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munity: his obligation toward the state
and the federal government to which
he owes allegiance: his food, health,
clothing, employment and the laws
which regulate his daily intercourse
with his fellow men are demonstrated
to him in a practical way.
Americas great men. the American
flag, holidays and national anniver-
saries all form a part of the fnstruc-
tion, and with each lesson the immi-
grant learns how to become d citizen
OF the country which he has voiuuta-
rily chosen for his home and in which
he hopes to bring up his children to en-
joy the fruits of its democracy. The
lessons are all In the simplest Eng
rapidly obtain a working use OF the
language.
1t has been the aim Of the federal bu-
reau of education in conducting Amer
lea first" campaigns. through which
Americanization will be attained. to go
first to the constituted school author
tiles and tender cooperation. assist
ance and suggestions. to prevent in
consistent policies being followed the
organization and the methods Of the
movement in its national phases re ex-
planned. If. then. the services + the
bureau are further solicited in cTSaniz-
ing local America first" campaigns. nc,
forces. industrial. social and otherwise.
in consistent, organized effort toward
the end in view. Where the local COM
mercial organization is a civic force.
commanding prestige and the support
Of other agencies. 1t Is usually asked to
tho school authorities. the consensus Of
opinion being that Americanixation Is
largely an Industrial problem.
In connection with this Americans.
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and conditions with which war Ameri-
canization will largely have to DEAL
Sitting in his Office. he said:
"For several months the committee has
been executing an extensive scheme Of
orca MIA ton, which will associate with
il not only a number Of subcommittee.
but approximately 1000 industrial leaders.
REPRESENTATIVES of chambers OF commerce
and officials of industrial corporations
employing foreign labor Foreign born
leaders for each nationality residing in
the United States are being designated to
help the committee by facilitating tho
participation Of their respective national
groups in the America first campaign
through which the war Americaniza-
tion plans will be carried out"
DR.. wheaton emphasized the point
that this is the first time those OF
foreign birth have been given an op-
portunity to participate in national
way in the movement to provide edu-
catjonal facilities for immigrants. and
that the object Of the committee Of one
hundred is to bring together and cor
relate the diverse activities Of all the
forces engaged in the education Of
immigrants.
He said:
This unique plan is already being
worked out in New York city by an
oficial Of the committee of one hun
dred. In that city the appeal for war
Americanization met with such en-
thusiastic response that upon the sug-
gestion Of the mayors defense COM
mittee the state board Of education Of
New York appropriated $4,000 to
carry out the plan"
This intensive campaign will be
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zation work the bureau Of education
has about finished series OF reading
lessons for soldiers Of the National
Army who need instruction in this
branch of learning. 1t is estimated
that there are $4,000 of these men who
VIII be instructed y probably through
the Y. NJ. C. Ain the rudiments Of
English by the medium of simple. prac-
tical lessons treating of objects and
events in their daily routine in the
camp.
This series of lessons Is written by
Miss Florence c. Fox. specialist in edu-
cational systems, and edited by the
commissioner of education. They are
based upon the immediate interests
of the Army life of the soldier and upon
stories in literature, history and sci
ence which may contain some element
of patriotism. While they are written
In words of one or two sylla b!es: they
are expressed with a dignity bedtting
the grown men they are intended to
instruct
Miss Fox is enthusiastic over the
work. She has visited the camps and
cantonments. dined at the mess, IN
spected the quarters of the men. the
kitchens and the equipment, and writes
of her own personal observation ana
experience.
Miss Fox has shown rare judgment
stories from the Bible and poems and
stories from other great pieces OF
world literature of special interest to
men in camp.
In speaking of the spelling and
writing book based upon the phonetic
element in teaching reading. MISS FOX
explained that his basic principle con-
sists of the power to associate the
letters of the alphabet with the vari-
ousN sounds which those letters repre-.
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The Hate of the Hun.

ssTHE German cover, sove,nmsn. .sa. b hates ss'
minds me of a story"
The speaker was Louis RaemaeckerA
the Dutch cartoonist. now in New York
He went on:
BLACK and White ran clothing stores
next door to each other. and they were
bitter enemies.
