Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-05
DIR. BIRCKHEAD HERE
At STATE HOUSE DEC. 6
Eloquent Divine To Tell OF Exper-
fences In Europe.
PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW
What The Red Cross Is Doing For An
napOlis And Anne Arundel IA
Message For Democracy.

L
The people of Annapolis should take
pride in filling every seat and every
bit of standing room in the Hall OF
the House of Delegates in the State
House at o'clock. on Thursday eve-
ming of this week, when Governor
Harrington will preside over a patri-
Iotic Red Cross mass-meeting TO hear
the Rev. DR.. Birckhead, of En-
manuel Church, Baltimore. deliver his
stirring address on the part America
must play in the war, and the great
Importance of Red Cross activity in
Europe. Mrs. Chapman, Chairman of
the Women's Bureau of the Potomac
Division, American Red Cross, will
also speak, telling the people of An
napolis how the Red Cross is organ
izing in every chapter throughout the
country new drive for membership
in the attempt to win 100000 more
members before Christmas.
Remember that the Rev DR.. Brick
head has but recently returned from
| Europe, where he made speeches
throughout England at the request of
the British Government, interpreting
to our allies the war spirit of Amer
lea. AS the guest of the British and
| French Governments, he visited the
lighting fronts in France and Flan-
| ders, and saw our own army under
General Pershing in training camps
and trenches. He witness a great
battle in the Ypres sector of the Brit
ish front, risKing his life gladly so
that he could return to America with
a real message of the war-of the way
the world is being made safe for
| Democracy and unsafe for Prussian-
ism. He saw a German airplane at
| tack on London, and one of the de-
structive bombs, dropped at night
from the skies, burst within a few
yards of his window, directly across
from the hotel in which he was stay
ing He studied the work of the Red
Cross wherever he went, especially
among our own troops, and he in
spected the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Unit in France He went to Switzer-
land and talked to Swiss neutrals and
German subjects in Switzerland con-
| cerning the war.
He has come back with great
message for Americans. He has seen
the war as it is, in all its immensity,
and understanding thoroughly the
| tremendous problems involved, he is
happy to take every opportunity here
at home to tell the people of the
| United States his story.
Most of all, he is interested in the
American Rer Cross, which has done
great things, but which is only be-
ginning to approach the tasks Of the
future. He will speak about the work
of the Red Cross as he saw it, with
deep interest, in the war zone.
The demands from far and near for
speeches by Or. Birckhead are sc
numerous that he cannot possibly ac-
cept all the invitations pouring in up
on him. 1t is an honor to any COM
munity, under these circumstances, tc
hear DR. Birckhead, and now that he
has accepted the invitation to speak
at Annapolis tomorrow evening, we
should all, as a matter of civic and
patriotic price. turn out large and
enthusiastic assemblage to hear his
words and by our applause welcome
him and show our approval of his
spirit of patriotic service.
All members of the Red Cross in An
napolis, and the prospective members
for every American should be a
member-will also wish to hear what
is said Thursday evening by Mrs.
Chapman, Chairman of the Women s
Bureau of the Potomac Division. She
will explain the plans now being COM
pleted for the great drive for ten mil
lion more members of the American
Red Cross before Christmas-how. on
Friday of this week, all the moving
picture theatres in the country will
turn over their gross receipts TO the
Red Cross; how committees for get
ting new members are being formed
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
| from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico;
how the Red Cross will go "over the
top with ten million new members
before Christmas
The meeting Thursday night will be
held under the authority of the An
napolis and Anne Arundel Count
Chapter of the Red Cross. 1t is oui
own Red Cross organization; it il
our home organization. The Cover.
nor of Maryland will preside Ii ths
Governor can find time to go, you car
find time to go. This means you. Whs
would have it told that the Rev DR.
Birckhead came to Annapolis ant
found a small audience at a mass
meeting for the American Red Cross
There should be such crowd thai
only those who arrive half an hcul
early can find seats in the House Of
Delegates Only in this way, by earn.
estness of purpose and consistent
continuous enthusiasm, can Annapoli:
do its part in the new drive for ter
million more Red Cross members by
Christmas. There are now over five
million. The Red Cross wants te
ranse this to ten million within three
weeks over the top for the Amer
lean Red Cross