Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-03-10
ELOQUENT TALK
AT The THEATRE

One of the most eloquent speakers
heard in the AL Ringing theatre since
Americas Prettiest Playhouse was
built, gave a speech Monday evening,
under the auspices of the K. G. lodge
of this city. Rev. Wm. Mahoney, the
speaker, chose for his subject, "Will
America Have Won the War in Vain ?"
Rev. Mahoney delighted the audience
with his endless jokes as a prelude to
his talk KS
District Attorney H J. Bohn intro
duced the speaker Of the evening stat
ing the timely subject to be discussed.
Mr.. Bohn said the price of peace is
invariably vigilance.
When the visitor was introduced he
Iarose and stated he knew the district
attorney when he was all right and
practiced law in Reedsburg. The
speaker also gave another practical
joke on the chairman stating one of
the first cases tried by the attorney
was one in which he gave the defini-
ton Of collie as a gust of wind crying
forth, in the words Of Patrick Henry,
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
For veri1catiorR of the anecdotes,
Mr.. Bohn will have to be interviewed.
Another little joke on second party
had to do with the liquor question
Says one Dutchman to another, "How
do you get along without the stuff
now?"
ooh, get along all right" replied
the other.
F'But how?" again asked the first.
well you see it is like this" again
replied the questioned one, 81 still
: got a little and l got a little STILL"
Reverting to the subject the speak
er reviewed the causes and entrance
of 20 nations into war with each other.
He also stated that the indirect cause
of the U. S. entering the conflict was,
the action of Hans Berg with his un-
dersea boat who came across the
ocean and put into a u. S. port, July
9, 1916 and October 20, 1916 when an
other vessel after landing in Newport,
r. l. started on the return trip and
sank three neutral vessels just beyond
the three mile limit
! April 2, 1917 Woodrow Wilson went
before congress and after four day
discussion, one of the best groups of
men ever assembled in a capitol de-
clared war on the central powers of
Europe. The speaker did not review
the war and its narrowing details but
stated that when peace was declared
the event was celebrated in every city,
town, village and hamlet in America.
There were 100000 fathers or moth
ers who could not enter whole-heart-
eddy into the festivities until they
saw the flesh and blood of Their sons
once more. Parents to the number of
$4,000 were not granted the wish,
however
! Rev, Mahoney stated that there were
two things the matter with Americans,
selfishness and ignorance. America
is not changed but the citizens are
changed, he stated. They have had
too much money in the past four
years and do not take enough interest
in their own community to promote
its welfare Americans are a dissat-
iisied race at present and until they
lget over this U. S. will have won the
war in vain.
We are God fearing nation, the
! speaker stated, and when the Ameri-
| can soldiers were sent across patriot
ism, high morality and thoughts of
home ties were placed in the minds of
our departing soldiers, but while they
were gone, with the exception of few
professors, everyone profiteered dur
ing the conflict. Now the government
| is run down at the dinner table, etc.
, Until patriotism is installed in the
minds of the younger generation and
practiced now, America will have won
in vain, said Mr. Mahoney.
America will also have won the war
in vain, Rev. Mahoney stated, until
we cease to allow everything to be
written in the constitution. The essen
tial things will be questioned by the
next generation and the constitution
will be looked upon as merely a scrap
Of paper
Before and after the speech vocal
selections were enjoyed by the Male
quartette, Melzl quartette and piano
selections by Miss Geneyiva Winches-
ter.
NAPERVILLE
Mr. ond Mrs Norm Guthar1ond IF