The Detroit times., 1915-07-21

be seen at the Broadway strand Ills
week the editors Of the School D.
partment will and Q lot 70 think
and write about.
Perhaps the most impressive
thing that will occur to them N n
did to 10 10 the wonderful blessing
OF the protection Of the Stars ana
Stripes to the poor emigrant who
has never before realised that peace
and happiness Is possible anywhere
on the face Of the earth.
A David. the poor Jewish Lad.
filled with the horrors he has lust
Witnessed In his native home, sits
in meditation over what has been
and what may be. the boat on which
he and other refugees have been
banished to America arrives In har.
Dor ut New York.
A little girl, with her parents, On
board . ship outward bound. sees
David on the immigrant ship. and
drops down to him Q small Amer.
lean nag. which he eagerly grasps
and kisses with reverence.
Just before this incident he has
watched with eager e~1 the beau
tiful panorama unfol6na 70 him %
the ship sails in.s harbor. ana
especially does the Statue OF LII
erty appeal to him.
Almost from the moment Of land.
Ing he finds people taxing . kindly
interest in him and extending .
helping hand. an experience %
novel thav II II startling and mystL
tying to the boy who has learned
to expect only cuffs. kicks and per.
secution.
Az his life and experience pro-
gress In his new home. he flnds that,
regardless Of race. religion or 90
cial status. his happiness and sue
cess depends on his own efforts. and
that II he 10 honest. square and
truthful. he may claim friends
among the newsboys ~ well - In
the higher walks Of society.
In such environments he nnds
that the bitter hate he entertained
for his old enemies and the desire
for revenge has gradually grown
less, and when the opportunity Of
fers to take the life Of the man
above all others whom he formerly
had hoped to kill. he cannot press
TIE trigger OF the weapon placed in
his hands for vengeance.
Such IL the beautiful and wonder
full influence Of the governmental
system under which he now lives
that only. love. loyalty and charity
seem to him worth while, and In the
splendid life opened out TO him ne
forgets all else but to be happy and
make others happy.
David's experience IL q repetition
Of that OF thousands Of other emil
grants to the shores Of freedom and
liberty, and really there are none
Of us who can boast Of exclusivehess
in our American nativity. We do
not have to 90 back many genera
lions TO ascertain that comparative
ly few years intervene between M
and such an existence a. David con-
tended with in his early life.
In the schools Of Detroit are
many boys and girls who have eth
or crossed the seas with parents
eager to take up their lives In the
land Of opportunity or been born
since their parents arrived on these
shores. and to them the story OF
"The Melting Pot" will have .
greater significance than to our
boys and girls who have known only
the blessings of our dear America.
Then IL II not plain that we. all
of us, have q great common inter.
est to serve! The little foreigner
10 eager to become . good. loyal
American, and the children who
may boast Of several generations Of
citizenship should hold. out . help
ing hand.
After witnessing this play, accom-
panied by the inspiring music OF
that magnificent pipe organ, We
want each young editor to write .
little story Of hts or her impress
sions, and tell how and why David
and Vera should md Joy in their
new homes and forget the unhappk
ness and sorrow Of the old.
Write Just a. you feel, for we are
sure that when the scenes portray