The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-26
Boblitt Delivered Fine Address
ON Bol.hevism satur-
day Afternoon, e.,
"ELIxlR OF YoUTH"'ls !: h. !:
SIDE SPLITTING COMEDY
Sunday Program Completed
With Relic Mcbride and (:
j. the Schweitzer Sextet

Ahe CAduLdu4ut program ciOSeu LOF
this season with last nights per-
form9nce. This has been the most
successful season so far, both In point
of numbers who attended and In fl
nances.
y. The Saturday afternoon program
Iccntained the lecture by Homer C.
Boblitt on "Bolshevism in Russia and
America" and as Mr.. Boblitt untold
ed his experiences in Soviet Russia
and told what his own eyes had wit
messed and his own ears had heard
there could have been no one who
would be willing to trade out Ameri-
can system Of government for the
Soviet system of Russia.
Describing the simple, industrious
and religious life of the Russian
peasant, his honest, hospitable and
high moral standard Of living, the
chaste, virtuous life Of the Russian
women and girls and then contrast
ing with this the atheistic, atrocious
and pitiless life forced on them un-
der the soviet regime 1t was little
wonder that Russia was the crippled
bleeding failure that she is today.
The features Of the soviet system
in Russia that forever, make 1t i'm
possible of success In civilized coun-
tries is the fact that its tap root,
its foundation stone is based on athe-
ism. Vandalism Of churches, atroc-
tiles against women, the natiOnaliz-
Ing Of girls and women of useful and
attractive ages, its economic failure,
its political monstrosities and it's ut
ter failure to continue productivity
Of industries. stamp 1t as a. thing ut
terly unfit for the consideration Of
any civilized community and thing
only against which: all the combined
efforts Of our citizens and our gov
eminent institutions should be unit
ed imam endless and untiring COM
bat. 2 '.~-
e The speaker of yesterday after
noon, Rollo Mcbride, had message
which gripped os every, man, womsn
and child In his hearing. Mr.. Nc
Bride does not baJleve thatt+sa polies
court system SUD as was uaed. nDfy
or q hundred yen y ago Is suited to
the modern life. He pointed out In
a. strong vigorous way the fact that
at present there could be nothing but
criminals developed out Of the pre-
sent method of handling boys and
girls In the jails, penetentaries and
work houses of the country. Instance
after instance was pointed out of
men, who, had through unintentional
mistakes been forced either to the
jails, penitentaries and sometimes the
gallows when a little help of a right
kind lat the right time would have
returned them to useful, respect
full and even highly influential lives
In their communities.
5%# The wastage of mothers sons ia
terrible, said Mr. Mcbride. and yet in
his own way and through the means
of. the system he is behind tWelIy
two thousand men and boys have bdln
helped to regain their manhood al d
make a fresh start after having fall
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