PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT
OUTOFTKEROLLCAIL
Population of the United Statet
Aiked to Stand Up ind
Bo Counted.
y QSRALD STANLEY LIE.
I had a friend ear astned Old Mil
fipear, who was the rurater nr found
er of tht John Qutnry Adsms Memorial
U Qnlnrjr, efsea. If conceived tht
Idea of making the house Into me
morial end, with hie genius a col.
lector of eld furniture, nlltd It with
thing to ate.
People ram from everywhere, and
I twenty flvt renta apiece they went
about 10 at tha thing lllll bad col
rectad nd hear tllll talk.
Itlll flt vary eupertor lo mnat col
lector, "Jaat eollecHre," lllll Mll,
"collect anything."
Rill atuallr eeul4 ttte oenpta op whan
ar mim In lha 4eoc. but whan ha
waan't quite aura about people, ens eue
Pol4 ha didn't want la bulbar with
tham varr long, ha uea4 la laka them up
la tha atlla lo alta Ibam up quirk, lla
would ahow tham buthal naaketful (
eomethlnt Ihay aauldn'l qulta eea. and
Ibaa ha would tin hla hand with
Saurian and ear In an Impreaatve tana
aa ibr snopeo' la took elaeer "Thla la
lha larteet t'oUaetlan af Burnt Matches
In lha World!"
Ilundrada af collectors didn't break
emlla. Hill aaid. and juat loakad awad.
Than Mill hnaw, el course, thai ha
naadn'l bet bar It thew tham hla beat
I bints.
a a a
noma ef lha people whe are pronoaint
In (a eul Inte the tireete Had Oroee
r-hrtetmaa Roll rail Week and aathar up
evarraody la )ata the Had Croaa. aaam
la ihlnb thai lha main ihlna than la
le tall peepta about the Rod rreaa la
thai If lba pay a dollar le beiena ihey
will balona la lha Lorteet Cllalon of
ranpla Whe Have raid one Dollar In the
World.
I fall a Intle eu parlor la thla al Ural
and bae-ao thlnaln- how I wouldn't do II.
Hut wbon I bea Ihlnaina what the
blfcaot Cellaetlea ef People In lha World
eewid da bp betna the ettieet and
bp alt wanting the same thing with a
different ana dollar, II became Impree
tto. '
tt would even be tmpreealve If forty
Million people in America all wanted Ihe
aama thing with lha aama Dollar t
All wanting lha aama thing would be a
nation preyingall the grown-up people
af a nation with their mile half eon
gVMiua children round tham praying t
Tha dollar a man Joined with, would
pot be a mare ene dollar. The dollar
would be a reaelp to every man In
' Amaru thai l Ml M other man or
women belonged lo him. and that ha be.
longed lo tham tn getting what be want
ed far three million eoldler bora and for
their fhiidrea al home.
e e e
rorty minion people all lha grown. up
people In thla country plsk eul thrae
million men and any lo lha three million
pnan they hav picked out. "Vot go and
die for aa. you go and be eavlora ef Ihe
world and die on our cioia.a for
Than what da lha forty million doT
It would bo be oomething If wa would
ad line up 4 ha whole forty million of
wa lo a man. with our little pallid Inelpld
epeerhleee dollar bllle In ear hand from
Maine lo California rhrlatmaa Weak and
nee our two dollar bllle a year aa ballot a,
gtand tip In lino and be counted and
table lo the men aeroaa lha easa thai
wa vote one carfare onoe tn two waeke
lo aland by tham. to at and by tha aoula
and horfiaa ef Ihe children of the man
who have made a atendlng offer lo die
an our ocoaeet for ua!
