Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-23

I'M LECTURE
FOR WOMAN'S CLUB

What viii cure the indigestion
from which America has been suf-
ferins because Of dnassorted and un
assinilateT immigration?
Frederick Wallis answered that
question Tuesday night in his ad-
dress before the WCman's Club in
this Presbyterian chapel. 1t will not
be cured until the country ceases to
regard immigration as a masS and
look upon It as a million individuals,
each of whom is 2 human being with
a right to human treatment and
sy-ipathctie understanding.
Nr. Walls who until recently was
commissioner of immigration of the
Port of New York, then look his au-
dience to Ellis Island where So per
cen: of tic foreigners who come to
this country first get their glimpse
of America.
ELLIS island is the stage" he said.
"ou which thc'greatest human drama
with its W changing scenes is en-
acted daily BY tho steady flowing
STRAIN of men, ONE and children
who have come to make their homes
in this country You can make an n
archist ont CT an immigrant over
night in Ellis IslanG or you can lead
him to & glorious citizenship SAID
Mr.. Wallis.
The Kissing Post is the most pa
thetic spot on the island. 1t is here
the father. long separated from his
family, is again united; here tho girl
from France meets her fiance and
tho mother who did not want to
leave the old home, at first. is full OF
tears OF JOY when she meets her chill
dreG at the kissing Post These are
tho happy ccenes: but let us now
look in Tie S. ID. room where hun
drcde of human beings are buddled
together waiting to be deported.
Imagine the pathos of the
scene-nen. women and children
crying an1 begging in most heart
reDding manner, kept here, vowinS
to kill themselves rather than so
back. eye1: mothers in their frenzy
have tried to throw their babies into
the water and to think that condi-
lions like these could be avoided, by
selection on the other side and dis
~tri5ution here.
rs net inspection over there bet
ter thar rejection here?" asked Mr..
Wallis. what does Americanization
mean? Something that is crammcd
down the people. throats? Nobody
was we" taught thai way.
~ y q 80 " YIN -
patience AID that combined with
kindness and good will, will teach
the immigrant to love and respect
this great free country of ours of
which h. will 500 DC a part for af-
ter ALL" Nj. Wallis added, ION the
shades of the night. the world breaks
intu light. it's daybreak everywhere"
There are .:x million people, adults
who are ir line for citizenship papers
and there are fifteen million who
have not ever made application for
th;ir papers.
Mrs. Frank Dorsey, chairman of
tho legislative department, spoke
against House bills 1872 and 125, per-
hitting a girl with only a grammar
school education to go in trainin for
a nurse, On the grounds that her pre-
liminary education would afford
sufficient Foundation for a technical
training of a nurse. The passage of
these bills would prevent a New Jer-
sey Women from registering in thirty
states.
Mrs. Nathaniel w. Pierce, Jr.,
chairman Of the civic department,
announced that $64.6S had been
realized at the food sale held Sat
urday in the Presbyterian chapel
under the auspices of the civic de-
partment of the Woman's Club and
the board of directors of the Com
munity House for the benefit of the
Community House. AN Evening of
Chamber Music" for the club chart
ty fund will be given by Braham's
String Quartet and Mendelssohn's
mixed quartet accompanied by Max
well MacMichael in the high school
auditorium Wednesday evening,
March is. Tickets are now on sale
in charge of Mrs. Rufus Hoskings
and her committee. A panel upon
/ which was painted the club song
composed by the late Mrs. Henry
Dillon and beautifully decorated with
the club flower, wisteria, hung in
the front of the chapel. The panel
was painted by Mrs. c. A. Emmons
chairman of the art department.
Mrs. A. c. Clark in a brief address
paid a very beautiful tribute to Mrs.
Dillon, after which Mrs. Marshall
Stewart moved a rising vote of
thanks to Mrs. Emmons for her
beautiful work.