Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-09

Chairman ID. A. X. COMMITTEES In
structing Immigrants.
inth, Miss, who is chairman Of the
committee Of the National Society
Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. which has published "A
Manual Of the United States for
the Information Of Immigrants and
Foreigners
Inspiration for the publication
was found in work done by mem
bers Of the d. A r. during and
after the world var Many Of the
women worked on draft boards and
in encampments and they were
sensitive TO what was one OF the
revealed sore spots with the war
time draft army. the ignorance con-
corning American institutions
among a large class Of citizens.
While. according to Miss Hazard.
the d. A. r. Manual was designed
for the instruction OF foreign-born
prospective citizens, IL really is a
primary handbook in American citi-
zenShip. The book has run through
many editions to a total OF 5000. 900
copies and 1t Is published in IL
languages.
The demand for the English edi-
ton is a greater than for that
of any other language. In that, and
in the demands for the foreign
language editions, which generally
come at the same time, Miss Hazard
finds q very interesting index to
those seeking naturalization. Ital-
fans to the number Of nearly 40
600; Spanish speaking immigrants,
mostly from Mexico. asked for H.
600 books; Polish about 5000: Ger
man 10000, French IL 1000 and H.
500 Armenias all sought first aid
for citizenship during the past year,
according 10 the report. Calls for
the publication come to Miss Haz-
ard at the rate Of 27.500 a month.
The d. A. r. Manual for the
United States has been published
in more languages than any other
recent work. Editions have been
issued In Italian. Spanish, French
German, Yiddish. Polish. Hungar-
ian, Armenian. Greek. Norwegian,
Swedish, Russian. Lithuanian, Bo-
hepaian. Portuguese. Finnish and
S'ne''- -.
What Is said to be the greatest
gathering OF musimal folk ever as
sembied in the United States will
be held In Chicago, March 24-28. in
elusive. when the Music Supervisors
National conference meets.
Miss Mabelle Glenn. music super
visor OF Kansas City. Mo-, is preSi-
dent Of the organization and will
preside at the conference.
Miss Glenn Is one of the few
women in the country TO head n
-ational professional organization
including men as well as ONE IN
its membership.
In the Noyemb,. election In Eng
land. of lord mayors and mayors.
~ ONE were successful. Five
women were reelected for a second
term and one FOR q third time. Lady
Phipps became mayor Of Chelsea,
and is the third woman to be may
or in a London borough.
A woman's auxiliary has been
formed as part Of the Marshall
St-lman Movement in New York
City. the only organization helping
10 industrialiZe ex-priSonerS. Al
though the auxiliary will ultimately
help ex-convict women. 1t is o
selling stock in a new $~5.000.0O0
Collar plan 70 purchase established
industries where unskilled ex-con-
vict labor can be put to immediate
pra5uctiveness. The Marshall Still
rsr Movement already runs two
~-r-h f-----.rs ru--rs-fullv - the
f~-a-on leather P-crv~-s AMI the
Fs--.r Fur co;n1sny-Sut 'hese en-
ROY bat a small fraction OF the
hundreds O. ex-convicts begging a
"new chance
Does Secretarial Work
Miss Ellis BoStrom. youngest
laughter Of the Swedish minister 10
TIE United States. has completed a
business course and Is doing secre-
tarial work in the legation.
~I am merely doing what all
the girls in my country do" the
oirlomat's daughter explained. No
f:-l in Sweden ever remains idle"
Kiss Bostrom is an expert typist
h4s mastered shorthand and book
keAping and speaks several Ian
guagea.