Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-01
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QalE POST-EDITORIAL. NHIsl4
A Neighbours Editorial.

wen oi Fallsade's Tenth Birthday,
lie has concluded that the best tbino
ne knows is the remarkable sneech do
nseleo ON mat occasion by neighboI
II. II. Brown, one of Palisades ablost
citizens. Here it is in full. one oi
the hnest tributes to the town ever
uttered:
Mr. Chairman and Neighbours:
The reason why l have the privilege
OF being with you this evening is be-
cause courageous member of nv
family took advantage of an oppor-
tunlty, which arose while | was on
the other side of the Rocky Noun
talns, to buy a partly finished house
IN Palisade about eight years ago. I
recall that / looked over the papers
about the transaction in the old
knutsford House at Salt Lake CITY,
and that when | returned the buver
OF the house was experiencing a
chilly sensation in her lower extremi-
ties. Figuratively speaking, applied
a hot-water bottle; and so, on a cold,
rainy day in June, we moved, in
with about fourteen artisans in the
house. Among other incidents, l re-
member trying to manipulate fried
egg at our first meal with whitfield
end of lath.
We have never regretted the move.
AS | look back this evening over my
life in Palisade, the most Impressive
feature to me of our town is that it
is a good place in which to rear
children.
In the first place, Palisade is a
moral town. Vice is a stranger to US
We are home-lovers. This trait we
hold in common. We have no idle
aristocratic class. We are democratic
in our tastes, and are busily engaged
in the pursuit of our various callings
These things sink deep into the i'm
questionable minds of children.
Then Palisade is a healthful town
1t has never had case of typhoid
fever. We have good sewer system
Our houses are screened; our prem
ises are kept clean. We have ar
abundance of fresh air and sunshine
in our homes. Our children have
ample play grounds. Our death rate
per annum from all causes will COM
pare favorably with that of almost
any other community. Healthful con-
ditions of living mean healthy chill
dren.
Again, Palisade is town of encom-
passing beauty. 1t is becoming physi-
cally more attractive every year. Its
distinctive type of architecture; its
winding streets; it's neatly trimmed
hedges; and it's well-kept lawns
create a park-like effect which is
pleasing to the eye. Now, beauty of
environment tends to develop the
aesthetic sense in children.
And Palisade is a town of culture.
Securely removed from the evils OF
the metropolis, it is yet close enough
to this great city to feel the influence
of all that is good in it's mighty life.
This is readily discerned by college
professors, of whom we have happily
had an influx in recent years. We
have a church in which there has
never been a schism; a Sunday school
so attractive and so well-managed
that our children cannot be entlced
away from it; a modern public school
wisely provided by our Board of Edu-
cation; clean and enterprislng
weekly newspaper that can be readily
admitted to our homes,-a paper that
is fourishing in the shadow of the
great metropolitan dailies at time
when the influence of weekly news
papers generally is on the wane; a
Building and Loan Association to
encourage thrift and in which asso-
citation every adult and child should
be a shareholder; a choral society
under an able leader; and various
clubs, leagues and societies through
which our people may express them
selves. All of these things make for
culture, and culture is an important
factor in the development of children
In these delightful surroundings
our children are able to spend joy
Gus youth and to prepare themselves
for the greatest possible amount of
usefulness at maturity.
The advantages they enjoy did not
just happen. They were created. In
their creation, difficulties had to be
overcome. In settling these Difficult
ties what knowledge did we gain that
can be impaired to our children for
their future guidance? We may tell
them | think that our community is
like large family; that in the settle
ment of community questions we
should be slow to impugn the motives
of others; that we should be intel