New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 2

The Dickinson RABBI WISE WRITES ON “AMERICANISH Famous Je;iish Leader Sends Message to Hi-Y Club Here What s an Amer n? This question Is discussed by Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise of the 1'ree syna- gogue, New York eity, in a long com- munication to the Hi-Y club of the Y. M. C. A. Rabbl Wise was invited to speak to the members of the club but could not find opportunity to do s0. He has therefore put his thoughts on paper and writes, in part: “Let me answer the question, What is an American? by asking and an- swering yet another—What Ameri- canism is Not, Americanism is not a matter of birth and ancestry, for the American is self-made, not born, Amercanism, being ever in the mak- ing, is of present content and not of ancient context; is not a birthright privilege, but a lifelong responsiblity. America Is not a form or type of gov- ernment for, save in its utter essen- tials, the American government might change and America yet remain un- changed. “Is it needful to insist that Amer- ing more an ldeal, Americanism s a religion to millions who rightly dis- corn its meaning in the spirit, Some cherish Amerleanism as they cherish their birthright or achleved faith, Others cherish it as thelr only faith, the love of it satisfying their spirit- hunger, Who Needs Americanization? “Two classes of Americans require to be Americanized—for American- fsm 1s never to be taken for granted in any man-—Americans native and Americans forelgn-born, The mental distinction between immigrant and allen must never be forgotten, An immigrant is a forelgner who be- comes an American. An allen is one who never becomes an American whether native-born or foreigner, The foreign-born like the native-born is always a man and never a prob- lem, He s ever to be treated ns a man, “Never hold him to the light as a problem nor look upon his darker side as a man, The statesman-leader of American democracy was right when, speaking long before our ad- vent into the war in greeting the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, he said of the vast majority of the foreign-born citizens of the Unit- ed States: ‘Their belief in America has made them better citizens than some people who were born in Amer- ica.’ He predicted that they would meet the test of ‘America Iirst. “No man is an American who does not place America first, before him- ele- | Ito time for the High school club, on W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY DECEMBER 380, 1922 maintain, and enable America to as- similate, the best things of the spirit that he brings with him from the Kuropean world, We must help the forelgner to understand that Amer- feanization need not imply vandalism touching the finest things of the old life, Americanization does not imply repudiation of Burope, Famous, Men Asked to Write Anthony A. Dorbuck, Boys' Work seorotary of the Y. M. C, A, reports that special articles will be written by famous men of America from time timely topics of the day, dealing with the development of the physical, in- tellectual, spiritual and moral slde of a young man's life. He is in com- munication with the following men: Arthur Brisbane, Kermit Roosevelt, Irving T. Cobb, Edwin D, Mead, 1d- ward Bok, Ernest Seton, Julian Street, Robert Louis Shackleton, William Lyon Phelps, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dr, Albert Shaw, Woodrow Wilson, Elihu Root, Rev, Ozora 8, Davis and Willlam Jennings Bryan, City ltems Radio sets and supplies at Morans' ~—advt, Danceland New Year's and eve~advt. , Hear Hiram Gates, Rube Prompter, Firemen's Ball, New . Year's night, State Armory.—advt. afternoon WOMAN’S FATHER Brooklyn Man Who Kills Wife Him- self Slain By Father-in- Law. New York, Dec, 80.~—After he had shot and I\'H]l"ll his 29 year old wife Frank Dagote lagt night was killed by his father-in-law, Gilovanni Mag- liocco who was arrested charged with murder, The. shooting took place 1In the Brooklyn home of the Dagotes, in the presence of their four children, Two patrolmen, hearing the shots, rushed into the home where they found Dagote and his wife lying dead beside each other on the floor, with Magllocco standing over the bodies, clutching an automatic pistol, The children of the dead couple stood whimpering nearby. According to the children their fa- ther and mother had quarreled in the morning. Last night, while their grandfather, their mother and they were in the dining room, the basement door bell rang and Mrs, Dagote answered it, The children say they heard the voices of their father and mother, then two shots. ur fon in 19023 afii:h; figfqflaw a:j uring the hofidqfseam.so %fir'bminefl flma in mut ge acco and my? nce. Hardware %?pffi:r sincerest wish that fhe blessings of oS " ain dtreet psplprirery 336 M uPOfl ou. Drug Co. 169-171 MAIN STREET self. He must serve America; Amer-| Meet me at Schmarr's for dinner.— ica must not serve him. No man is'ggvt, an American who is not possessed of | ica is not a geographical or territorial name, seeing that the littlest child Magliocco told the police that at this point he get out his own .45 cali- M.A.AXELROD'S Wishes you one and all " fox trot, Victor 4 B4 understands that America is more; frs g ol Sweetheart Lane, i than & place? America is not a place | * Benuinely democratic faith—that is, | recora. C. & Co. 3 bre automatic and ran down stairs trust in the people and such devotion Start -the Year right, attena|to the basement entrance where he standing over the The children came nor a region, not a locality. Amer- fca is an atmosphere, an idea, a vision as yet unfilled. found Dagote young wife's body. trooping after him, to the commonwealth as sets the benefit of all above the advantage of the IFiremer ew Year's night, State Armory.