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Show ALIEN COLONIES A correspondent writing to a Now York nowspapcr expresses fear of tho uon-Kngllsh speaking colontos that grow up in so mnny places. With their foreign langungo papers, and hea;lng almost no English spoken, spo-ken, they nro 'very soparato from Amerlcnn llto. This writer sees danger in this condition. Ho would break up thcso iicbIb of alien congestion. con-gestion. This of courso would seem nrbltrnry nnd autocratic undor our frpe-Nioll. Yetll is not well lu theso Uttlo Itnlys "and Llttlo Polands and Llttlo Uungarys that aro growing up In so many places. Often tlwso newcomers newcom-ers hnvo been cducntcd nt homo lu schools of grades Blmllar to our high schools and colleges. Hut if thoy cannot receive tho simplest kind of instruction in English, thoy nro helpless. help-less. Honco tho abnormal sight of mnny well educated men digging ditches, Tho foreign languago papers could do a great deal for thcso people lf they would. Ignoranco ot English is tho grcnt obstnelo In their way. Why could not theso papers make a point of running in each issuo llttlo sections sec-tions of English lessons? Thcso Bhould not follow tho lines of our school reading books, ono purposo ot which is to nrouso n cultivated literary lit-erary taBto. Thoy should deal with tho simplest phases of our Hfo, making mak-ing change at stores, taking orders In n factory or household, dealing with customers In retail trado. In n foreign speaking colony, wages wag-es aro low nnd tho children nro generally gen-erally token out of school ob soon ns tho law nllows, to help Biipport tho family. Tho youngsters lcavo study too early to gain any idea of our civic Ideas. Their parents can answer no questions on theso points'. Tho children will grow up nolo 'to read and wrlto, and will become voters. vot-ers. Uut thoy havo no conception of our Institutions nnd nro not making mak-ing n good start In citizenship. Thoy need education s well ns tho children, chil-dren, and tho foreign languago paper Is tho agency that could do It. |