Arizona republican., 1919-10-22

to understand and love the spirit-the life of America.
 America has been called the melt ing pot To me it is misnomer, for it can not rightly be so called, until we have learned the secret of melt ing and moulding into loyal, contented, American citizens, our foreign-born population.
 "In September, 1918, the General Federation of Women's clubs, chose the subject Americanization as the most important line of work to be followed. And all state chairmen were urged to adopt this and work it out according to their local needs.
 This means, that about 100000 club women are today studying this subject. And if 2,00O,000 women will really undertake this campaign, if they can be made to feel intensely, the great importance of it, they can and will accomplish much.
 But it is a most serious question and must be approached delicately.
 Go Forward Cautiously.
 Tt has not been my privilege to visit lands across the waters, but 1 have been in Mexico City and the Amer jeans living there have an American quarter and I remember how delighted we were when we met Americans.
 50, the foreigners that come to our country, and have their quarters in our cities, are in reality quite like ourselves. loving their own kind and 1 desiring to be together.
 Tt is a distinctly human situation and to reach the bottom of it and ob- tain the best results, we must proceed humanely.
 'So let us go forward cautiously, step by step, with much patience much tact-and first of all, let us be sure that we are thoroughly Americanized ourselves
 How many of us take the interest we should in the elections of our city, county and state officials? How many of us are seriously interested in the laws passed by our legislators? Not all of us I am sure. Yet, we become more truly American, if we take an tctive interest in all such affairs.
 First Prepare Ourselves.
 And if we are to properly teach others, we must first carefully prepare | ourselves and painstakingly study the situation.
 Aside from this one great subject are many others of intensive interest to club women-among them child welfare and some one has said that it is a mistake to try to make people better-the thing to do is make better people.
 Then we have public health which relates to sanitation, thrift, commun- ity service and adult hygiene
 only Ynnntiot1 tbaca faTxr If he most important subjects. But whether we devote our time exclusively t Americanization, or community serv- ice. or child welfare-let me plead witt yoR for your earnest cooperation. During the past two years our clut life and activities have given way |; things of far greater need-but now let us gather up the scattered ends let us put forth our very best effort! and bring our club back to where i Vas before the war-not only to where it was-let us carry it beyond
 Must Work Together. I've can and will make a splendi' success of this-if each one of you vii say, I am going to help make it sue ceed.'
 Tt is only in this way that we cal . hope to accomplish anything wort while.
 Let us work together and keep to
 gether. with no prejudices. no ami , mosities and let us ever speak a kin 4 word for fellow worker.
 And in closing let me quote iron :. Joaquin Miller who has a little mes sage for us all. :, : -'Is it worth while that we jostl a brother
 Bearing his load on the rough roa of life?
 Is it worth while that we jeer a
 each other
 In blackness of heart? That we wa
 to the knife?
 God pity us all in our pitiful strife. : God pity us all as we jostle each other q God pity us all for the triumph we feel,
 . When fellow goes down with hi i, load on the heather, d Pierced to the heart-words are keene ?; than steel, II And mightier far, for woe or for veal }