BLACK had a dream one night He
dreamed the angel Gabriel appeared to
him and said:
BLACK. you're a good fellow. and
am here to grant you one wish. Yes.
any one thing you wish for you can
have But l must warn you that. what
ever I give you. have to give the dou-
BILE of it to White next door. for he's
more charitable than you. and. besides.
he supports his mother-in-law.'
BLACK had been smiling blissfully.
but at these last words he scowled at
the angel as black as a thundercloud-
"well, wish.' said the angel Gabriel
Hurry up and wish
az wish,' said Black. slowly. that
you make me blind in one eye-"
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many, Mawruss. such serial number
a. U.6S for Q German submarine would
never have been heard Of. They would
have stopped short at U-2 or U-2b."
well. anybodys liable to get stuck
in a swap with vacant lots. Abe." Nor
ris said. "and the chances Is tho poor
feller figured that with this here He'll
goland the only person who would have
tho nerve to call such real estate real
estate. understand. would be real
estater with first-class imagination
when the tide was out"
That's what Germany figured. too"
Abe said, "and the consequence Is she
went to work and improved them va
cant lots with fortifications which lay
50 low in the water. Mawruss. that
from two miles out at sea no ono would
dream Of such things-least Of all an
admiral"
$50 how could you blame a prime
minister II he didn't suspect what Ger
many was up to when she bought that
sand bank?" Morris asked.
"Of course. that was, long time be-
fore the war. Mawruss." Abe said.
Nowadays the dumbest primo minister
knows enough to know that coming
from a German diplomat. a simple re-
mark like: Good morning. amt 1t
an elegant weather we are having? Is
subject to one Of several constructions.
none of which is exactly what you
could call kosher. understand"
And supposing he finds such q re-
mark in a letter from a German diplo-
mat to the kaiser. Abe?" Morris asked.
What does 1t mean then?"
That depends on where 1t is writ
ten FROM" Abe said. which If the min
lister of foreign affairs down in Para
quay or Peru finds out that German
ambassador has written home to the
effect that he is feeling quite well again
and hopes this letter finds you the
same. understand. the foreign min
lister hustles over to the war depart
ment and wants to know II they ara
going to allow him to be insulted in
that way by dirty crook like that.
On the other hand. II the chief Of the
United States secret service gets ahold
OF a letter from any ono Of them hon.
orary German diplomats who is prae-
tically holding down the job Of I'm
perial German consul to the Bronx
while drawing the salary of-we would
say. for example, New York supreme
court Justice. Mawruss. and II the let
ter says: Accept my best wishes for a
prosperous and happy new year. N
which my wife joins and remain
y'understand, that means the copper
was shipped in pasteboard containers
marked:
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brought to the notice Of those living
In remote mining towns and settle
ments. in great manufacturing dis
tricts and in the cities and towns,
through appealing poster advertise
ments printed in different languages
and dialects, societies of foreigners,
parochial institutions. news dissem--
periodical press. both in English and
foreign languages; motion picture
theaters and other methods which will
catch the attention OF the public.
Americanization must be, accomplish
ed largely through evening schools.
where the adult members of the family
can be instructed in a practical and
interesting way in the language. laws
and institutions Of America. These
schools are so arranged that night
morning course and vice versa. That
these courses may be made Of every
day interest the Interior Department
has circulated a syllabus Of a tentative
course in elementary ctyics for fmmi-
grants. This syllabus Is, for the use OF
as the bureaus complete course. now
in preparation. can be distributed.
The evening schools for foreign-born.
non-EngliSh speaking residents in
Michigan. Boston. Chicago. New York
and other parts of the country where
there 10 q large immigrant population
are being conducted along lines sug-
gested by the bureau Of education. the
results proving satisfactory. One Of
the first lessons consists in showing
how the community serves its citizens
and the citizens obligation to the COM
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Mawruss, I'll bet that King George has
got it, #.e
well. an English king can afford
to spend his time that way" Morris
said, because them English prime min
.sters is really prime. y'understand.
whereas you take the prime ministers
which the czar ebnich. the King OF
Greece and even the King OF Sweden
had 1t, and instead Of them prime min
listers being prime. understand me. they
ranged all the way from sirloin to
chuck. as they would say in the meat
business"
Some Of the English prime ministers
wasn't so awful prime neither" Abe
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1HHAf eEs1En ass a@ @ W .AE lied sAnE IS AeUI a

IT'S BECAUSE THIS HERR
GEsTED. "I DON'T THINK
the way every government secret serv-
Ice knows every other governments Sc
cret services secrets. Mawruss. it's
wonder to me that they don't call the
whole thing OF by mutual consent. be-
cause the only difference between gov
ernment secret services is that some
secret services is louder than others.