Who wanta lo be left out of thla lino
by CHrtaimeo Kve
What man would want lo be stood up
In a row of thoee who are left out while
all of the children of the world Ale by
end look al him. while Ihe little children
of nine hundred Ihouaand dead man In
Fngtand Ala by and look at him. or tha
children of Ihe eoldiere of France giving
(hair Uvea to protect the akyeerapere of
K'aw York
For that matter It need not take ao
many children. What man who let him
eelf bo left oat would feel eafe In hla ,
own houae with hla own children climbing
ap Into hla lap believing In him eafe
with hie own baby pulling en hi fare,
jabbing hit email Iruetful data In hta
tree If he let hlmeelf be left outf
Of eourea. It eeeme'a little Ilka a
mockery to cable over lo France Chrlat
maa Kve that wt give one carfare once
In two weeka lo ihe children of the men
we picked out to dlt for ua, but It would
be a atari. . '
Nobody netdo to think It would be a
big thing )uet to belong lo the Ited Croaa.
but It la going to be a big thing to ba
left out -
AID GAS HEROES.
On tha roof of tha Pavilion Relte
rue. near St. Cloud, la most lntereet
Ing hoapltal for aoltllera who hnva been
"gassed." Tha Pavilion Bellevue It
Hit former lioint of Itndora Duncan
and la in charga of the American Ited
Croas.
Lieut. Wilfred H. Day of Niagara
fills, N. T, la In charga of thla hos
pital, which treata only thota who hava
been gassed, and la tha flrat hoapltul of
Ita kind to bt tetabllehed. Lieutenant
Day haa rlaltad every country that
waa In tha war, except Bulgaria and
Turkey, and haa worked In aach ona.
During a recent visit to Worcenter.
England, ha waa received by tha Lord
Jlavor and honored because of hla
work, and tha Queen of Rourasnla con
ferred honor upon mm, commanding
him for hla work among tha wounded
and destitute of her country.
MONtY NOT THE OBJECT.
Our obligation to our own aotdlara
nd aallora and tha privilege of minis
tering to tha sick and wounded, of
feeding tha hungry, housing the home
less and rebuilding the watte placet of
our associates In the war, call tht en
tire American people to tha aupport of
tha Ited Croat aplrlt now aa never be
fore. Tht money to be raited In mem
berthlp duet la aecondary. It la tha
aplrltnal phaat that la Important, for
It will sljpw the tulTerlng people of
the world that the American people
will aea thein through their azperlenca
to tie ery end. , ........
DO YOUJKOW?
Red Cross Christinas Roll Call
December 16th to 23rd
Ihi ynu know the Red fro"
Christmas Hull full? Ixi you know
nllfli lie going to ln-T x ynu
know It'a Ilia call of our lirnllirra,
who are far away, over the era?
Iht you know dial If yu answer
"present" you'll lie helping sntnv
liny mrr there, ami you'll show
llmt jmi'rr liacklng tun anltllrra ami
willing to tin your full eliurr? lo
vntl knmv that In mlllloiia of rtill
flren thla algti of a tiavrit, liitfi-ril,
for I hey know II nienna fixiil. tloili
Ina. alielter and love lo euply rvrrx
nreilT l) )tiu know what ilia inll
lliina nf inruilirra all over our -ll-lieloved
Inml have ImD ahlo to tin
Ihniugli the lleil t'riHia In onVrltig
a klmt, lirlplng ImmlT Will you nn
awrr "I'm hrre" lo tht mil rail)
Will you bt a incinhcr llila yrnrf
If you will you'll rerclve tl "loxe
button" a token of (.'hrlatmne K'mhI
chrcr.
MAKE ROLL CALL UNANIMOUS.
The nfltf-al nYalgnatlon, and the only
proier rhnrnrtrrltnllnn of the tlniioii
atratloti Dial will oivnpy tlu atii'iitlm
of Hit Ainrrli-an people, utnlrr llir
nuaplora nf the American Ilwl Croaa.
Inimnllalrly prvredlng Hi i-oiiiIdk lioll.
tiny et'nauti, la "Tlio Ili-d Cfnaa l.'lirlal
una Uoll Cull."
