The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19

from every side so that the tent was
soon filled to it's utmost capacity
Herbert Barrett of Fort Atkinson gave
two selections in his usual pleasing
manner.
Community singing under the excel
lent direction of Chan Masters of Fort
Atkinson opened the afternoon pro-
gram. This was followed by selections
from the Liberty chorus with Miss
Esther Bienfang of Jefferson as direct
or which were especially well re-
ceived. The audience was then given
a rare treat in the rendering Of
several very beautiful vocal numbers
by Mrs. BOhIman, a famous singer Of
Rockford, Illinois. Mrs. Bohlman is
her efforts were most enthusiastically
received.
The Johnson Creek honor roll was
dedicated by Attorney Lynn Smith of
Jefferson as the next number on the
program and his speech was excep-
tional in the depth of feeling and pa
triOtism that it displayed. Mr.. Smith
is an orator of no mean ability and he
used his power to the utmost tn
speaking of the sacrifices the boys
whose names are on the roll are max
ing, and made an appeal to young wo-
men who had no vocations to go as
nurses. He said we could honor these
boys by being first whole hearted Am
orleans and upholding all our ideals,
by stopping all disloyal propaganda
and by voting for men who were loyal
Americans and who would uphold our
institutions, that politics should be
laid aside in the coming elections, and
that in these ways could we pay trf-
butte to our boys who were marching
even now determined to do or to die in
the attempt to keep Americas honor
bright in the eyes of the world.
Captain James Hutchinson, who
comes to us with Message from the
Trenches" was received with open
arms by this Jefferson county audi
ence OF some four thousand people as
he stepped upon the platform to de-
liver the second address of the after
noon. He is an Englishman who but
recently has seen active service and
has been wounded on the battle field.
He is in this country in the interests
of the American Shipping Board and
has made two hundred speeches and
addressed 100000 men since April l..
When not in service he is a barrister.
Capt. Hutchinson began his address by
paying tribute to the hospitality of
America and to the bravery of our SOL
diers. He said in speaking of the first
contingent that went overseas from
this country: 81 have not seen such
men since 1916" referring to the
flower of his own country which went
into service at the beginning of the
war He said they raised an army of
five and One-half million men, with
the age limit from Is to SO and the
question was never asked whether a
man was married or single In speak
ing OF the flower of that army now be-
ing laid low he referred to what wO-
men are doing to fill in the ranks.
That women are being enlisted, that
with every regiment there is a COM
pany Of women called the Tommy w.
A. Cs, WOman's Auxiliary Corps, who
go and do the various things aside
from actual fighting that must be
done, and that the navy have a SINH
lar arrangement. He spoke also of the
Canary Girls" of Gretna Green.
These are women who have lost their
nearest and dearest and have gone in
to the work of making explosives
which bleaches their hair and skin to
bright yellow color They come from
all parts of the country and go into
this vast arsenal. Gretna Green from
being little town of seevral hundred
before the war has increased to $4,000
souls, IS per cent of whom are the wo-
men working in the arsenal All his
experiences told with the spirit of one
who has been there" we're most eff
fective, the suspense of the time of
waiting to Ego over the top" the
boys writing letters to loved ones to
be delivered only in case they do not
comeback, being wounded on the field
and the relief and comfort of being
taken to an American Red Cross hos
pital. Space forbids even the slightest
justice being given to this wonderful
address so replete with patriotism and
valuable information but it may suf-
flee to say that it was the opinion of
most of those present that America
does not realize that she is in war.
The ovation Capt. Hutchinson re-
ceived at the close of his speech was
evidence enough of it's effect upon his
audience
The Evening Program.
The evenings program consisted of
numbers by the Victory orchestra of
Fort Atkinson and vocal selections by
the Liberty chorus and very pleasing
exercise called a Liberty drill by
Johnson Creek young people, the Lii
berty sextette in their little play, "The
Girls Over Here" and a patriotic ad-
dress by Roy L. Wilcox of Eau Claire.