Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-01
THOUSANDS OF RED
CROSS WORKERS TO
meet IN OCTOBER
First National Convention to Be
Held In Columbus, Ohio;
Pageant q Feature

The American Red Cross VIII this
year, for the first time IN It's history,
hold national convention WHICH Is
expected to bring together several
thousand representatives Of the ap-
proximateiy $500 Chapters of the or
ganizatfOn in al parts of the United
States The convention viii be held
at the Ohio State Exposition Grounds,
Columbus, Ohio, from October 4th
through October 9TH, preceding by
month the fifth annual Roll Call for
members, which will take place from
Armistice Day, November 18th, to
Thanksgiving Day, November Gath.
The outstanding features of the
program will be a series of great mass
meetings in the coliseum on the Elk
position grounds with addresses by
national leaders of thought and &C
ton and national officers of the Amer
lean Red Cross; an historical pageant
tracing the progress Of mercy and
service UP through the centuries, In
which more than 1000 men, women
and children will take part; a pageant
picturing the service of the Junior
Bed Cross; singing by q chorus OF
thousand voices; a reunion of Red
Cross nurses who served overseas dur
ing the World War; a mass confer
ence on the Red Cross Roll Call and
a series of important sectional CON
ferences on the various phases Of the
Red Cross peace program
Noted Speakers invited
Among those who have been IN
vfted to address the delegates are:
President Harding, now President of
the American Red Cross; William
Howard Taft Chief Justice Of the Uni
ted States Supreme Court; John W.
Weeks, Secretary Of War; Edwin Den
by, Secretary of the Navy; Herbert
Hoover, Secretary Of Commerce; Cen
eral John J. Pershtng; Charles R.
Forbes, Director of the new Veterans
Bureau; John G. Emery, Commander
Of the American Legion; William JED
nings Bryan; Judge Del Torn, Of Porto
Rico; Miss Alice Masarych, Of the
CzechOslovaktan Red Cross; r. B.
Bennett, of the Canadian Red Cross;
Miss Alice Fitzgerald Of the League
of Red Cross Societies: Fighting
Chaplain Duffy:
Red Cross leaders who ere sche6-
uied to speak include Dr.. Livingston
Farrand, Chairman of the Central
Committee; W. F'Tanh Persons, Vice
Chairman in charge Of domestic opep
atoms; Albert Ross Hill, ViceCnatr-
man in chargs of foreign operations;
Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs August
Belmont, Miss Mabel r. BoaaVfUlan and
DR.. Thomas W. Green.
If the duties of hts Jfhcs permit hin
to attend President Harding viii prob
ably speak at the opening mass meet
ing on the evening of October 4rh, on
1.-THE Response for the Nation" follow
ing Dr. Farrand's address ON ~The
Call"
A Magnificent epeceacte
The pageant, The Red Cross Of
Service" will, Il is believed, be one
Of tEe most magnificent spectacies Of
pageantry presented in this country
1t will be produced under the direc.
ton Of the author. Ruth Mougey Wor-
reil, and among those taking part Will
be some 30 men and women who won
distinction during the war for service
to the Government and the Red Cross
A program of special music ts bstng
arranged and the big chorus WILL as,
sist. Professor Lsmunt Warner Of
New York City, Is IN charge Of the
stage SETS which VII provide Ed Ell
legor1cai background. The costumes
are being made by vpfunteev workers.
of the Columbus Chapter from fe-
sigma by Ray Sooey and under hts
direction. Many Innovations IN light
ing and technical effects ere batng
worried out
The purpose OF Cne pageant ts 20
impress on the Delegates from ell $50
tons Of the country the Importance
TO communities end 10 the entire
country Of the permanent pspgram of
the Red Cross r win trace through
the centuries from the beginning of
the present era, the sptrtt of
service whtrn Is now symb1tzed
By the Cross Of red on the
field OF whtta While thB main
portion Of the pageant depicts In a
dramatic and Inspiring way tine dff.
ferent services of the Red Cross dur
ing the war and today, IN peace, Il
will be preceded by spectacular hts
torical procession, passing by Human
tty, accompanied by Mercy. Faith, Sep.
vice Hope and Love, the groups IN the
procession Illustrating great events In
NdIlOuS CSuIuI15S Vi CudTlLJ dIGl ct5I~
vice. One OF the most pretentions
scenes viii be that OF King Arthur and
the knights OF the Round Tabta, and
the kntghttng o4 Str Gaiahad FOR Ser
vice.
While the mass meetings and the
pageant win attract q great deal OF
attention and VIII give splendid In
spiration To those In attendance, the
sectional conferences win be the real
meat Of the convention. the working
sessions. At these conferences active
Red Cross workers from communities
In many States, representing various
points Of view, Will discuss the I'm
portant problems met by Chapters ant
Branches IN carrying out their peace
programs including disaster relief
public health nursing, the genera
health program, volunteer service
Junior Red Cross work, postwar &C
tivities, instruction In home hygiene
and care Of the sick nutrition, and the
like.
New England Delegates
Arthur G. Rotch, Manager 1f the
New England Division Of the Ameri
can Red Cross, has informed ever!
Chapter In this Divisions territor,
of the Convention and has urged tha