Tlio object of ihe Clirlatmna W
fall la in reglatrr In lernia of artlve
Prtlrlntlnii the a;ilrlt of a nniloti.
Tl-e ;irll In qneallon la (MTavliiniMl In
Itrrl Crtiaa ntfinbrmlilp. It la not to be
a "rnmpalgn" lo ralao a war fund inn
a "tlrlve" to eirriiKMx'ii iho nmti-rlnl
rraourrea of I lie Itml t'riHui mpniUii'
Hon. Jia ninln olijmlvo la tlir rx-ti-iialon
nf licit t'roaa tiirinlirmlilp to
llif uttrnmiet limit.
Hot tn It that no fnlae miK-rptlon of
the putmMi nf ihe Hull Call flntla IikIi
mem anyuhrrr. anil, hlli nnihnl
Ing lb grantlror of the inoremt'lit un
tlrr lla only Inulral inline. kv ever
liiatlitKly In mind the Idea to "Mukt
It unutiltuuua."
NEW FACES FOR OLD.
Tht Amrrlrnn Hod Croaa line uutli-r
taki-n varied inaka. Three mnee from
ilnrnlng the atHka of Die aoltllera to
milking new farva for thoee ilinflLMint!
by a or. Mm. Iiikl, the lf of lr.
IjiiIiI, now tlolng attrvlro In lied Crone
hoapliala chroail, la working In her
Parle alutllo making iitaaka to rover
dleflBurwl farra. A phtttngrnph of llto
eoldler aboulng liow he hxikml iH-furo
being wnuntletl la obtained and then a
maak of copper or ellvrr la made to ro
aemble It and replace the part that la
gone. Thla la made aa lifelike aa poa
alble and held on, aa a rule, with howt
behind the rare IJko apectarlea. The
auldler cannot eat or eleep In theiie
tuaaka, but bo can are and breathe
throiiiih them. Kometlniea a none la
put on ao lifelike that It cannot be de
tected, and aomel tinea It la a chin or In
rare Inatnnrea a I moat tha entire face.
Thla great humanitarian work enablet
the victim to mingle with people with
out being matla conaplcuotia or con
cloua that be la being avoided.
WHAT HOMI tKRVICI MEANS.
So many question! are ennatantly
coming to the Home Service Section of
tha Ited Croaa that a few words on to
Ita object a may not coma omlaa. Tha
Home Service Section alma to oervt
tha folka at home, to bring them
nearer to the man In the field, and to
bring him nearer to tha onea nt home,
, Sometltnea It meana helping to
atralghten out a financial mimic, axm
timet help In the training of the chil
dren, aometlmea being a big brother to
a young lad who noetla a bit of friend
ly count!, ar advlalng a young wife
who may ba worried about the coming
dua of the mortgage and what her
rlghtt tinder tha law may be.
Then, too, there are aometlmea tie
laya In tha mailt or lout letter, nnt
aometlmea dela.va In the allotment, or
errora In the amount which alinitld ba
forthcoming. Theao problem nnd
many othere are being atrnlghtenod
out by the Home Service Section, with
out charga to the families, and with
an efficiency which la dally growing
mora valuable. More than 300.000
calls hive been answered.
for those who are worried hrcntwe
of the non-arrival of letters a cable la
sent Inquiring about tha nian'a wel
faro.
In fact the ttntne Servlre Section la
living up to Ita name It Is really tha
sen-let of those at homo It Is trying
to ba the fntner, brother or husband
to those left behind.
FRENCH AUTHORITIES ACCLAIM
WORK OF AMERICAN RED
CROSS. -
Dr. Chassalgne of the French Mill,
tary Sanitary Service and M. Ooyon
tn recent addresses paid warm tribute
to tha work of the American lied Cross
In the war, and M. Autrand, prefect nf
the Department of the Seine, rnlnet
tha personal efforts of Mad Cross
workers.
