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of s ‘ st- Mothers of Pennsy.vania ; The Mothers know well what war moana. Some of cur nenbers have husbands end sous who feucht in the last ware A}l of the Mathers ef Pennsybvania have husbands, sens, brothers and evecthearts now in the armed forces ef @or ecuntry er waiting fer the eali. fo defend America the oali would be gladly answered and we women would cive them QGocespeed. Dut we ony right as leny as we have the freedom te protest against this war which is nothing of ours, in which we have no part, wiih fe none ef eur business, « war that would shed the life blood of eur American beya and the destruction of Anerilen. Against wer legislation, the mebers of the Mothers of Pemsylvania have gent thousands and thousands of lettera and poatoards, maureds and hundreds ef telecrans at creat sacrifice to their tine and enorgy and such linited re- sources as they may havee They have gone to Hashington agein and agein to interview the lawemaakers of our land who will either draf us into this bloody war or seve civilisation by saving America and theirs is the powsr to do ane er the other, The eise of thie splendid audience is evidence of the interest taken in the activities of thia group of Mothers of Ponnsylvania and in ite effort te carry out the three prinsiples of our group, namely "Keeping Amerlea Out of Kar and All Entanglemente and Alliance, Haking the United States Imprecgnable and Up- holding the Genstitution of the United States"s Thie is an American necting of Amoricuns, by Americana and for Anericane and for a pert of cur progran we ro back almost one hundred and fifty years when the thirteen struggling colonics had a Very scoricus problema for they had interesta in various warring countries and were troubled by the propaganda that ie eweoping our country todays fe go back te the Hopkinses fanliys Perhaps you ali imow thet Francis Hopkinson @ composor=--had a eon, Joseph Hopkinson, who was asked by a classmate to prepare a 2one for a particular benefit pley here in Philadelphia. Yt wae here in 1768 that Joseph Hopkineon wrote those Gaertal words of “Hall Columbia's he discove: and gave to the sountry a rational spirit in those wonderful words, which could 80 well be our particular sony todsye Wo are fortunate in having as our solol. who will bring those words back: to yous Pelix Addis of Few York, a man who has sung in various churches in Philedelphiae IJ an happy to introduce to you, Mire Felix Addige "Lall Columbia"«-by Foliz Addlae Urse Goods Thank you very ruch, Mre Addie. It brings to ua very foroibly that what we should do and what wo should renombore Wo roalizo that #11 of you paid an sdmission to com to thie movting tonight but you :o understand that the cos. fe so grest that the Kothers of Pomsylvania would be very glad for any co.trie tution you carc to rakee Plonse do not feel oblignted fn any way but if you ar interested in éur work and in our program we would be vory grateful for your contribution and while you are so kindly contributing to tile fund, wo ars colt to bo lend in song by tre Calbreth to the Hattle Nyun of tho Republic, a song that wean don't ee ee ee ee er ee ee ee ee eee wee we FF We Piva. ie Fabs wie BE ret a ee, awe )Veeveg ae