New-York tribune., 1918-10-30
No Lines of Creed
To Restrict Work
I'm War Fund Drive
Great Mass Meeting for All
Races and Religions Starts
Educational Week

In Madison Square Garden next Sum
day afternoon the soul and spirit Of
America awakened arc to be symboized.
Or perhaps made manifest is better
term. For the pageant to be staged
then is to be living thing. made up
of American citizens-Jcw and Gentle,
Catholic and Protestant.
The occasion is to be the opening of
the huge united war work campaign.
Officially that campaign does not be-
gin till November II, and before that
day no one will be asked to donate
penny to the seven great confederated
war charities which have united to
make the Western front decent place
for our boys to live while they arc
making ready to sacrifice all that their
children may live.
But though the actual business of
giving must wait, the directors Of the
campaign as their plans gradually took
shape came to realize more and more
that important as is the matter of rails
ing the necessary money, sum now
estimated at $3.50, 100000, the reality
behind the campaign is even more i'm
portant.
''War Secretary 10 Speak"
The speech of the afternoon will be
made by Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker, who will tell of the value and
stimulus of the seven great war organ
lzations as he has observed them in
operation during his visits to the fight.
ing front. Finally benediction will
be pronounced by Cardinal Gibbons,
most distinguished Of all Catholic pre-
lates IN this country.
Between speeches there will be
music. Billy Sundays Campaign Choir
VII furnish some of it, Side by side
With them will be the choir Of the
paulist Fathers Church. Beyond will
DC the Marine Band. And there will
be individual numbers by Nine. Homer
and Caruso, who is going to sing not
only the "Marseillaisc" but "Oycr
There as we'll, just to prove that art
likewise knows no barriers or classes
IN r the hour of the great ordeal
Inc Madison Square Garden meet
ing is to be held ihe beginning of that
educational week. By it's verv SIM
pl!city the programme is sufficient to
make clear the meaning Of it all. At
the beginning Bishop David II. Greer.
CT the Episcopal Church, will pronounce
an invocation. The Rev. Hugh Black
WI offer prayer. Rabbi Stephen s,
WISE WISE: VII WI read the oath Psalm. Then
LOUIS Marshall, of the Jewish Welfare
Board; Bourke Cochran, of the Ma
}lonal TO Catholic War, Council, and
Dnarles E. Hughes, for the various
Protestant bodies concerned. will each
deliver Ten minute address.
chaA,hs Mho will + be e on the platform ?" Mrs.
y, MARES ,ntta : l.: Tiffany, head of the com
mittee of public meetings and sneakers.
was asked last night. -
on n"oh, almost everybody" she said
But it would only be misleading to
mention their names. You see. that ;s
not the Important part It's the people
themselves who are the celebrities at
TINS gathering the people all to-
eether." w
MANY invitations have been sent
Yes; Catholic. Methodist. Jew
presbytterian, as they happened to come.
And when they arrive at the Garden
they'll all go in and take places wher.
ever they can find them. It won't be
by organizations and societies-itll Just
be as partners and friends. But they'll
all be there"