The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-24
Too Many Foreigners
Says Speaker for Good
of the Country
STICK TO GOOD
OLD ANGLO-SAXON
Young Chinese Student
Tells Rotary Club How
Glad He is to Be in Their
Midst

"Oh hoy, on boy Why: oh boy yee
L fecl- like a-mornhing- SLAM
And Preston BeIviu, Billy Adams
Tom Planetary, Alvin Smith, Jcter
Jones, Bill Dabney, Tom Sydnor, be-
sides several other roughnecks VINO
could not be distinguished by the
back of their heads. we're raped 10
order by President Mac Burlington.
The Business Mems club was gaiiy
decorated with A m eri can haSs,
Christmas bells. holly, mistletoe and
brilliant little electric lights, in the
center of the room looming UP a
beautiful Christmas tree loaded down
with carefully wrapped tokens of the
merry Yuletide.
II was the Christmas celebration of
the Rotary club. Every man was
there and in his place. President
Burlington. fanked by his predeces-
scrs, Harold Bloomberg and Tom
McAdams and his vice president.
Frank McF'aden, with the clubs spi1'-
itual advisor. DIR. Caiisch sitting near.
fashion.
HUNGRY WIGHTS.
Turkey and mince pies were being
devourcd by $50 Rotarians, ably
aided and abetted by a score Of
young foreign students resident here
at Richmond college and the Medical
College of Virginia, who were the
special guests OF the Rotarians
After filling themselves with food.
the guests were invited to take their
stand at the foot Of the throne occu-
pied by the president. who gave them
tho glad hand of fellowship and
brotherfy interest indicative of the
Rotary idea, and they all, as one man.
expressed themselves as really TOO
full for utterance, all except G. T..
Hui. a srnart-looking Chinaman. who
is taking course at Richmond cob
lege. He declared that he could not
had unbosomed himself and cx-
pressed his feelings at this magnifi-
cent display of friendship.
Il been in this here country Two
mon said Hui. in as good English
a. any Howard Bryant had ever
sprung. You take China Of all the
old country; she is the only one you
Greece, all fioocy. But here China.
she still here to see. And she fris.n
of America, and America friend of
she China on the other side, and
America here--but close together.
Egypt and others an gone, but China
And | hope we be good friend al
time, and get closer and closer, though
We Tar apart
Maxine Ducharrnes raftcrs rang
as the stocky little Celestial took his
seat
AMIKICASISM.
The real feature of the event was
tho speech OF John Powell, true
Blue American. q Nirginian and above
all a Riehmonder.
He spoke on "Amor;cansrn and
sought to show that the only real
American ism was that which cast out
everything pertaining 70 bolshcvisru,
the melting pot, the polygiot popula-
ton. the alien language and the av-
phenated citizen.
Mr.. Powell said il should be lust
rs important to look out for the In
tercsts of the children of the coun-
try as II is 30 propagate the better
species in pigs. dogs and horses. One
language, he aid. should prevail, aud
that langua should be that OF tie
AnEio-Saxon, the race OF all races.
He said the United tSstes Is not
nation. II is slowly evolving into
one, but with its poiysiot popuiat ton.
ii stands in great danger of being ab-
sorbed by the foreign clements evan
now creating dlscord and revolution.
He said that IL there we're not a stop
put to the progress of the alien. his
country would he a honeycopb Of
provinces constantly at variance and
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