"Tour tssk Is not ended," said M.
Autrand, "Our friends and our bene
factors now are mora than ever Indis
pensable to us. Our task Is Immense.
Help o Wa hava known how to van
qulsh ! wa will know bow to organise
uraalvaa la victory,"
'AAIERICA'S WOMEN JOINED
IN ANTHEM OF SERVICE
Millions of Red Cross Workers Do Multitude
of Little Things at Home Which Enable
Our Boys to Do Qreat Things In France.
t'tider the bniiner of the lied Croaa
Ami-rliiin women aro 'working In
luiliira, rhuri'liea. rliilm, erhoola, ehnpa,
llii'iiiila, fiK'tnrlea. Iionpllnla and In
tliiiiiMinda of lied Croaa work rooma.
The limit of Mewing inacblnea, the
v,lilr.i of tmialln torn tn accurate alrlpa,
the nil lat tat of volunteer typewrit
era. the tirr of boiling kettlea In can
teena. Ihe rumbling of automobiles of
the Motor Corpa. the aoft click of knit
ting needlra In lonely robins and farm
bonwa. all blond Into a great anthem
of eervlce.
Aboiir R.0tXI.0ii0- women working
tlirinigli Ited Croat Chapters and
briiiu'liea aro making with their hnnda
rellrf aiippllea aurulral dreaalnKa,
knluvl anlilva, hoapltal and rffin.ee
Kiirioeliln or working ar vnluntee.-B.
eiibji-i't to any call dny or night, at .'V
riilli'otid etntona throughout the coun
try uihI at the porta of einlinrknllon, or
aervlng In volunteer Motor Corps.
Truly hero la an nrmv with bnnnera
bNimera nf a red crtiaa on a white field.
Kor the period up lo the flrat nf July,
HUH, American lied Croaa Chttplrre.
tltrotmh their work-roomn, bad protluc
ed V.fJ.74H.IT aurgbul ilieaalngn, 10.
l.'M.MU knitted artlclea, I0.7SO. liira
pluil gsrmenta and other htmplinl stip
pllra mid reftiKee garmenta, mulling a
lotnl of rJl.iaci.KW arilclea of an eet.
mntcHt ttggrcKate value of at least
UtHMNS),
ll sirlng during the Ited Croat
war fund drive, when ibouennds of wo
men workers lo cities In every stnto
funned their grent symbolic procee
alone, thoee who looked on saw them
aa the repn-aetilntlves of all our Amer
ican women working In this sr, and
heard In "The llnttle Hymn of tha Ito
public." to which tbey marched, the
COMFORTS, SMILES AND CAKE
LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE
Thus Every Red Cross Canteen Becomes a Bit of Home
fox Our Soldiers in France.
What could poaalhly be more glad
timing I bun the sight of real Atnerl
enn dmifcliiiulpi. hunks of Itinrioua pie.
mil hunker Nothing unleea It mlKht
be lite eight of an honeat-to-gaallieaa
AmerlrBti girl. And the combination
of the three, nnd.innybe a couple of
mtiBn of gtxwl hot coffee thrown In for
good meeauw noinidy but a really
tired, hnrdworked Yank can really ap
priviiite thla food for the goda and
roiiifort for the heart or uiiiii.
"It ain't the coffee nor the pie nor
the doiuhiiui. not oxen the pretty
plfK" wild tine young soldier; "It In
the clubi o( a wnniiin who looka like
your mother with her little cup a
irltle unUcw aninetlmes, anil maybe a
liM-k of hnlr atrnlghtenetl out of curl,
Jsihi like mother uned to bnve hem
come hcn nhe wn hurrying loo imri
ihni'M the thing thnt mijki-s a fellow
rind h- luiiened to be with ibis par
tleiihif bunch. And when that woman
anya. 'Here, son. hava another piece of
pie!' It iroca rlcht through yonr heart
nnd tiinken you feel that If you ever
tl irei luiik to the old I'. S. A. ngiiln
ynu'll not for.-el mother's hlrtnilny and
(ini'll remember to any the kind things
every "lliille tiny of jour life."'
