The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-11-21
A CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
Speaker Holds Audience Spell Bound
for Hour and Half and
It Still Cries for
More.

King George, but Lloyd George that
presides over the destines of England, -
declared DIR. ]. s. Ladd Thomas, Of
Chicago in his address to the Men s
Six O 'clock Club of the Park Avenue
Methodist church at is first meeting of
the year Monday evening.
David Lloyd George was the instru-
ment around which DIR. Thomas build
ed most mastery address to a large
audience of interested spectators, al
though Lloyd George was a very small
part of it. The occasion was the first
meeting Of the year of the Six O'clock
Men s Club of the Park Avenue Metho-
dist Church and the rooms devoted to
the activities of the club were crowded
to their capacity.
Promptly at 6:45 an elegant dinner
was served by the ladies of the church
and at 7:15 DR.. Thomas began his
speech. Feeling that his time was
limited he cut lecture that usually
requires an hour and a half for it's
delivery to an hour but at the end of
the hour the audience cried EGO oni
Go ont and he spoke for half hour
longer and at the close of the hour and
a half there were still cries for him to
come. A very small part of what he
said follows:
" A narrow minded Englishman said
to me just about the beginning of the
war that Wales had never produced a
first class statesman. just before the
signing Of the armistiee I saw him
again and asked him what he thought
about Wales producing a first class
statesman now and he replied, ooh,
Lloyd George is not a Welshman at all,
he is an Englishman' / replied that
If a man is born in stable it is not
necessary that he be horse.
( cit is true that Lloyd George was
born in Manchester while his parents
were residing there temporarily, but his
father was Welsh school teacher. We
have not yet learned to appreciate our
school teachers. I would like to have
it in my power to go over this entire
country Of ours and educate school
boards as the great value to the coun-
try Of school teachers.
1fWhen young Lloyd George was
about year old his father moved back
to Wales and was living on farm
Most Of our great men come from the
farms. The city boys do not amount
to much. God pity the city boys and
girls. The country boys and girls are
the the salt of the earth. It is out
in the country where they breathe in
the pure. clean breath of God with their
living where the true man and women
come from.
"When Lloyd George was two years
of age, disease which had fastened it.
self upon the vitals of his father fin
ished its work and he was taken out
into the other and larger world. Wo-
men are always heroic and the women
of Wales especially so. The farm on
which Lloyd George was brought up
was ON q hill side overlooking a great
haven. When the French admiral at
one time sailed his fleet into the haven,
the women alone put on their Welsh
red shawls and when the French ad-
miral saw them be exclaimed that the
country had received a great reinforce
men of Red Coats and he got scared
at the great number and sailed away
without molesting them.
"The Chinese have a motto that
there are only two good women in the
world. One of these is dead and the
other never was born. Y The speaker
here paid one of the greatest tribute to
women the audience ever listened to.
Lloyd Georges mother was not
modern woman she was not can
didate for anything, not even for the
presidency of her club, but just a
glorious woman. Tt is as a mother
that woman sways the scepter. The
most formidable influence in the life
of child is found in the woman who
bends over the cradle. I had hoped
this country of ours would lead the
world in the emancipation of woman
and giving them the right of franchise,
but the countries of Europe are ahead
of us. IF we don't get move on us
the Democracies of Europe viii leave
JUS far behind. But let it be remem-
bered that the crown of glory of wo-
man is motherhood. Lloyd George had
a glorious mother, and she brought him
up in the nurture and admonition Of
the Lord.
"When Lloyd Georges father died
his bachelor uncle, Richard Lloyd, went
down to the farm where he and his mo-
ther lived and took them to his home
f