Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
NEW ENGLANDERS
RAP BOLSHEWSM
Address and Patriotic Tableaux
Stir Members Of Penna. So
ciety at Annual Dinner
PLEA ENTERED FOR RUSSIA

Patriotic tablcaux and stirring ad p
dresses raised enthusiasm TO the high j.
est pitch last night at the annual dinner
Of the New England Society of PennSyl-
yHnia ut the Bellevue Stratford Hotel.
The ballroom was never more
attractive. with its green's and
reds limiting the ncarncss Of Christ
mas. Evergreen trees banked the
stage, the pillars at the other end of
the room. and formed n screen behind
the speakers table. The bright red
of candle shades. poinscttias and holly
berries amid the riotous colors of eve
ming gowns lent festive air.
But into the midst of this crcpt the
seriousness of the age, the calm, cold
iuCiS that bolshCvism and rcstlcssncss
abound and must be fought; that there
are sufferers in Russia and other lands
who must not be forgotten. and that,
after all, it IS the great driving forge
Of New England puritanism, that Is
needed today rs never before.
Our Power a Prophecy
"War has left us the strongest,
richest and most untroublcd nation in
the world" said the Rev. Hugh Brick
head, one of the speakers. "Why? Are
we exempt from suffering? Our very
power is Il prophecy. At no distant day
we shall be called upon to place our
every resource in the balance for the
benefit of the world, No nation liveth
TO itself. Organized scliishnCSs lifts like
n hydra its hundred heads and Kisses
Mt MS from every direction. But this is
the age of democracy and other Coun-
tries are looking to the United States
as an example. II means more to be n
United States citizen today than to be
a citizen of any other country"
Doctor Birckhead and other speakers
declared there are many foreigners hero
who have not been weaned from their
silence" said the minister. "They are
still here. The Puritan blood is needed
to help keep law and order.
Mayor elect Moore was given
splendid ovation as he was introduced
by Cyrus II. X. Curtis, president OF
the society.
Calvin Coolidges Needed Today
1--WE love law and order in this COM
said the former congressman.
eve started it in Philadelphia, and we
propose To maintain il. That is Il
promise Of the new administration.
There was never time when Calvin
Cooidges We're so needed rs today.
However, ! do not fear for the
future. These disturbances come in
cycles Great labor movements rise and
fall. We must encourage every work
man to live a happier life. Yet there
is no compromise between lawlessness
and law.
"Wc must give attention to those
who are restless. We must create new
laws to meet the needs of the people.
With the going of the saloon source
of entertainment has been removed and
we must replace it with something
better"
Mr.. Moore paid high tribute to Mr..
Curtis and TO Edward BOX.
Mr.. Curtis replied that ''if the So
called punkerS let MS we will make this
Quaker City an earth quaker"
The Princess Cantacuzene from Rus
sia, granddaughter of General Ulysses
5. Grant, was presented as the first
woman who has ever addressed the New
England society. She gave vivid pic
ture of suffering in Russia, and pleaded
for aid for the Russians.
"ft has been almost impossible to
reach them till receptly,' she said.
president Wilson was the first person
in the world to recognize the country
after the revolution and to send an
ambassador.
MY husband was among the group
who refused to sign the treaty with
Germany and who felt they could not
join the BOlshevists. They moved back
farther and farther toward the frontier
with never a thought of surrendering,
still fighting a desperate fight, without
clothing, food, arms or ammunition.
They suffered as you cannot imagine.
And they need your aid
"For God S sake, help Russia. Stand
by her as you have stood by France. "
General Leonard Wood and Mary
Roberts Rinehart. who were to have
spoken. were unable to be present and
messages were read from them by MIR.
Curtis.
One of the interesting features of the
evening was the program of tableaux
prepared by Harry ,Jordon. Between
dinner courses the scenes were pre-
sentcd on the stage, each representing
a phase of the part New England has
played in the wars of this country. The
first was in 1920, the second 1776, the
third in 1869 and the last represented
the khaki clad boys of 1918. War
songs of each period were sung.