Take. for instance, the German Sc
cret service. and there was months and
months when this here DR.. Heinrich
Albert, Capt. Won Papen and his boy
Ed got as much newspaper publicity as
ono Of them rotten shows which re-
ceived such good notice from the
cricket OF the Cloak and Suit Gazette
that the manager thinks it may have
a chance. y'understand. Why. there
wasn't district messenger boy which
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passed over to the prime minister a
whole lot of important stuff which the
poor nebich was bound to slip up on,
because after all a prime minister is
only a prime minister"
Maybe you're right" Abe admitted.
but at the same time there's some
pretty smart prime ministers. too.
which you take this here prime min
lister Lord George over in England. and
that felIer practically runs the country.
In fact. as I understand it. King George
leaves the entire management to him.
so much confidence he's got in the
feller'
Perhaps it's because this here Lord
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We Mean Business.

seNS Ow that America has entered the
IN war" said Commodore J. w.
Miller of New York. president Of the
National Nautical Training Association.
"the blockade of Germany really seems
to amount to something.
Americas attitude reminds me Of an
anecdote.
to take his medicine, and his mother in
her wild terror wrung her hands and
walled:
"'Oh, my boy will die! My boy won't
take his medicine. and he viii der
..rhen a frail little voice spoke mp
encouragingly from the pillow:
Don't worry, mamma, Fatheru oe
home at dinner tim@ and hsu make
me take it,"
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PRUNES-USE NO HOOKS

"The German secret service certainly
fixes up some wonderful cipher codes.
Abe" Morris said. Sometimes a. much
as two hours and a quarter passes be-
fore a United States secret service man
gets the right dope on one Of them
code letters
Sure I know" Abe said. but most
times he don't have no more trouble
over Il than the average business man
would with a base ball column. which
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By MONTAGUE GLASS.

nn7 SEE where the French prssi-
OO dent is going to lose his prime
minister again" Abe Potash
said. (which the way that feller is al.
ways changing primo ministers. Maw-
russ. he must be terrible hard man to
work for.''
saw" Morris Perlmutter replied.
.rve got enough to think about keep
ing track Of what happens here in this
country without 1 should worry my
head over political meises in France
well. you are the same like whole
lot of Americans" Abe said. which for
all they read about what is going on
oyer in Europe, the Edison Manufac-
turing Company might Just so well
never have invented the telegraph at
ALL"
'I don't got to read It with such
statesman like you around here" Nor
ris retorted, so go ahead and tell me;
what did the French prime minister
done now that he gets fred for it,"
THAT only goes to show what you
know from prime minister's" Abe de-
clared "A prime minister never gets
fired, Mawruss-he resigns. and while I
admit that nine times out Of ten when
the French president has had prime
minister resign on him. It's probably
been a case of the stenographer tipping
the prime minister of that before the
boss went to lunch he said: If that
grafter's still here when I come back
thereIl be another prime minister go
ing around on crutches.' y'understand.
get at the same time this here last
prime minister has been right on the
Sob, and the French president has been
quite worried for fear he's going to
quit"
We'll. let him get along without
prime minister for a while" Norris
said. with the money the French peo-
pie is spending for war supplies. 1t
won't do him no harm to cut down his
pay roll. and besides what does he
want a prime minister for anyway?
Has President Wilson got a prime min
aster? Them people come over here q
couple Of months ago and cashed in a
hard luck story for a matter OF few
hundred million dollars. y'understand.
and like lot Of come-ons that we are.
understand me. It never even occurred
to us but what them boys was living
right up close to the cushion"
'How much do you think a prime
minister draws. Mawrussa million a
week." Abe asked.
