The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-01

A new country, one that IS DelnS | awakened politically. industrially, in tellectually and religiously, is the pie ture Rev. L. J. Karlovsky of the Slo- yak Lutheran church of this city, draws of Czeoho -SloVakia, that little war-born republic made up of Bo- nenlia, Moravia and Slovakia. MT. kar1oVsky with Mrs. karlovsky. re- turned two weeks ago from visit Of nearly year to his home, and is re- turning again in January to continue his work there.
 When Mir. KarlovSky left Slovakia IT years ago, it was part of Hun gary. The people were oppressed and were not taught their own tongue 3n | the schools, but were forced to learn Hungarian. SeVenty-five per cent. of | the population were illtterate and life | ran on in the same old grooves in
 which it had moved for hundreds of | years.
 Now all is changed. thousands of | free schools and a university have | been opened. the country is a repup- | lie and people are taking great in- | terest in the government; they are | developing their ind ustrieS and going | out after trade and are even changing
 their religion.
 When I got back after my 16
 years of absence, I found a new coun- | try" said MT. karlovsky. When I left 1t was an old country that had | stopped developing centuries before. l now it is a new country in all the | throes of development"
 During the nine months that he was l there, MT. Karlovsky 1ectured in Slo- vakia and Moravia in schools telling 1 of the advantage of education and of l American hygiene. He also lectured | In the churches advocating the estab- l lishment of Sunday schools. For the | Ministry of Immigration and Emigva- l tion he spent six weeks in Eastern | Slovak3a telling the people of labor ] conditions in the United States at the 1 present and advising them against l coming here now.
 
 children joined him in May, courage | ously making the long trip from this | city across the Atlantic and through l Germany to Prague, una-ss:sted. Mrs l karlovsky is an American born girl 1 of Czecho-Slovakian parents and this l was her first visit to the land of her | forefathers.
 | She had many interesting experi- | ences crossing Germany, especially l when a large crowd gathered about l them in the Hamburg railroad station to stare at the three children with their sailor suits and hats, bearing | the band "U. s. Navy" The oldest boy wanted to turn his hat about so I that the words wouldn't show, but | his mother forbade him to do so with
 spirit and the crowd proved to be not | unfriendly, only curious.
 | ''I wish you could see Germany, | she stod, "everything is bustling there | and they are so eager for your busf-
 ness. Even in the shops they go to
 all sorts of trouble to show you their l stock and there is none of that in
 dependence which you run across in l The three Karlovsky children are | now in school in Czecho-Slovakia, 1 awaiting their parents return in Jan uary MT Karlovsky found it nec-
 esstry to make this hurried trip to | this country to arrange certain mat
 ters at his church, from which he has
 a leave of absence, also to attend the
 Cleveland on December '. When they l leave in January they plan to be away l about a year and 8. half.
 | of the development of this new-old | country has been the awakening of | the women there. In pre-war days
 the peasant women worked in the l fields with the men and did the more | woma,nly tasks in the home The | wealthier women lived lives of leisure. | The business woman was unknown | Now, with the forming of the re- Il pubic, women have been given the | voting privilege with the men, and in l the Czecho-Sloval1ian Congress in l Prague there are three women sena- tors and seven women representa-
 tives. Girls are going into the busi- l ness and professional world. They are becoming stenographers, teach | CTS, physicians, lawyers and are aris-
 ing eagerly to the opportunities of-
 One of the striking features of a
 visit to Czecho-Slovakia today, ac-
 COrO1nS to hdIlONShS, IS lIle SAedl
 love and admiration they have for the United States. Fully 10 per cent of
 the present population of Slovakia has ? at one time lived in America and they
 have absorbed American ideals and
 ways of doing things to a surprising
 extent and retain a great veneration fcr this country.
 q saw more pictures of ex-Presi- dent vi. son in Czecho-Slovakia than IT have seen in America" said MT.
 Karlovsky. Wherever you go in
 any public meeting hall or resturant
 you will see the pictures of the | CZecho-S1ovakian President and of
 ex-President Wilson on the wall side
 by side. Wilson's popularity has not
 ALI DENTISTS INVITED
 | TO MEETING SATURDAY