"WAKE-UP" DAY IN U.S.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 13 July 1917, Page 1

"WAKE-UP" DAY IN U.S.

. PATRIOTIC PARADES. To-day is " Wake-up Day" >in America (wrote 'The- Timess' New York coxiespoiident on April 19 last). In New Yori: ani . hundreds of' other cities and towns thioagj. out thfe coimtry the anniversary of tUeana.. of Lexington is "being celebrated with object of mobilising public . opinion in support of the Government Bill for the establishment of compulsory service in the aitiiy and navy. As I write, a vast paiadc ui 40,000 patriots is being formed in I'irt-a avenue. Other parades are being assemiw. in. Brooklyn and elsewhere. Over the ciov.ii, are tlying a score or more of aerop.aiiti, from which airmen are scattering pofiteis -- red, white, and blue./reading as follows: A Message on Wake-up America. Day fr'on; the Modern Paul Reveres of the iskv. April 19, 1775—April 19, ISI7. One Hundred and Forty-two Years Ago To-day Paul Severe Made His Famous Midnight Hide Calling America to Arms Against ' The Teutonic King. The Eight for Freedom then was for The Freedom of the Anglo-Saxon Bnce,. The Spirit of Paul Revere Calls Again To-day * for Universal Freedom. Act now in the Spirit of "Seventy-six. Your Country Needs You. . ■ Join the Navy. We .Have Ships, but We Need Men. We Didn't Start. Tliis Fight, but We Are Going to Help Win It. You're a man not- according to what-you ?ay, but according' to what you do. We must fight this war not lying down, up. One trained man is worth ten men untrained. - . The celebration of "Wake-up Day" began at midnight, when the cliurch bells tokei throughout- the metropolis. The chimes of Trinity Church pealed forth c My Country, 'lis of Thee.' as the figure of Paid Revere on horseback, impersonated by Miss Jean MoilJe, in green riding breeches and light silk blouse, dashed down the street at breakneck speed. She was received at various points of the city by representatives of the * Mayors' Committee of National Defenca. Banquets in .celebration of the occasion -were beM all sve? the couutiy, . ~