The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-04
SPEAKERS ! lBEAg
FlR community
Cae Likely to Be a Result
81 the Red Cross Roll
Cal Activities.

Community speakers bureau
Is been established for the Third Red
cross Roll Call and IL the effort is the
success that its promoters predict
die organization will be made perma-
nent It will prove means OF Sc
curing speakers for any meeting that
might be held in the county. It VIII
bring public spirited citizens In an
parts Of the county who touch with
men and women who are able to talk
entertaiEingly and instructiveiy ana
ARE willing to serve the community mi
this way.
oratory has become a lost art" in
recent years and that fact is widely
deplored by older people who insist
that there is no way OF crystalizing
public opinion that Is 80 good as ora
tory The splendid service OF the
FoTir Minute Men in the world war
AYE impetus to this movement and
when the giird Red Cross Roll Call
came along there was such a demand
for speaking on the part of the women
leaders Of that organization that
ecommunity speakers bureau" was at
first considered and now has come
INTO existence.
The first of this series Of talks was
made at the meeting Of the Masonic
4 lodge last night. Tonight there will
he short talks at the Elks' lodge, at
the odd Fellows lodge and M. Lee
vine, OF the Union store, will make a
talk at the Grand opera house where
Lyman Howe's pictures will be shown.
Tomorrow night H. E. Engle will
speak at the meeting of the Moose
lodge. On Thursday j. NJ Jacobs VIII
speak at the meeting of the K. OF p
lodge. On Thursday Senator w. S..
Meredith will speak to the FairmontI
Rotary club. On that night o. S. Nc,
inney viii be heard at the Dixie, H. s.
Lively at the Hippodrome and Ernest
Bell at the Nelson.
Speakers are being lined up for the
aires for the "last half" of the week,
as Thursday, Friday and Saturday is
styled as showdom, and the Grand
comes right in with the others as 1t
has the Columbia Stellar Quartette
Friday night when Miss Dora Lee
Newman will speak and David Belas-
co.'s Dark Roseleen" Saturday night
when Mrs. Kemple White will speak.
The community speakers will ta2
on the Third Red Cross Roll Call at
these meetings. The plan of the or
ganization is to provide speakers on
any subject so that meetings can bel
held which will be in full accord with
the local sentiment that prompt them.
There will be advocates of More
Work Less Pooling" advocates of
twelve hour day for mothers with one
afternoon off every month instead OF
the twenty four hour day they are
putting in at present, advocates Of real
religion in the churches and early re-
livals, advocates of evening prayer
In every home, advocates of Buy
Now which give the assurance that
prices are not going to fall in the near
future at least and advocates of re-
construction who will talk along var
lied lines. The only kind of as peak
er that will not be handled by this bu-
reaiis the crouch, the kicker, the fell
low that is frightened for fear the
world is coming to an end or every
thing in it going to the bad.
The Benton Ferry organization for
the Red Cross Roll Call had been an
nounced with the other county names,
II develops, but had been missed in
the typewriting of the names. 1t is ssI
follows:
Mrs Morgan Stanley (chairman),
Miss Eva Wilson, Mrs. Walter Wilt,
Waiter Wilt and H. L. Clelland.
"a meeting was held at Barrackville
last night in connection with the RED
Cross Roll Call and a meeting will be
held Thursday night at the church at
tdoult. Mrs. James D. Bowman, chair
man at Hoult, was Fairmont visitor
at headquarters yesterday,