The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-01

Elks' Home on Monday evening. Over
three hundred clubmen and their
ladies heard the inspiring address of
the international president Optimists
from Milwaukee and Racine, and
members of the Kenosha Rotary, XII
wants and American business clubs
were on hand to share with the local
Optimists their pride in having the
international executive address the
meeting.
Two Kinds of Optimists.
There are two kinds of Optimists,"
President Nohl said. There is the
lay Optimist and the professional
Optimist The former prays that he
may have some chance Of getting into
heaven in his hereafter, while the
latter prays that he may improve him
self on earth in fear that there may
be no use for him in the hereafter"
The speaker went on to appeal for
a greater appreciation and recogni-
tion of the value of the relationship
which a man and woman establishes
with their fellow beings in COM
munity. He showed how only through
a spirit of Optimism, faithfulness, CO.
operative effort, and all these placed
in an expression of service ideals, did
the America of today, become trans
formed from barren wilderness to q
civilization Of which it's people boasts
today.
Spirit Is Growing More Intense.
what a wonderful and tremendous
amount of this spirit of Optimism has
been let loose in the world in the
past decade" the speaker continued.
1.-THE world today is doing business
upon the basis of faith in men, faith
and trust that men will meet their
obligations, that each man will do his
part in this great complex plan in
which society moves Each of us finds
our place in society and then each of
us proceeds to contribute to it our
little share, each Of us accomplishes
something toward che development of
the whole"
President Nohl went on to describe
what he believed to be some discour-
aging notes in the music of existence
today "some discords in. the harmony
of life.n
There has been no time when Opti-
mism deserved better place in
society than it does today. And when
1t is instilled and stimulated in and
among the members of luncheon
club it holds out something that we
can't get in any other way. The
philosophy that lies behind that word
Optimism sustains us in our vision
to see an opportunity for service. 1t
pushes us to desire to make Opti-
mism living reality, to make it
speak living voice.
Optimism without an objective is
hardly worth while. We can't rely en-
tirely on mere good fellowship, But
there is something about that fellow
ship, something about breaking bread
at luncheon table, that brings US to
breaking down the barriers Of preju-
dice, of professional contacts that
ought to be thrown off outside of
business hours. 1t gives us the human
touch, and that is what really counts
in our relationships in our lives"
Talk of Boys Work Program.
Bert Hall, also of Milwaukee, chair
man of the international Optimist
Boys Work committee, and an ac-
knowledged authority on Juvenile well
which he outlined the work which has
been turned over to everyone of the
10, Optimist clubs for accomplish
ment. Every 0ptimist, under the pro-
gram which he has solved, pledges
himself to give an hour. of his time
each week to some boy, little of his
time and experience in life to some
little man who needs it most. He de-
scribed the success which this pro-
gram has already been acclaimed
wherever it has been tried out
John Griffith, associate editor of
the Racine Journal-News, and first
president of the Optimist club there,
talked bllefly on the ideal of service
for which the Optimist club has set
down az one CT its aims.
The entertainment provided by the
Optimist stub was Of nature that
made it UNIQUE in the history of such
gatherings. The Milwaukee Optimist
club Boys band of thirty-five pieces
mot one of them over the age Of
seventeen, was presented in concert
and they played their way into the
hearts of every man and woman who
heard them on Monday evening. The
band Is under the direction Of Henry