Foreign Language Press Service

p.2......The German Mr. Fimmerman recently proposed that the N.W. Business Association install an electric cross, spanning a distance of eight blocks from Humboldt Park Eastward on North Avenue, past Revyen, in order to honor the Danes on the 5th of June. Several Norwegians suggested that the

Dr. Jaroslav E. Salaba Vojan, journalist and manager of the Ceske Tiskove Kancelare, (The Bohemian Press Bureau), also author of Velkeho New Yorky, wrote and published a new book, Cesko-Americke Epistoly (Bohemian-American Epistles). The writer dedicated this work to his wife, Olga, but we im

We have just finished the twentieth year of our journalistic activity, and with today's issue, Denni Hlasatel begins the twenty-first year of its existence. Twenty years is a long time in the life of man. Many changes occur in that time and much is accomplished. An infant becomes a young man,

Last night, Mayor Carter H. Harrison sent to the City Council a list of thirteen appointments for confirmation. All of them were confirmed by the Council. Two Bohemians are among the appointees, both of them well-known. Mr. Frank Sima, one of the most deserving Bohemian Democrats, who has bee

p.2........As previously reported the business men on North Avenue, will honor the Danes on Denmark's Constitution Day, by decorating the street for a whole month with columns, coats of arms, flags, pennants, flower arrangements, electric baloons, etc; the buildings along the street will also

p.3............That our emminent countryman, Mr. Bay, librarian at John Crear's Library in Chicago, has returned from Florida, where he, together with Ambassador Moltke, lectured on Danish conditions before an American Congress.

p.3............That our emminent countryman, Mr. Bay, librarian at John Crear's Library in Chicago, has returned from Florida, where he, together with Ambassador Moltke, lectured on Danish conditions before an American Congress.

April 30, the Lithuanian Theatrical Society, Ruta-Rues, presented a two-act comedy, "The Warden's Matchmaking," at Hull House Theater. After the performance, the Ruta Choir, under the direction of Mr. Lankelis, sang several songs. The public liked the girls' quartet best.

The student singers will arrive in Chicago at 9:00 A.M. Sunday May 21, at the Baltimore & Ohio Depot, 5th Avenue and Harrison Street. Welcoming speech by the president of the welcoming committee, Henry L. Hertz. Song by Danish Norwegian and Swedish singing societies. Possibly th

p.2.....President Taft, has through his new secretary, Mr. Hillis, in a very pleasing manner expressed his hearty thanks to the Danes of Chicago, for the greeting addressed to him during the banquet for Mr. Egan.

The Germans and Irish combined their forces in a protest meeting held at the North Side Turn Hall yesterday. The protest was directed against the planned treaty between England and the United States. The plan will be submitted to the United States Senate, in the disguise of an arbitrary court

A meeting of the committees for Bohemian participation in the international celebration of the Fourth of July was held in one of the bowers of the Pilsen Brewery Park, Tuesday evening. The meeting was quite largely attended, especially by members of the active committees. Mr. John Cervenka pr

More than ten thousand Norwegians turned out today to celebrate Norway's day of independence. The speeches, as usual, were many, but we will print only the speech by Reverend Jens C. Roseland, the main speaker. "My Fellow Descendants of the Brave Norsemen! I assure you that I am gla

p.4......The Norwegian Children's Parade along North Avenue on May 17, was very beautiful and sentimentally expressive. And that it also testified to the productivity of our friends, the Norwegians.

Friends of classical music were once again taken back into the period of classical music of German origin when an appreciative audience listened spellbound to the performance of Haydn's "Creation" at the Orchestra Hall, last night.... Although this composition is indicative of times long past

Public libraries, in American cities inhabited by Poles, usually carry a selection of Polish books. It seems, however, that the Poles do not take equal advantage of this opportunity everywhere. In some cities, such as Buffalo and Detroit, the Poles borrow Polish books from public li

For the past few days our Norwegian colony has co-operated with the Danes in welcoming the Danish Student Chorus from Copenhagen, Denmark. These young men are actual evidence of the truth of our claim that in Scandinavian music and song there is youth eternal. Upon the appearance of these ent

p.4....The question of having the Scandinavian languages placed in the curriculum of Chicago's High Schools as optional courses seems to have floated into a back water for the present. In compliance with a petition by business and professional men the Polish language is to be tried out as adv

The Student Singers' visit in Chicago developed into the greatest triumph ever experienced by Danish-Americans, and forms a brilliant counterpart to the AARHUS-day (4th of July celebration in Aarhus, Denmark), which undoubtedly furnished the incentive to the Students' American visit. <

That there are no Bohemian books in the Public Library, aside from those which were deposited there about a quarter of a century ago, and which have been augmented in no way for at least fifteen years, has long been a source of indignation. Yesterday, Professor Jaroslav J. Zmrhal had an oppor