The New York herald., 1922-05-24
Dabinski Enters Citizenship
Class and Studies While
He Works.
EXAMPLE TO OTHERS
Work of ChristOdora Home Is
Shown i'm Contest Colonial
Daughters Sponsored.

on April /. 1921, Solomon Dabinski,
is, reached this country from his home
in Wloclawek. Poland, via Holland, the
steerage of the steamship Polonia and
Ellis Island. He could not read, write
or speak English, but he was willing
to learn. Yesterday Dabinski was in
formed that he was the winner of the
bronze medal awarded by the National
Society of Colonial Daughters of
Washington for the hest patriotic es
say in English.
=. In the midst Of the whirring ma
chimes of the Victor Manufacturing
Company. 115 Prince street. where Da-
binski was working yesterday, the
young Pole grinned cheerfully and ex-
planned why he had come to this coun-
try.
Trouble. trouble, all the tine" he
said. $50 I came here to this country,
where If a man is a good citizen he
doesn't get into trouble all the time"
At home Dabinski had scraped
together some kind OF an education n
the schools of the upset country. learn
ing German In addition to Polish. Soon
after his arrival here he entered the
citizenship aid class OF Chris todora
House. in Tompkins Square, in the
lower East Side. Four weeks after that
he got job making frames for pocket
books. That industry Stunned about
three weeks ago. and he was ont Of
job. but he continued to study English.
Later he got other work.
This was what Dabnski wrote out o:
his years gleanings of history and Eng
lish:
"History of George Washington.
ITO write about Gsorge Washington
means to write the history of the birth
of our nation. the United States of
America.
1T is good to study his kind of living
his deeds fer independence OF the thir-
teen colonies. to remember what q gres t
man he was. George Washington was
born on February 90, 1892; his parents
were immigrants from England They
settled in Virwginia. George Washing
ton could not get high school educa-
tion his father died when he was u
years old. AS small boy he was
already general playing soldiers with
his small friends. AS a sm..ll boy he
hal to help his mother. In Virginia the
sons OF planters were taught how {,
draw up bills. deeds. &C, becaus. ther.
were very few lawyers.
"A great influence on his life was
Lord Fairfax, who loved George Wash
inSton for his noble character and
strength OF will. Lord Fairfax wanted
TO know how big his great estate was
He found in George Washington a sur
veyor he could trust with this impor-
tant task and as a seventeen -year-old
boy George Washington took part in
the dangerous life of the frontier and
within month he was back again
with work well done. He became known
as good surveyor and all the settlers
liked him for his nobility courage and
honesty.
AS twenty-year-old boy George
washington became Major OF the mil
itia. With this position he started on n
career in the army Then came the
war with France. George Washington
was one OF the first who fought against
France in fight which should deter
4 mine whether the colonies should he
French or English. He gave great SER
vice In this war and when peace came
he went back to his estate. At that
time he married Martha Custis and
lived for few years the life of a
planter. serving the public affairs as a
Then began the trouble with the mother
country. He became the commander OF
the American army and he fought
against England with love for his
mother country
Loved by His Soldiers.
THE soldiers loved him as a father
There are many anecdotes which tell
us how the soldiers loved him. We
know that without George Washington
the revolution would have been n fall.
ure almost from the beginning. When
IL was all over he became the idol of
the country. With the army at his
back and the great numbers who loved
his as their Father he could have had
supreme power i'm his country, but that
was not George Washington's idea
After the war he became the Presiden,
or the thirteen colonies. he was Presi-
dent for eight years. the people wanted
to reflect him. but ne said NO.
President shall not be like n king. no
man shall be elected more than twice
He came into the office as President
with paper Constitution. the country
bankrupt. When he went out OF the
| office he left the United States as n
powerful government which had paid all
the debts made before the Constitution
was adopted strong judiciary and an
army
George Washington spread out the
l power of the United States In the West
In one word. the consequences OF tho
revolution could have DESTROYED the
thirteen colonies. but George Washing
| ton built UP upon the ruins a new and
powerful country Washington stands
among the greatest men OF the worlds
history. The historian OF the English
people. John Richard Green. wrote about
Washington that no abler figure ever
stood In the fore front of nations
life Even the British. against whom,
George Washington fought. recognized
him as great They put the statue OF
George Washington in Westminster
Abbey In London. where all heroes "
England are placed.
IS. DABfNsKf
The judges OF the contest we're Miss
! c. !. MacColl. chairman Or. John Elm
ley. Dr. Edward Steiner. Merton Sturges
chief examiner of the local naturaliza
tion bureau and Representative Nathan
y. Perlman.
Tonight ut Chrstodora House the
medal will be presented to Dabnski
! Adolf Bura. y native of Bessarabia. was
second In the contest. and Feiga Brand
a Ukrainian girl was third.
Mrs. ". S. Owen. Dabinski's instruc-
tor. Intends to see that he enters night
high school. and Dabinski hopes to get
n job as dental mechanic.