Palisadian., 1922-07-08
The GLORIOUS FOURTH IN PALISADE
SEES PARADE AND GREAT SPEECHES
With FIREWORKS RAIN-P0STPONED

Palisade got off only part of it's July
4 celebration last Tuesday on account
Of the fickleness of the weather man.
The morning parade, also, was inter-
fered with, though it went off, as did
the speaking at the Public School
grounds The parade was run off this
time without a band, for the reason
that the band had Instructions not to
come if it rained. Being from Brook
iyn, they probably had rain over there.
Some fifty young children, number of
automobiles, all with flags, started out
Bluff road from PaliSade avenue at
10:45, marching steadily to the school
where the janitor had arranged chairs
under the trees. Mr.. William S. B.
Dana of Grantwood in his usual gen.
erous spirit, had brought down from
Fort Lee double quartet of young
girls from the Episcopal Church there,
and they started the program by join
ing in sThe Star Spangled Banner"
as Bette Beans, and two other little
misses, aided by Harry Clark, Jr,
stood and sang. 1t made very pretty
picture.
Mr.. Logan acted as master of cere-
monies and next introduced Seymour
Sears of Grantwood, who, he said, had
never been seen without smile. Mr.
Sears made one of his happiest ad-
dresses, taking New Jersey as one of
the most interesting of all the states
on account of it's noble part in the his
tory of the country. He reviewed the
Revolutionary War, took up the bat
ties, Trenton, Monmouth and others,
and made out one of the most interest
dng cases for New Jersey one could
imagine. 1t was altogether a fine eff
fort, one of his best, and was highly
complimented. It was a speech really
worth while.
Madam Arral Wheeler, who had
come all the way from Grantwood
next sang the "Marseillaise Hymn" with
all of her accustomed fervOr, grace and
skill. She was in magnificent voice
and received salvos of applause
Madam Wheeler showed her apprecia-
tion of her reception with gracious
smiles. 1t was fine act on her part
to come to Palisade to sing because
she had prepared to go elsewhere for
the day. 1t was like her to do so no.
BILE thing as this.
One of the treats of the day was the
really splendid speech of Mr.. George
F. Curtis, lawyer of New York city.
He is also professional entertainer
and had been heard on another occa-
sion in PaliSade. He chose another
Fourth of July incident, very humor-
Gus, in his own life, when as small
boy he attended an occasion similar to
this, and having read of John Adams
and his tribute to the Fourth of July
as an occasion to be celebrated with
all of the eclat and noise possible, he
started out to emulate the great states
man, and bought pistol for noise
making. He and his friend took some
shots at a target. and he killed a calf
of a neighbor. The neighbor told his
father of the act, and when he went
home and told his father what a fine
time he had had at the speaking he
was heard through and then told to go
to the cellar where his father wanted
TO interview him privately. The story
was finely told and was the basis of
a lesson to the children present on
obedience, not only to parents, but to
all forms of law. Mr.. Curtis wound
up with fine tribute to the honor of
America, the country that had never
been whipped or sought war. No finer
short speech on Independence Day
could have been conceived than Mr..
Curtis delivered in Palisade.
Another unusual talk was given by
Mr.. William Mackay of COytesville,
the wall-known artist, and the man
who, acting as agent for the United
States government during the late
war, was in charge of the camoufiag-
ing of our ships against submarine at
tacks. He gave an edifying history of
the beginning of camouf1aging ships, ,,
saying that the Romans and Trojans
placed boughs of trees ON their YES
sells, as did the pirates of those days,
to deceive their enemies and those they
wanted to rob. Taking Mr.. Mackay's
talk as whole, it was Illuminating to
the last degree, and his peroration was
a fine tribute to the love of country we
all should feel. After singing "Ameri- |
ca" the little audience dispersed, ev-
cry one agreeing that they had heard
the best set of short speeches ever
given in Palisade. The program was
chaste and refined and patriotic to the
end. The one regret was that more
did not turn out, but at that the crowd