
newspaper work in North Dakota
and Wisconsin thcn came east az
far ms Chicago, and after getting a
metropolitan experience there, went
20 Boston and built rfp the National
magazine out OF tho old Bostonian
He has a mouth built for oratory,
and he looks like hts pictures.