Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-11-16
LITTLE FALLS, MORRISON COUNTY. MNNEso1

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TWO TALKS GIVEN AT HIGH
BY MRS. OLSON OF m.oQuBr AND
SGT. MURPHY, PRINCESS PAT
SURVIVOR :
Two very interesting addresses were
given at the high school auditorium
Wednesday evening, the first by Mrs.
Peter Oleson Of Cloquet, vice president
Of the state federation Of women q
clubs, and the second by Sergeant Muir
ply, one Of the few survivors of the
famous Princess Pat Regiment Of Can
ada, who was in the city in connection
with the appearance at the Victor the
atre last night of the Kanadian Kid
dies company of Canadian children
ranging in age from eight to. fourteen
years. They are making a tour for the
purpose of raising funds to be used in
recruiting Allied men in the United
States. The auditorium was filed for
the meeting, which was under the aus
pices Of the Musical Art club. s
Mrs. Oleson's subject was 'eThe
Americanization Of Foreign Women
q subject Of which she has made q deep
etudy and has had considerable expert
ence in settlement work and AZ in
structor in the night school at Clo-
quet. :.|%4IEE..t5t..
:. In her talk Mrs. Oleson described
what foreign men and women ara do
ing IN this country and what the wom-
en- L are doing in other countries, Rus.
eia g women being given as an example
and how they are helping TO win the
war. She said that American demo.
cracy cannot be safe until these people
have been made part Of our govern
ment. She could not tell, she said,
how many foreigners there are in this
country, but she said she did know
that if every immigrant were TO be put
out of this. country at once,. every in.
dustry would cease. Economically
then, we are dependent upon the immi.
grant, she said, and she added that If
it is necessary that we have the immi
grants for economic reasons then il
must certainly be important that they
be part Of the government. We must
first be able to understand our OWL
hopes and ambitions and then We car
lsee and understand the hopes and am
bitions Of the immigrants who are do
ing the world work. In our endeav
ors to do good, she said, We Try, to SEE
and work too far away. she continued
Let us discard our long distance glasses
and get on our short distance glasses
There is enough settlement work right
here at home to keep many Of us busy
Mrs. Oleson pointed out the one great
difference between tLis country and
the countries of the eastern hemis
rhere. In Germany, she said, the Ger.
mans now only Germans, in France
the French now only the French, in
Sweden the Swedes know only the
Swedes etc., but in this country it il
different. Here ell the different ma
tionalities are mixed, their children all
attend one school where a universal
language is taught, and all learn to
1--we each other. Mrs. Oleson said that
the onos destiny and, ambition Of this
country il to prove the brotherhood Of
man.
The way to Americanize the foreign
rs, the speaker saio, is to provide q
ig hit school for them, where they are
taught to love each other and to love
heir country. She said that this eoun'
try may have its big armies, nsviee.
great guns, etc., to protect it from the
enemy, but it must also have tho night
school to protect democracy within ou1
borders. Night school produces prac
tcal patriotism, she said, and as an Il
1ustration she told of man who at
tended her night school at Cloquet. A
a result of it he was admitted to citi
zenship, over which he was very proud
when war broke out he was seen wear
ing an American flag and now tha
same man is wearing a U. s. uniform
She paid a high tribute to the forme
Governor John A. johnson, man o
humble foreign parentage who came t.
mean great deal to the people OF thi
state and who was one of the best gov
ernors this state ever had. This state
ment brought rounds Of applause.
The foreign women, Mrs. Oleso
One means Of bringing them togethe
is the mothers club in the publ
school, where rich and poor, Catholi
ana frOCeSCanC, meet on ono COmmO
ground. We must do everything in on
power to make the foreign woman
true American woman, she said. /
closing she said that when we NEE
these foreigners and know in our heart
that they are capable Of self govern
ment, we wonder that the process
which shall bring this about is comm
SO slowly.
DR.. L.. M. Roberts introduced Sc,
geant Murphy, who gave q very inte'
esting talk. describing life in tn
trenches. He said that when his reg
ment, The Princess Lat Of Canada, wa
sent to the front they were put i
trenches 21a feet deep and partly flle
with water, and bodies Of Lead soldier
strewn all around. There was,a lull
the fighting then, and the Canadian
eager for excitement .for the start, d
icided upon q trench raid. The Ge
mans then had the pper hand in th
: war. When the raid was made the Ge
mans were taken by surprise and som