1T amt how much he draws" Morris
said. Its the idea Of the thing which
don't care If he only gets nve dollars
o day and commissions. Abe. If Fresi-
dent Wilson would got q primo min
lister working for him. instead OF at
tending to the business himself. which
ls what President Wilson gets paid for.
understand. there's many a time when
the President has been out late at the
theayter or when he IL feeling under
The weather, understand me, where he
would say: Why should I kill myself
shaving day in day out like a slave.
y'understand. What have I got prime
minister for any wayr And that's how
bet yer the French president has
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"At the same time. Abe" Morris re-
marked. the Germans make things
pretty secret when they want to. other
wise how could the kaiser have kept
that mutiny under his chest for over a
couple of months
And you could take 1t from me. Maw-
russ" Abe said, before Michaelis let
it out in the reichstag he might just
so well have stopped in at the Lokal
Anzeiger office on his way downtown
and inserted a couple Of lines or SO
under the head Of Situations Wanted
Males"
why. I thought you said prime
minister never gets fred" Morris said.
Prime ministers is one thing and
chancellors another. Mawruss." Abe
told him.
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be and Norris on 1.-The Tangle Of Foreign Affairs


Then I imagine this here Michaetis
must be putting in . lot Of time n0w-
adays going over his contract to ses
II he's got any comeback against he
party Of the frst part In case that
crook nres him." Morris said.
well. he can keep on looking TN -
nnds another 1ob." Abe replied. "be-
cause the kaiser is like q lot OF osAer
hishwaymen In tho cuttins-up trada.
Mawruss. To them fellers the first snd
most important thing about 4 contract
is the loopholes. understand. and after
that's fixed. they don't caro- what goes
into It. which you take that contract
Of Michaelis's and bet yer that . po-
lice court lawyer could drive an ar
mored tank through them paragraphs
which Il supposed to hold the kaiser.
understand. whereas II Michaslis
wanted to get out OF It, MawrusA. hs
could go to work and hire MessYA.
Hughes, Brandeis and stanchheld. Sup
posing there was Gott soil huten such
q nrm of lawyers. and they wouldn't
be able to ind SO much as . COMMA
out of place for him"
"And as a good German. Abe. Michas-
lis would be awful disappointed II
they did," Morris said. because that's
the way the Germans feel toward the
kaiser. He robs 'em. he mur<ars 'em
and he starves their wives aud chill
dren to death. just SO him and his fam
fly could run tho country. and them
poor Heinies says to one another;
That's the kind OF kaiser to have!
A big strong man which he don't give
a nickel for nobody! He's a wonder
all right. and If we didn't have q feller
like that at the head Of the country.
don't know how we would be able
to stand all the trouble that cutthroat
and his crook family is causing us
heaven bless them"
'-The hopeless part Of IL is" Abe COM
mented. that there's no way Of put
ting a nation of ninety million people
In lunatic asylum. even If there was
an asylum big enough to hold them.
which there ain't. Mawruss."
And as much as you sympathize vim
lunatic, you can't have him gotng
around loose. Abe. Morris said. so
what are we going to do about ftr'
We'll. we're trying hard to shut 'sm
up in Germany again." Abe declared.
land after we've got them there. Nav
russ. I am willing to stand my share
of the expense that the war should 60
on long enough to give them lunatics
a little home treatment. y'understand.
and by home treatment. Mawruss. I
mean not only treating the 1unatics
themselves. but also treating their
homes" Abe continued. growing red in
the face at the thought Of 1t, which
only hope that I will live long enough
to see a moving picture OF German
homes the same like I seen moving pic
lures of French homes and Belgian
homes. and II that don't sweat the kali
ser-mania out Of their systems. they
:, are crazy for keeps"
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syndcste.)
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7HE Department of the Interior.
through the federal bureau OF
III education, is conducting an in
- tensive campaign for the war
Americanization of 100000 non-Eng-
9fsh-speaking foreign-born whites resi-
dent In the United States. and for
the teaching of $4,000 soldiers Of the
National Army to read and write.
