South Bend news-times., 1921-05-22
NEWS OF MISHAWAKA
Ne1CsTfmes office I2O Lincoln Way W. Phone Mshauaka 10
EDITORIAL
THE FELLOWSHIP CLUB OF
NuGHAWAKA

capital program Will be provided. 10
may not be out OF place 20 pay trib-
ute % the directors for the very ex-
celleut line Of entertainment pro-
vided the members since the clubs
formation two years ago. and also
compliment the membership on the
hearty cooperation II has extended
the directors by IT'S large attendance
at each and every one OF the month
~ meetings.
The entertainment furnished has
been OF a quality such as TO please
the most exacting Of critics, and
has helped wonderfully TO inculcate
a broader vision and higher ideals
among those fortunate enough 70
belong 70 the club. When 800 men
OF the community gather together at
these functions. men comprising all
walks Of life, 1t Is not surprising that
a healthy spirit Of cameraderie Is
engendered. Indeed. II would seem
strange were II otherwise. This
. helpful and stimulating influence
has succC 5ied in bringing into still
closer relationship the employer and
employe, and has tended 20 a fur
therance OF mutual interests so
necessary to the seuccess. to the wei
being Of any community.
From every point or view the
Fellowship cluJ Is one Of the most
helpful and inspiring organizations
ever formed in the city, and much
of its success is due Fred G.. Eber-
hart. its president. NJ. w. Mix, past
president, and Charles A. OstrOm
through whose indefatigable efforts
the club was made possible.
We trust with the advent OF next
season the directors will be enabled
10 continue on the lines laid down at
the inception OF the enterprise, and
that the membership will increase to
such a point as may make it neces-
sary 20 secure larger quarters IN
which 10 hold the meetings.
Sunday Evening Band Concerts.
Two years ago a movement in be-
half OF Sunday band concerts in the
parks was started throughout the
city and 1000 signatures were
easily obtained to a petition in their
favor and presented TO Mayor Cay
/ Tor. This was the last heard Of the
matter, despite the fact that senti-
ment is stronger today than ever
for the Sunday evening concert.
Mishawaka is behind many cities
OF less Importance in this respect;
and it is regarded a pity that the
mayor should have failed to take
steps which would have assured 5he
city's toilers AMI .heir families one
evenings recreation and enjoyment
during the week
Two years ago NJ. ". Mix financed
series of six Sunday concerts at
Battel park during the hot weather.
Judging from the crowds in attend
ance at each concert. and the en-
thusiasm evident, there was no
doubt in the minds of the petition
ers, that the innovation was a popu-
lar one In order TO test the senti-
ment Of the people some of these
concerts were given ih the afternoon
and others in the evening which fact
led Capt. l. EGgene Willes, director
Of the Dodge Co. band, TO the con-
clusiOn that the evening concert was
the most largely patronized and
therefore the most popular.
The matter has again been brought
up, and another effort will be made
TO get action by the city. During
midsummer months most of the
churches dispense with evening ser
vices; and those who are unable TO
maintain an automobile or spend
their summers outside the city would
welcome the opportunity Of visiting
I f,---
tening 20 some really good music.
II has been suggested that the
concerts alternate among the differ
ent city parks. The band stand at
Batteu park is useless for the pur-
pose. having become unsafe, and 1t
would be necessary TO erect new
structure before concerts could be
given at this point.
II is 10 be hoped that the COM
parative small expense necessary TO
finance the concerts Will be forth
coming The city will gain by ii in
the long run while its working pOpu-
Iation will appreciate to the limit
the effort in its behalf.
DifTusing Productive Effort.
The English scientist who de-
clares England has too many people
and must get rid OF them before
there can be a state Of normal hu-
man happiness IN the island puts II
IN a -blooded. blunt way. but
there is a good deal OF truth in his
statement. and the English people
are right now facing the problem.
The lives Of people are affected by
the conditions under which they Ia
bcr England has become a great
centralized manufacturing district
Of the world. and millions OF human
beings are congregated in these mar
row areas. 1t IS beginning 10 ap-
pear that the population in these
centers has outstripped in growth
the Industrial enterprises and the
provision for decent and happy liv-
ing. and aside from the temporary
conditions or unemployment It is
likely that the time is at hand when
there must be a greater diffusion OF
English productive effort.
Premier Lloyd George had some
thing Of this sort in mind when he
advised emigration as one means OF
lesseninE the evils OF the unemploy-
ment situation. Industrial life IN
England has become top heavy, and
il viii be necessary for the people 20
live closer TO nature. Obviously, be-
fore they can do that, there must be
more room. and a portion Of the
population will be compelled 10 seek
quarters IN more sparsely populated
lands
This condition IS not peculiar 70
England. except for the reason that
England is a land made up so large
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