Foreign Language Press Service

Branch 27 will hold its annual meeting in Bierzinskis Hall, 4602 South Paulina Street, January 27, at 8 P.M. At this meeting, the books, The Heart and The Mother will be distributed to the members of this society. The new members, who join this society at this meeting, will also rec

The Bohemian citizens of Berwyn are calling another meeting for next Sunday, in which action is to be taken on, the proposal that the Bohemian wards become part of Cicero. One meeting was held last Sunday at the south end of the Bohemian colony, so the second one is now called to gi

[Note: A paragraph in large type appears on the bottom of page 7, admonishing parents to let their children study the German language. Another paragraph on the same subject is published on page 9. No caption is used. Transl.] Those Germans mothers and fathers who permit their childr

All the Greeks in America who have decided to send money to Greece, in order to help the suffering women and children of the soldiers, are doing a very praiseworthy thing. The women and children in that part of Greece which has been liberated, are starving by the thousands, and so a

The four fraudulent bankers of Chicago were ordered to put up bonds totaling $30,000--$7,500 each--by the courts. The two who are still in Chicago, Geokaris and Stamatides, have employed fair means and foul to protect themselves. They have pulled so many strings that they boast of their invul

On the first of January, 1916, the Ipirotes of Chicago took steps to form a benevolent association composed of the natives of Ipiros. The meeting was held in the Knights of Pythias Hall at 92nd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. It was decided that the club should be called the "St. N

At the annual meeting of the Plzenska Pivovarni Spolecnost [The Pilsen Brewing Company], held January 25, a supplementary election of members of the Board of Directors was ordered and the following gentlemen were elected: Jan A Cervenka, Josef M. Skala, and Josef Hlavacek. The direc

Cesky Umelecky Klub (The Czech Artistic Club) in Chicago held its regular meeting January 26, 1916, with which it closed its fourth year of active service. A vote of thanks was extended to the following outgoing officers for work well done: Mr. Charvat, chairman; Mr. Petrtyl, vice-c

Great interest was shown last week in the question of who was going to receive the Democratic nomination for alderman of the Twelfth Ward. At the meeting of the ward organization the day before yesterday a candidate was finally chosen. The meeting was attended by a large number of c

Illinois certainly is not among the last in the number of state institutions which are, in the true sense of the word, benevolent. We call attention to the great number of houses of correction, state institutions for the feeble-minded, and the many charitable institutions, that have

Dobrocinny Krouzek Cerchov (The Charitable Circle Cerchov) held its annual meeting January 28, in its rooms at Schnabl's. Chairman A. Charvat, Secretary Edward Schutz, and Treasurer Antonin Schnabl were unanimously re-elected. The following amounts were appropriated for th

The pupils of the Ceska Svobodomyslna Skola (The Czech Free Thought School), a day school housed in the Redges Public School in Town of Lake, at the suggestion of their teacher, Mrs. M. L. Bubenicek, agreed to donate one cent for every English work spoken during the Czech hour, the money to b

The Jewish tag day has come and gone, and the results are most gratifying. It is estimated that over $100,000 was raised on the Jewish tag day. We read in the press that many Jews have sold their jewelry at auction and turned the money over to the Jewish war sufferers' fund....Hundreds of Jew

The female employees of Steinberg and Sopkins Brothers, 343 West Adams Street, went out on strike Saturday. The employees of this firm were on strike about four months ago. They won that strike. Before the last strike the girls worked fifty-five and one-half hours a week, and after

[On Feb. 1, 1916, under the caption of "The Preservation of Germanism And The German Language" the Abendpost reprinted in German an editorial by Arthur Brisbane, the essence of which is condensed as follows:] "If I were an American of the first, second, of third generation and I was

Dear Members: Here we are again to report to you the work done by the Chamber during this administration, which is about to end. If the Presidency is not in a condition to show a prosperous financial condition, however we call your attention to the fact, that the Chamber's

Statistics of churches in the United States, published here yesterday, prove the truth of the principle adopted by all progressive people: religion must be a private matter. Only forty per cent of the population of the United States are members of religious alliances (churches). In

Dancing school in G. M. Chernauskas Hall, 1900 South Union Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Telephone, Canal 1256. We teach the latest dances. A boy or girl who does not know how to dance is devoid of inner happiness. We guarantee to teach anybody to dance in a short p

Chicagoans will have an opportunity of seeing one of K. Jasiukaitis' plays, "Hungry People", this coming Saturday. Investigation reveals that the play will be well performed. Rehearsals are being held almost every night. The Dramatic Circle hopes to make this its most successful pre

Ceske Narodni Zdruzeni (The Bohemian National Alliance), which, in the last three months, has grown in membership to be counted among the greatest of Bohemian-American organizations, also is growing in the number of its local affiliates. Two weeks ago, an affiliate was started in ou