The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
PATRIOTIC SUNDAY
DRAWS Big CROWD
AT LAKE MILLS
Thousands OF People Listen To Pa.
triotic Speeches and Take Part In
An Interesting Program Last
Sunday.

The eighth and last of the series of
Patriotic Sundays was held in the city
park at Lake Mills August rs, and was
in many respects the best of the
group. There were double the num-
Der of speakers and the musical num-
bers were especially good.
The exervices of the forenoon were
of a religious character, the invocation
being given by DR.. Henry Faville of
Lake Mills. Rev. d. @. Grabill follow
ed with patriotic sermon having for
its keynote the high cost of loving"
our country and emphasizing the fact
that no sacrifices that we can make
can equal those of our boys who are
following the example Of Christ in Of
fering their lives as a willing sacri-
flee" ON the altar of their country. He
said a new religion would come out of
this war and stated that religion
meant more to a soldier than one in
civil life and that there was more real
religion in the trenches today than
anywhere else in the world His ad-
dress was full of deep thought and
one calculated to arouse people to
new faith in the religion of Christ in
this time of war.
The afternoon program began with
a musical number, America Triumph
ant" by the Liberty chorus of Lake
Mills under the direction of Miss Mil
dred Faville, which was very good
The Lake Mills chorus has been one
of the best choruses of the series. Miss
Dorothy Fargo followed with two vo-
Flying" and Its Your Country and
It's My Country" which were espec-
tally we'll received Other musical
numbers of the day and evening were
solos by Miss Dorothy Yandra of
Lake Mills and W. N. Kunz of Della
field and selections by a mixed quar-
tette, residents of Lake Mills, and a
male octette which was composed of
talent from Lake Mills, Waterloo and
Fort Atkinson.
Afternoon Program.
The speakers of the afternoon were
Col. S. T. Smythe of Delafield and Rev.
A. j. Sedan of the Lutheran Church
Board of the Army and Navy Rev.
Sedan is now stationed at Camp
Grant, but previous to this had an Of
fee at the Leavenworth prison where
he often held services for the prison
ers, an audience, he said, which diff
fered very much from the one of to-
day, one of the differences being the
entire absence of the feminine element
He gave much praise to the men in
the environments, saying they were the
finest bunch of fellows in the world,
assured all the mothers that they
need have no fear for the physical or
moral well being of their boys in
camp. Defined patriotism as being as
strong as the pillars OF death and as
tender as the love of mother for her
son." Said that war brought out our
patriotism in fuller force. He spoke of
the flag as a symbol of the heroism
and bravery of our nation from it's
earliest years and likened it to the
rainbow of promise that God set in the
sky as a covenant with his people, and
closed with a most sincere and heart
felt prayer for the boys lover there"
After the very fine address that Col
S. T. Smythe gave two weeks ago at
the Waterloo meeting no more en-
his fame. AS the second speaker of the
afternoon at the Lake Mills meeting
he gave a mastery effort along the
lines Of his former speech, re-empha-
sizing the fund of valuable infOrma-
ton that he obtained through person.
al interviews with those high in au-
thority and his own actual presence
upon the scene where the momentuous
events of the last few years have
taken place. He was most emphatic in
saying that history can never gloss
over the acts of vandalism perpetrated
through the Prussian government and
gave one of the most eloquent eulogies
to Albert, king of Belgium and his
heroic queen. He warned against a
new peace propaganda that is being
launched and with every ounce of his
forceful personality urged every one
to be up and doing and to put down all
such talk and also to set our faces
against all unjust criticism of those
who are giving of their time and
strength to all forms of war work
Mr. Karl Mathie, secretary of the
American Friends of German Democ-
racy, the first speaker of the evening,
also made at this time his second ap-
pearance before Jefferson county
audience. His address was intensely
patriotic and coming from one of Ger
man parentage introduced a new view
point. He is intensely opposed to any
thing savOring of Prussianism either
in this country or anywhere else and
gave it as his hope that we shall see
republic founded in Germany at
some future day. His explanation of
the aims and purposes of his society
was of much interest to his audience
and the announcement that an organ
izer of branch societies will at no dis
tant day be sent into Wisconsin was
received with favor
In "a Message from France" Lieut..
G. N. Savage from the French High
Commission gave a most inspiring
talk. Lieut.. Savage has just returned
from the western front and pauo n,oox,