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 in Contest Colonial
Daughters Sponsored.

| On April /, 1921, Solomon Dabinskl,
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
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 l came here to this country,
where II man Is a good citizen he
doesn't get into trouble all the time"
At home Dabinsk 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 Christodora
! House in Tompkns 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 Dabinski wrote out o;
his years gleanings of history and Eng
lish:
"History of George Washington.
ITO write about George 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 gres t
man he was. George Washington was
born on February %, 1892 his parents
were immigrants from England They
settled in Virwginia. George Washing
ton could not get high school educe-
ton: his father died when he was u
years old. AS small boy he was
already general playing soldiers with
his small friends. As a small boy' he
had TO help his mother. In Virginia the
| sons OF planters were taught how T.,
draw up bills. deeds, &c. because Their.
were very few lawyers.
great influence on his life was
LORD Fairfax, who loved George Wash
ihstoh Tor 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 imnor-
tant task and as 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
4 liked him for his nobility. courage and
honesty.
AS a twenty-year-old boy George
| Washington became Major of the mil
itia. With this position he started on n
career i'm the army Then came the
war with France. George Washington
was one or the first who fought against
france In a fight which should deter
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
| member of the House of Burgesses
Then began the trouble with the motbe,
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
II was all over he became the idol of
the country With the army at his
back and the great numbers who loved
MS as their Father he could have had
supreme power In his country. but that
was not George Washington's idea
After the war he became the Presiden,
OF the thirteen colonies. he was Presi
dent Tor eight years. the people wanted
! 70 reflect him. but ne said NO. A
President shall not be like a 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
] VIC h'bAH HitN' DeIOTe tnc constitution
was adopted. a strong judiciary and an
army
George Washington spread out the
! 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 ADLER figure ever
stood In the fore front of n 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 u
England are placed.
IS. DABfNsKf'
| The judges Of the contest were Miss
! G. ]. MacColl. chairman Dr. John Fin
ley. Or. Edward Steiner. Merton sturges.
chief examiner of the local naturaliza .
tion bureau, and Representative Nathan
| u. Perlman.
| Tonight at Christodora House the
medal will be presented to Dabinski
! Adolf Bura. n native of Bessarabia was
second In the contest. and Tciga Brand
a Ukrainian girl. was third.
Mrs. ~. s. owen. Dabnski's instruc-
tor. intends to see that he enters night
| high school and Dabnski hopes to get
n job as a dental mechanic.