Recent Developments in the State
Department show that since the out
break of the European war there has
been q network Of intrigue which has
spread itself like q blanket over tho
Fnited States, encircling in Its meshes
hundreds Of foreign-born citizens.
many Of whom, unconscious OF the ex-
teut to which they were being drawn
into the betrayal of their adopted
country through ignorance OF its
language and institutions, have been
snads the tools of unscrupulous agents
Of Germany.
The aim Of this campaign Is to
stfunulate the acquisition Of tho Eng
aish Language by all immigrants. and
70 inspire q genuine allegiance to the
United States irrespective Of nation
atty. That the entire country II
aroussd to the needs of such a move
mont was revealed in the thousands of
letters of inquiry which poured INTO
the bureau Of education.
Leading men and women OF Amer
5ca's Industrial, commercial ana Social
life volunteering their services ana
their means to help forward this cam
paisn. which they believe will go Tar
toward molding the minds and charac.
tiers of these foreign-born men ana
women who have sought in this coun-
try a refuge from the oppression ano
woyernment from which they have
When 1t developed that. in spite OF
Shs United States possessing the gIest,,
system in the world. there were oosooo
goldiers in the National Army. men N
the prime of first manhood. VINO couIo
not read. DR.. Philander T. Claxton, na-
tfonal commissioner of education, De.
iiering that war Americanization should
begin right there. started an inten-
give preparation for teaching .nese so.-
way, so that as they learned the ruoi-
ments of q primary educatlon tnSy
would at the same time imoioe uttie
Science. history and literature, which
would stimulate patriotism ana EN-.
pf1asize civic obligations on the part
of each individual.
Official records show that of the g.
600 900 foreign-born men and women
residing here, only a small NUMBER
have attended evening school to learn
the language Indispensable 70 employ.
ment, business and social relations In
this country. While the children OF
these parents attend the public schooIs,
the older members of the family con-
tinue to speak their native language IN
the home, are imbued with the teach
1ngs. principles and institutions OF tne
countries from which they came and
perhaps unconsciousiy surround their
children with an atmosphere foreign
to American ideals.
The war Americanization means .
concerted effort to induce these immt-
grants to learn English and acquire
knowledgesof the government institu-
tions and ideals Of the United States
Americas part In the war and the OBJ
dSatiens Of an immigrant to the coun-
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couldn't direct you to No. II Broad
way, where that secret service had its
head offices, and I would be very much
II they didn't ship their bombs
from No. II Broadway to the steam
boat docks in covered automobile de-
livery wagons with signs painted on
'em:
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one hundred, appointed In September of
1916 by the commissioner of education
This committee acts as an advisory coun-
Gil to the commissioner of education and
his staff in all matters pertaining TO
Americanization through education.
The national committee of one hundred
is composed Of men and women, from all
walks of lfe-Anthony Camnetti. com
missioner general of immigration; Mrs.
Harry NJ. Bremen, national board OF Y.
w. C. A; Albert Shaw, editor OF Re
view Of Reviews: John Price jackson:
John Mitchell. Jane Adams Of HUH
House, Chicago; August Belmont. Dud-
ley D. Sicher. who maintains. at hi,
own expense, evening and vocational
schools for immigrants in New York. ana
others. DR.. Wheaton, who is chairman
of the executive committee OF the ma
tional committee of one hundred. has
his office in the old Pension Office build
ing.
A lawyer by profession. DR.. Wheaton
was a special Investigator in the bureau
OF industry and immigration Of New York
and was subsequently employed in the
capacity Of prosecutor for the state with
special reference to the operations Of ir-
responsible and criminal individuals and
institutions which were exploiting for
eigners through illegal banks and other
wildcat schemes. He is also a specialist
on the labor board of the state depart
ment of labor and industry Of Pennsyl-
vania, sitting with the board at it's meet
ings, held in Philadelphia. He brings to
this work q close touch with the people
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A TIPPING
YUNDERSTAND"
feie which
ing
let half continent through
thk in
ALT ahd
would call first
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The war Americanization means .
concerted effort to induce these immt-
grants to learn English and acquire q
knowledge Of the government institu-
tions and ideals Of the United States.
Americas part In the war and the OBJ
dgatiens Of an immigrant to the coun-