Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
Paris Raises aIo Per Cent Of Quosa.
A READY REsroHsE no THE CALL FOE
RED CROSS FUNDS.


/ RED CROSS FUNDS.
oouoie success was the Red Cros
demonstration arranged BY the com
mittee and held In Market Square Thurs
DAY evening. In the first place, Il was
decided artiatic success, and it also va
20 effective In rousing the people to th
call for Red Cross funds that the quot
OF South Paris was almost doubled be
fore the crowd dispersed. Later con
Gioutions brought the total still higher
Announcement By an advertising team
during the afternoon in addition to th,
other publicity served to bring q larg,
crowd into the Square before s O'Clock
the hour set for the opening.
For some time the Boy Scouts parad
Cd In the Square In military formation
with 81. g. Fleming % drill master
and considering the few times that they
have had opportunity for drill, they
made showing which was much I'D
mired.
just before eight O'Clock the scholar.
marched up from the brick school house
In charge OF their teachers, and grouped
at the lower side Of the plot in the
Square and sang The Star Spangled
Banner and keep the Home Fires
Burning"
The demonstration was In the form OF
. series OF tableanx, displayed In sue
cession In the windows Of the stores
about the Square, the curtains be-
Ing drawn to each one in turn. Il would
be pleasing to give Q detailed descrip-
ton OF each, but az there were eighteen
separate ones, general description
must suffice. Most of them represented
some phase of the Red Cross works
Red Cross nurse attending q wounded
soldier, giving food to the hungry, aid
to the needy, or caring for the boys
who are In the service of the country.
Some Of them were designed with special
regard to the purpose Of the evening, as
for instance the one in which the Red
Crosse presenting Q hat invited Uncle
Sam to ''come aoross," and that one,
somewhat familiar, in which the Red
Cross, carrying one end of . stretcher,
invites the public to "hold up your
end"
All the tableaux were exceedingly
we'll designed and carried out, In all the
details Of costume, setting and posing.
There was only one drawback to their
complete enjoyment, and that was the
size of the crowd. Where . small
crowd could have gathered at each win
dow and seen the display we'll, there
were so many that they shut out the
sight from one another.
As each tableau was presented, there
was singing BY chorus Of young ladies,
by Mrs. Agnes L. Morton
with either, in front of the tableau
being shown, and each one was yelled
after they had passed on to the
next. The series began at the store of
W. o. rockingham, and passed around
in succession to the windows of Chas.
b. Howard Co., John Pierce, Ripley &
Fletcher, Stevens pharmacy, w. j.
Wheeler & Co., Grace Thayer, W. A.
Porter, Fired N. Wright Co.. N. Dayton
Bolster Co., Eastman & Andrews, Paris
Trust Co., and the South Paris Savings
Bank.
In front of Pythiau Block, before the
tableaux In the windows of the two banks
were shown, q short address was given
by Walter L. Gray, who was in charge
Of the campaign here. Mr.. Gray as
sured the people that for every dollar
one dollar and two cents
would be used for the war work of the
Red Cross, and that none of it would be
wasted. He was followed by Harold T.
Briggs In . brief and tremendously
earnest appeal to the people to give. It
was then announced that the Trust Co.
would be open to receive money and
pledges. voluntary contributions, and
hat the people could pass through the
bank and out at the other door.
Evidently the people were ready for
The occasion. As soon as the doors
we're open, the people who were msssed
1t the front of the bank began flowing
through in q steady stream, leaving their
Not long after nine O'Clock II
was announced that up to that time the
total contribution was $7S050. South
Paris minimum was $4,000.