Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-27
CATHOLIC WOMAN'S
CLUB HEARS FINE
PAPER, MRS. THIENAN

+ Mrs. John Thieman read a most in
teresting paper at the Catholic Won
ans club Wednesday afternoon. Her
subject was How Woman Can Save
| America From Bolshevism' Mrs.
Thieman said: "Bolshevism derives it's
name from Russian word Gaming the
majority At a Socialist conven-
| ton held in England few years ago,
1.-THE party split into two parts, those
of the minority, called the Menche-
/ viks who were content to wait and
| get the millennium step by step. From
the former party the Bolshevists
came. The excuses of the Bolsheviks
are the direct result Of the blunder-
. ing autocracy Of the Cars. They new
! er faced the labor problem squarely.
Revolutionary ideas had to take form
under such tyranny. One of the first
things the Bolsheviks did was to abol-
ish God and confiscate church prop
rerty. They sent out anti-religious
propaganda, and did away with recog-
milton Of supreme being in oaths.
Only 10 to Is per cent of the Russians
are in favor of Bolshevism, but a
small army of five hundred can easily
terrorize a region of fifty thousand
inhabitants. The peasants were mis-
led by false promises from the Boil
sheviks."
She quoted several statements
from John Spargo, Socialist, and an
authority on bolshevism. In his article
in the American magazine he gives
thorough description of the depraved
conditions now existing in Russia
brought on by bolshevism.
Eat this time there is great call, to
those who will hear it, to crush boil
shevism and extinguish it forever.
The women of America will hear the
call and will respond nobly to PRO-
tect their homes, their religion, their
families and their institutions. Labor
in Unied States should stand SO far
above the reach Of prowling instiga-
tors of anarchy as to be a constant
example to labor in the revolution
racked countries of Europe Christian
ity and the home go hand in hand in
mOlding the destinies of nations. It
is not in the Senate chamber but in
the homes that the answer to bolshe-
yism must be made The home is the
leader in politics in a democratic
coWntry like ours. To us, marriage.
the home and the bringing up of chill
dren under it's loving and helpful in
fluence, are the foundation of our So
ciety and democracy 1t rests with
the women therefore to begin on her
own hearth-stone the work for world
peace. This with the conscientious
use of the ballot is her nearest and
greatest duty. To woman's former
strongest weapons-persuasion and ed
ucational agitation-has been added
that of legislation The vote is a de-
cided factor in determining legislative
action, and through organized woman
hood, national and state governments
have modified army willing to rem
der services in politics With the bal
lot they can build into a reconstruct
ing government those ideals which
make for domestic tranquility, social
morality, civic integrity and national
peace. When labors demand for more
power and reward is recognized
through cooperation with unions, when
better housing conditions are brought
about, when child labor is abolished,
and great public works are construct
ed, profiteering checked, cooperation
encouraged education fostered and all
done as part of a emorratic rebuild
ing of society, we shall have built the
foundation of a wall against bolshe-
vism"
Mrs. N. J. Coughlin also gave a
brief outline of the cause, curse and
cure Of bolshevism dwelling very force
fully on the influence of the home in
all reasonable and needed reforms