Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-06-23
Palisade Red Cross Branch Begun
With Fine Demonstration Before
Attentive Audience Tuesday Night
PaIisade Public School Scene of Remarkable Oupoming In
Behalf OF War Work--Fine Addresses By Req. NJ F..
Montgomery Rev. Usher And Mayor Kisse Edge.oater
Chapter--Ne.o Officers Chosen.
FORT ZEE SOLDIERS MARCH TO MEETING.

Red Cross work in Palisade took place
at the public school last Tuesday
evening before good audience, anc
the interest was stirred to very great
heights by what was learned from
the speakers.
zDavid Arthur Carson acted as chair.
man of the meeting which was late
in opening, but it lost nothing of in
terest on that account. Mr.. Carson
opened with few words of explana.
ton, saying the purpose of the gath
ering was to organize Palisade
branch of the Edgewater Red Cross
Chapter. He said the women of Pail.
SADIE had been working for many
months at the local church on Mon
days, and had accomplished great
deal of good. The men, he said
must now come forward and do their
bit. This was no time to sit back
and be comfortable while our boys
are over on the other side fighting
Mr.. Carson introduced Rev. Mar.
F. Montgomery, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Parish, Grantwood, who
gave a very fine and beautifully
painted picture of what America rep
resents in the worlds social struc.
ture, and told how it's history .had
developed the ideal forces for the de-
velopment and guidance of man
kind. The birth of America, he said
was the beginning of all true govern.
ment. Rev. Montgomery is force
full speaker, full Of original thought
and conviction, sincere and practical
at all times. He drew on his irnagin.
alton many vivid pictures of wrong
constructions placed on war and re
4 ii MI and any douhtif4 pres RI
ers had heard his remarks they would
have placed a different construction
upon militant Christianity.
Mr.. Carson introduced the next
speaker, Re. DR.. Usher, of st. Ber-
tholomew's, New York, who delivered
a finished, and highly interesting
speech. It was full of vivid descrip-
ton of what the war means. Many
Of his descriptions of what the war
represents were too vivid, and many
mothers brust into tears at his elo-
quent portrayal of scenes he had him.
self witnessed in Europe. He talked
a full hour, and not moment proved
dull or listless. He is full of the
meaning of Red Cross work, and ap-
pealed to the men to shake them
selves loose from their old Indifferent
habits and get to work. Don't leave
it all to the women, he said. Men
are needed, for the great work has
not started yet. He told of the early
struggles of Red Cross in this coun-
try. 1t has now grown to 1,250, 00O
members. Everybody should join and
help.
Do something, everybody, he en-
joined in eloquent appeal.
DR.. Usher told of the efforts OF
Chairman Davidson who was at the
head of the $100,00O,000 Red Cross
movement to be raised this week. He
said Washington was exhibiting p
congress notorious for poor team
work, and few statesmen except the
President. He characterized Chair
man Davidson as a statesman of the
first water, and named several others
outside of Washington.
Of the Importance of Red Cross
work DR.. Usher gave facts and fig
ures to prove its great necessity, say
ing that appeals were constantly
coming in from France and England
for aid. France alone was 100000
beds short and looked to America to
supply them. AS a whole, the Usher
address was magnificent, and while it
was largely made up of painful and
grievous truths, at the same time a
recital of the terrible facts was re-
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