The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-25
Record Breaking Crowd at
Bayview Contribute
to the Fund.
ARTILLERY BAND
GIVES SELECTIONS
Rev. John Brown and 7. S.
Beard Address the
Assemblage.

Probably the largest crowd in the
history of the place visited Bayview
Sunday, and as a result a large
amount was Melted for the Red Cross
in the campaign for $4,000.
Groups of hundreds visited the re-
sort during the day, some taking
basket dinner and picnicking under
the trees, during the afternoon the
attendance was greatly swelled, and
the total for the day ran we'll into
the thousands.
Though the park as a resort at
tracts hundreds every Sunday, the
additional features yesterday, and the
help to the Red Cross drew record
breaking attendance. The pier and
pavlllons were packed, and the water
congested with bathers. The high
dive and spring board were constant
ly in action, while the shadows near
the beach were devoted to children
enjoying themselves to their hearts
content.
In the afternoon, the military band
of the Eighth Company, c. A c.,
through the courtesy of Major
Hughes, commanding, rendered beau
tiful selections, which served to draw
others, until the entire space around
the band pavilion was crowded.
A glance at the motors alone would
have heen sufficient evidence of the
size OF the crowd, for thew came n
facy roadsters, handsome touring
cars, even motor delivery cars. ana
the faithful horse did his hit in
bringing the masses to the park. To
say nothing of the street cars. which
were loaded to capacity.
10 look at the crowd listening to
the band, it appeared that nobody
was doing anything else, but to look
at the water, it seemed that every
body was in swimming. and those
VINO were not actually in the water.
were IN canoes, which in the end
to the same thing.
While the concert was in progress
and the addresses OF Mr.. Beard and
Rev. Mr.. Brown were beine. made
of the local branch. in their
service uniforms, passed through the
crowd soliciting contributions. As
result of this alone, more than S135
was received.
Mr.. Brown stressed the innortancs
u making the people, but half awake
o the gravity of the problem, realize
ne immensely of the task before this
ountry.
The war will last from two to five
ears, he said, depending on the size
II the army America puts into the
ield to break the deadlock that now
NIsts in the western theatre. The
york of the Red Cross, he said. was
n proportion, and he recounted in
tances of the alienation of suffering
his organization has effected He
oia how Germans dropped candy, in
ecIed with typhus germs, upon the
ountrX, In order that they might
feak their war against the children
ven and quoted the great German
hilosopher NietzsChe who declared
lat no one should read the New
testament without gloves, so great
as the filth therein. and who further
eciared that Pontius Plate was the
My estlmable character mentioned
the Bock.-as illustrating the psv-
lology Of the Germans and the con-
.quent horrors they perpetrated-
'rrors which it is the object of the
ed Cross to correct.
Mr.. Brown was followed bv John
Beard who made a stirring appeaI
the people to donate to this cause
was particular patriotism, he de-
AIRED, to subscribe to Liberty Bonds.
e best investment that thew could
AXE; but it was an act of real ma
,,otIsm, real sacrifice to deny ones
II to, give to the Red Cross, think
z only Of the good they might do.
d without hope of reward,
Fifteen percent of the total receipts
the Bayview amusement organiza-
N will 60 to the Red Cross.