The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-04-29
LARGELY ATTENDED | :
MEETING LAST NIGHT

Secretary Montignani Fully Lived up
To His Reputation as an Enter
tainer-Mrs. John f. Croft And
Prof. Wedelin Delight Audience
With Musical Selections.
The meeting at the new Cambridge
Armory last night was we'll attended,
but, unfortunately, many of those
who might reasonably have been OK
pected to be present and subscr pc
for Victory BONDS were not on hand.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. George w. Woolford, county
chairman, who announced that the
first selection would be The Star
| Spangled Banner. After the singing
of this national anthem, Mrs. John
| E. Croft sang two selections, and
from the manner in which the audi
ence applauded, it desired Mrs. Croft
to sing a number of additional se1ec-
lions, but the chairman announced
that before she would sing again
there would have to be a $1,000 sub
scription.
Mr.. 'Montignani, Y. M. c. A. Sec
rotary, who saw active service in
France for long time, was the next
speaker, and with his humorous say
ings and interpretations, kept the
| audience in an uproar. He paid a
beautiful tribute to the American SOL
n inrc ocrooio 11v To fhnc0
who gave their lives in the great con-
fiict. After speaking few m oments
Mr.. Montignani stated that he would
help again later and closed his speech
Mr.. Woolford, in announcing the.
next speaker, stated that at the
start of the campaign. before there
had been a meeting of the commits
tees, one evening while he was wait
ing at Loan Headquarters for a ga
thering of the Cambridge workers,
gentleman came in and stated that
he would like to make subscription
and upon being given card, return
ed it with subscription Of $4,000;
that gentleman made the first subs
scription, and made it without being
solicited; it was a magnificent ex-
ample of the spirit which should ami
mate everyone at this time, and it
gave him great pleasure to introduce
as the speaker of the evening, the
gentleman, Mr.. V. Calvin Trice.
Mr.. Trice made a wonderful adj
dress, one that thrilled his hearers
as they had not been thrilled for a
long time. He stated that he had
tried to get into the service, but
could not do so, and that he had
found out that he would only have
been in the way, that he had taken
the subscription as stated by the
chairman, not because he was able
to do so, because he was not, but
because he felt it his duty to do so;
he felt it his duty to help bring back
the boys over there, to help pay the
Indebtedness that had been incur
red in connection with the war, and
that he believed it to be the impera-
tive duty of every man and woman at
this time oshow their appreciation,
not with words, but by their acts.
Many people had subscribed to help
put the American soldiers in France,
but how about getting them home?
How about supporting them while
over there? 81
There have been, he stated, many
crises in the history of the American
Republic, but this was the most seri-i
GUS one of all, and every true, loyal
American citizen should say with
heart full of thankfulness, Thank
God, the Republic still lives. it still
lives
The address was one of the most
stirring that has been delivered here
during the period of the war, and 1t
was great pity that every man and
woman and child in the county could
not have heard it.
The subscriptions announced last
night, which included those that had
been solicited up to this time.
amounted to about $135, 900.
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