The evening world., 1919-01-21
EVENING WORLDS :
FORUM IS MAKING
WOMEN CITIZENS
$50 of Them on East Side
Take First Step in Ameri-
canization.

Two hundred and ffty women Of
the east side will be started on their
way toward American citizenship to-
morrow evening through The Evening
Worlds public school forum cam
paign for the Americanization of the
foreign born.
The forum WIN be held az Public
School No. 4, Rivington and Ridge
Streets, and II will be the first meet
ing 10 be held under the State law,
passed at the urging OF Tho Evening
World, which makes any school build
ing available for the assemblies when
twenty-five citizens of the district in
which the school N located have re-
quosted its use for this purpose
Supreme Court Justice Edward r
Finch. who presides 10 Part IL OF
Special Terms, which deals exclusive
ly With naturalization cases, wall dis
tribute 20 $50 women papers for the
declaration of their intentions to be-
! como citizens. II VIII DO the first
/ time such a ceremony was ever held
| in New York. Many OF these women
are real patriots. who. tired OF waiting
/ for their husbands to become citizens,
have decided to go ahead with 10 on
their own hook. Their action. in
many cases, will prove an incentive
for their husbands to take similar
steps
Miss Anna Cunningham, Principal
Of the evening school at Public
School No. 4. will preside at the
forum It was she who got together
most OF the women declarants, and
she Ia heartily supporting the plans
TO unite the many races and national
ities OF the east side IN loyalty TO the
American flag aid n true understand
ing OF the institutions OF this country.
Justice Finch will tell the prospec-
tive women citizens OF the sig
nificance of the step they are taking
and explain the duties and privileges
OF citizenship. Other speakers at the
! forum will include Martin A. Sturges
OF the Naturalization Department at
| Washington, Herman Boyer OF the
/ County Clerks Office and Justice
benjamin Hoffman Of the Municipal
! Court. ,
There will be community singing
on plans organized by The Evening
World. The choruses will be con-
Quoted by Mrs. X. V. Marshall. and
Will ne EedTu pdtIlOtlC anu OlutT airs
| Other features on the programme
will provide entertainment and edu-
cation and will foster the community
spirit that the forums seek to estab-
lish on the east side. There will be
music, and the children OF the neigh
borhood will display their talents in
recitntions, tableauN. music and other
lines in which they have proved capa-
BILE. This latter work win be under
the direction OF Mrs Mary Donohue.
who Is the Principal OF the day classes
at Public School No. 4.
The Universal Settlement Band will
provide the music. Daniel NJ. Alperin
will attend the forum at the direction
OF Eugene Gibney, Supervisor OF Com
munity Centres. as the representative
of the Board of Education.
The forum campaign Ia meeting
with enthusiastic support. Thousands
OF the polyglot population OF the
east side are eager for instruction IN
Americanism. The forum will edu-
cate them and promote community
| welfare as well.
The appointment Of committees and
the general programme for the cam
paign were completed yesterday.
Many noted men will address the
forums TO he held in the various
schools and the work will be ex-
tended as the need for II is shown.