| Show Fosi getting their own language the germans of st louis find it very difficult to pi ill event their children born in this country and educated in english public schools from for forgetting e t tida their own language lanlie in ili a great nany many i german families the children are arc forbidden to 10 speak english Engli bli in the house and are punished it if they do ily fattier father for instance hns has a system of lines fine and punish punishments me tits for speaking anything but german in the douse house which lie ho applies to all the members of his family all the older sons and daughters who tire arc either cither given an allon mico of 0 money or are arc making money for themselves are fined filled live cents for every eng english gakh word they utter in the house find and the smaller children are punished in ill various avys if aliey are sitting till at tile lie table m v hen I 1 en the lie forbidden word is spoken they are sent cut away without their meal in this dayall way all of our family have preserved their fluency in german man sneaking sue aking but they speak Engli bli by choice globe democrat |
