Notables Extol Red Cross Work

Additional Messages of Greeting from All Parts of the World — Pope Sends a Prayer — To Be Put Into a Souvenir Book.

So many greetings from all over the world have been received by Frank D. Higbee, director of the Twentieth Century Department of the Red Cross, that a magnificent souvenir book will be printed containing all these messages from noted men and women in every land. All the greetings are copyrighted.

On March 2 the Red Cross will hold a monster benefit in this city, at which Miss Clara Barton will be present. It is understood that the twentieth century souvenir will be ready then. More greetings will be collected before that time. Many more were received yesterday. Here are some of them:

Prayer by Pope Leo XIII—O God, grant to the American people at the beginning of this new century that they may love Thee above all things, that in pursuing their career they may always have Thy glory in sight and that under Thy protection they may always increase in strength and happiness. O God, grant wisdom and integrity to the officials of this nation and to all the bishops of the Church. O God, grant that this, Thy people, may be prosperous in all their enterprises; that they may overcome all enemies, both internal and external, and that they and the whole human family may repose in the blessings of perpetual peace.

From Capt. Dreyfus.

Capt. A. Dreyfus — The wishes I form for the society at the dawn of the twentieth century are prosperity and the continuance of its successful career of human fraternity. Accept, sir, the expression of high consideration.

Sarah Bernhardt — I send you all my best wishes and admiration for the Society of the Red Cross. Better than any one else have I had occasion to appreciate the greatness of this work during the siege of Paris in 1870. I have been devoted to the society for a long time, and I hope that the same will not forget that I am one of its most fervent adepts.

Speaker D. B. Henderson — War in the early days had only two persons to consider—the killer and the wounder. Since the inauguration of the Red Cross we have three—the wounder, the killer and the healer. However patriotic may be the motives that impel the killer and the wounder, God alone is capable of measuring the great heart of the healer. The Red Cross has done much to soften the horrors of war, and the name of Clara Barton will be remembered when Hannibal, Caesar and Napoleon are forgotten.

Zola for Peace.

Emile Zola — The Red Cross Society leads indeed to peace. It is very well to go to the Transvaal, to China, taking relief to the wounded. But it would be still better if there were no wounded and if the Red Cross should succeed in making the nations embrace one another.

Gen. O. O. Howard — It gives me special delight to call to mind my connection during the Spanish war with the Red Cross Society. Your society is always on hand to do good, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, and tenderly care for our Heavenly Father's little ones. The Psalmist says: "Praise is comely;" so I do not wonder at the meed of praise which you receive from all quarters.

Ian Maclaren — With all my heart I wish success to the Red Cross, for it is the Cross of my Master, and its work is that for which He lived and died. May the Red Cross fullfil its mission, that it change into the Crown in that day when there shall be "neither sorrow nor crying; neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away."

Secretary Hay's Message.

John Hay — Nothing in the century now closing has been more important than the works of charity and religion which have contributed to the moral advancement of mankind, and our best hopes for the coming century must be in the same direction.

Gen. Joseph Wheeler — I am very glad you are using your best efforts to extend the influence of the Red Cross. It is hard for me to express to you the great good that your organization is doing.

Rev. Robert Collyer — I have lived in it seventy-seven years and shall die in the faith that this is the greatest and grandest of all the centuries in our human story, but a grander still and a better will dawn when the sons and daughters of the Red Cross meet to watch for its advent, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Amen.

King Christian of Denmark — I send my hearty greeting with best wishes for constant success in promoting the cause of humanity to which your institution has devoted itself.

Words of Cheer from Irving.

Sir Henry Irving—I have the deepest sympathy with the objects of the American Red Cross Society, and I join with you in the hope that the new century, which will soon dawn upon us, will be laden with more blessings of peace that the whole world craves.

Ira D. Sankey — My personal hope and prayer is that we may draw still closer together, and that, by our standing shoulder to shoulder, in defense of the right against the wrong, and for the spread of righteousness and fair-dealing among all men, unjust wars may cease and peace reign throughout the world.

King Leopold of Belgium — As a patron of the Belgian Red Cross Society, I beg the chairman and members of the American Red Cross Society to accept my most sincere good wishes for the success of their celebration of the opening of the century. It affords me great pleasure to congratulate them on their generous endeavors, and I have no doubt that the result of their efforts will be worthy of the great work they pursue and of the great nation to which they belong.

Nikola Tesla — The retrospect is glorious, the prospect is inspiring; much might be said of both. But one idea dominates my mind. This, my best, my dearest — is for your noble cause. I have observed electrical actions, which have appeared inexplicable. Faint and uncertain though they were, they have given me a deep conviction and foreknowledge that ere long all human beings on this globe, as one, will turn their eyes to the firmament above, with feelings of love and reverence, thrilled by the glad news: "Brethren! We have a message from another world. unknown and remote. It reads: 'One . . . two . . . three . . .'"