Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-12-25

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attended and proved a charming sue
cess from every angle. The pictures
sent to Palisade were those that have
been used in other exhibitions. How
ever, they were all interesting, and
number of the best pictures
were bought by local residents
and presented to the school to be
placed on the walls permanently as
guides to the taste and art develop
ment of the pupils. All of the vari-
Gus schools of art, both ancient and
modern, were shown. The show lasted
from Wednesday to Saturday, and
about every one in the village attended
at one time or another. The pictures
bought will be new copies. Over $500
was realized from admissions for the
art fund.-
Friday evening was Community
night, and those who attended were re-
warded in several ways. First the pic
ture exhibit was still on, and those
who had not seen the generous display
enjoyed going around all the school
rooms and seeing them.
Friday evening was also Public Lii
brary night and the ladies of the COM
mttee sent to Trenton and bor-
rowed Miss Sarah Askew, state library
commissioner, and the best one in any
state, especially to hear her remark
able talk on books. Miss Askew has a
very attractive personality. First she
is natural-very natural-and the
most original little body imaginable.
She and her auburn hair, her simplic-
ity, her naturalness, her bubbling hui
NOR, her keen wit, her pathos, all
rolled into one, would captivate any
audience in the world. She is so hui
man that one is laughing one second,
crying the next. Her subject was
Books" and, while the audience real
lied that it was well chosen, she said
more about folks than books. Her aim
was to specify why books and people
go together and why books make men
and women largely what they are. No
village paper notice of this gracious
little Alabama lady could properly de-
scribe all that she represents. She is
the repository of all the emotions and
has vocabulary SO simple, so fluent,
so appealing, that one wonders how
one little piece of brain could contain
it all, though Miss Askew is no small
Drained person by long shot. She is
heroic, pastoral, lyric, adorable and
can say more with the least effort than
most people can grind out with great
labor. She completely captivated Pail
SADIE and had her audience with her
every minute, and they never got tired
an instant. Miss Askew does not
mean to be wonderful, but she is. She
is whole team in herself, and what
she does is so wholly wholesome and
uplifting that one of her talks is far
better than a sermon. If man is not
better from listening to her he isn't
half a man. There is saying that in
the arts the difference between the
best and second best is unreasonable
one of the most interesting of the
mysteries quite beyond explanation or
even illumination, like the mystery OF
religious faith, which escapes defina-
ton and can never be reached by deli
nition-or argument. 1t is this subtle
something about Miss Askew that en-
thralls, principally because her appeal
is so like the spider web she told about
which had been illuminated by the
good Angel of Love at the Christmas
tree-a moment when her hearers lost
themselves in their emotional ecstacy,
Mrs. Pencil introduced the program
in a few well chosen remarks, then
presented Mrs. Beans, who has be-
come a favorite in Palisade because of
her qualifications in educational and
kindred topics. Mrs. Beans made
short and entertaining talk on art, then
introduced Mrs. Harry Clark, Jf., the
latter playing a piano solo not only
with much feeling, but great artistic
skill as well. She has been heard in
Palisade often, but never to better adj
vantage. She has fine expression and
| beautiful technique and played with
much feeling. She was well received
and responded with a pretty encore.
Mrs. Middleton, accompanied by Mrs.
Clark, then sang two of her best songs
and, as always, pleased the audience
greatly. She retains her remarkable
voice and is if possible now better than
ever as a finished vocalist.
The Educational Committee having
the exhibition in charge We're: Mrs.
Beans, chairman; Mrs. Phillips, Mrs.
Unger, Mrs. Jeltrup, Mrs. Lockington,
Mrs. Nazeley and Mrs. George g.
Clark. Mrs. Purdon was chairman OF
the library.
Miss Eleanor Brown presented
framed picture on behalf OF the Girls
Club in a neat little speech. Other
pictures contributed were by w. t.
Goodman, Mrs. Ernest Sibley, Mrs. j.
f. Pennell, Nils Paulson for MS
daughter Helen, the Womans CluD,
Junior Civic League, Firemen's Asso-
citation, Palisade Improvement Asso-
citation and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L.
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