—advt. ‘WOMEN’S COATS ¢ ‘The greatest values we've ever “ one or some, He who holds democ- £ Americanism, then, is an idea, s offered, made of soft Bolivia M!. 4 an American is one who lives|¥acy to be the rule of the mob is not B. & M. OFFICIAL DIES “When I saw my daughter lying A Happy New Year and Normandie and with a large 1)y and for that idea—the dwelling|® democrat, whether his forbears| yyincpester, Mass, Dec. 30.—Wil- [there that way I must have gone Beaverette collar, Formerly Ml 0ootyor ozMmen and women under|came to Massachusetts in 1620 or he |y, k. Mooney, general superintend- |crazy,” the police said Magliocco told to. New York in 1910.. Amerlcan is them. “I don't know how many $80.76—To go at— $24.95 i ‘WOMEN'S DRESSES [<Ome lot of Silk Crepe Dresses and Polret Twill Dresses in the fashionable straight line models, all sizes. Formerly $27.50, To " $19.75 WOMEN’'S SUITS A utiful plain tailored models 4n the season’s favored mater- Sals. Formerly $40. While they ™ $19.75 laws of thelr own framing, with lead- ership of their own choosing, each free to pursue the ends of life as he sees them, and bound solely by the necessity of ever-present concern for the well-being of all. The basis of the idea of Americanism is the duty of each to all and the responsibility of all to each. How To Convince Foreigners, “One of the best ways of reveling the soul of America to the foreigner is to bring home to him the majesty of the American idea of liberty un- der law, by showing him that it is possible in America under our democ- racy to have just laws, impartial en- forcement and honest administration. The evil that corrupt political organ- izations have done in New York and, other seaboard cities in debasing the ideas of the immigrant touching American life can never be calculated. The enforcement of law is never to become in our own land a matter of he who counts ‘democracy the rule of the many with standards’ and strives to make it so. He is no American who is a democrat on parade. Amer- ican is he who is democratic—genu- inely, profoundly, passionately. He is no American who cherishes preju- dices, whether these be social or ra- cial or religious, who thinks of for- eign-born Americans as ‘filling the Jurspean liners with human freight.’ All this is only another way of say- ing that an American is a conscious, vigilant, fraternal, unwearied creator of America, who scorns the notion that America bears a. charmed life, and that democracy, even though it be of the American brand guarantegs the automatic solution of its own ‘problems. “America demands not of the im- migrant that he be oblivious of the past as his starting-point, but that his soul be fixed upon the goal which ent of the Boston and Maine railroad died at his home here last night, He was born in Lowell and entered the employ of the railroad as a- brake- man 47 years ago. shots I fired or if I fired at all. I don't know what happened.” The police say he fired two shots, both of which took effect. Our resolution for the coming year is to endeavor to SERVE you still better than we have in the past. Axelrod’s Pharmacy PARK, COR. MEADOW ST. is America. I can speak here the authority of life-long relation to one vhage of the problem. As a Jew and Jewish teacher, I have seen it become more certain with the years that the | Jew, who chooses to believe or af- | fects to believe that Americaifism de- mands of him a complete break with his racial and religious past, is likely to become an American of feeble | faith and infirm will. Disloyalty does | not, breed loyalty. The finest service | to the future may be ekpected of him \yh‘o revetences, ‘even Snaghifies, the Scene FI‘DM\ ‘Bulldog Drummond One of the greatest melodramas © the year A HodRinsony purchase and sale, of favor and priv- ilege. In many European lands, gov- ernment is interpreted in terms of li- cense for the favored and restraint r.] the unfavored.Here must he find law and lawiessness enthroned. We must have two laws, one for the rich and one for the poor. Let it never come to pass that we have laws for the poor and lawyers for the rich—the poor constrained to keep the law and the vich entitled to keep lawyers—laws for the poor anc lawlessness for the rich. A Happy New Year To All From- Your Painters “It Pays to Buy Our Kind.” picture NEW YEAR MEETING []F STATE TEMP[ARS Amera e "t enriis f:i";;x;,:::-:“:z:i:‘;:t Amerieanize | poxS: MONDAY—TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY thereof. But Americanism is. becom- Two Important National Officers | - Residents of This City / A number of Connecticut men will be given the degree of Select Temp- lars Monday, January 1, when the 39th annual assembly of Connecticut Select' Templars will be held in this ity. _ The state Templars will meet as guetss of Phoenix Temple, No. 19, i Temple of Honor, ot this city. The idegree work will be exemplified in he forenoon and will be followed by & banquet at 1 o'clock. The after- rioon session will be purely social. * Visitors are expected from all sec- tions of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massa- phusetts. Former Chief of Police William J. Rawlings is supreme templar of the United States, and John Sloan, Jr., ‘also of this city ,is supreme recorder of the United States and editor of “The Temple of Honor,” the organi- satlon's natlonal publication. The Select Templar degree is con- ferred once each year and always on " The John Boyle Co. —Paint Engineers— The City’s Leading Decorators 3-5 FRANKLIN SQUARE Tel. 359 e e —— Kantleek Hot Water Bottle $2.50 E New Year'’s Day. Last year it was 5 1 . i ::n‘t;:n:n:::{. azs'e:‘r::yo'}]ecl;"fl.dfifi!. Every ,Member Of the Famlly Cal]. Have a It can’t leak because it’s made in one piece. Sold under ) Christmas Club Check Next Christmas g e AT S b R A any Rexall Storg, anywhere, no matter where you bought it. 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