The Ceil Crosa senes the lads of all
ihe tuition, of couhm', hut It Is par
tlcttliirl.v iMirtlnl to the khnkl clad
Vniitlit lift a bit of siting and the call
for Hie imitch.-.. ami the cigarettes.
They tire the fiiea who appreciate tha
Amerbitu entrkers ami Jam.
There tire the canteens close to tho
treiicbin. of eonrse. mid the hum where
the men mny go nnd hut lie nnd hnva
their clot hca freshened up, nnd tha
TO U A CCO FOR THE BOYS
F -
AN AMERICAN RED CROSS THl'CK BRINGING CASES OS TOBACCO
. FOR OUR SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT -
BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT.
Wbnt finer Christmas gift conltl the
Amerlttin people give to a stricken
world than the announcement nn
Christmas Kve thnt the entire nation
hn answered the Red 'rms Christum
Hull Cull. It would algulfy to tbv
varied Bounds of all their eager labor.
Tha things they mode, which car
ried a meaeage of love from tht wotneo
of thla country, qulta apart from their
greet money value, went from their
work rooma on great advenluren. They
havt gont Into front lino irenchea, lo
emergency hoepltala In foreign vlllagea
and Into the most modern operating
rooms. They hsva wraped lmt and
frightened children In warmth and
abelterrd aged refugees from the cold.
Tbey have gone ovemeaa Into atrange
and and placet, Into Ituaala and Ser
bia and raleatino and Italy and
Franco. They havt gone Into our own
huge rantonaietiia for our own young
aoldlera.
The Department of Numlng of the
American lld Croaa la the great re
cruiting agency of the L'nltetl Htatee
Army and Navy Nuroe Corpe. Ity the
Hint of (tctolier It bnd aaalgned over
I8.0IS) graduuta numea to active mili
tary service at home end abroad. It
hue provided over 700 nurneo fr the
federal Public lleallb Service anil I be
lletl Croaa Town and Country Nurelng
Hervlee, which co-oK-ralea with the
Im-nl health boarda In the commuDltles
which It serves.
The amtement of the Home Service
nf the American Ited Croat to all of
our fighting men Hint II la prepared tn
help In any emergency that may trine
In their homes help In legal waye,
medical ways, buslnens wuya. friend
ship wnya would not tie poanlble with
out the vlalon and the active co-operation
of Ihouannda of American women.
In every dlvlalon of the Ited Croaa,
from roost to connl ami from Canada
to Mexico, tbey hove seen thla nervlca
aa the elemental right due from the
American people to their defeutlera.
railroad atatlon canteen service, and
the big ennteena with the writing
Dunns anil ahotvera and libraries, and
lounget where a fellow con rest a
while, bSt tht boyt who have been
there Intlst that they love the little
rolling cunteeiie that Jurt naturally
anrltig up where you leaat expect them.
moat of all.
I ' Many well known names are on the
Data of canteen workers, for Ameri
!ean wnmeii were atllck to aels the op-
Iportunlty for service. The poorest
toldler on his leave mny IK? serve.! y
an American woman whoee hospitality
waa formerly dealt out by her innlds
jontl butlers anil wlioae gueai imis in
Iclutled only the most fushlonuhle
' nnmea In the social register. Now It
la ahe who bands over the pie with
'hvr own hnmla and then gntbers up
the dlahea yes. and oftentlmea nnshea
j them when help la acnir. for tbey
have to be washed and made ready
1 . . . . .. . a nnd
tor tne nexi ioi oi mmirn , -cannot
disappoint the boys who art
never too tired to respond to tha call
of duty.
Another part of the canteen service
Is the "store, where the soldiers are
supplied with their needs, where
things they have lost in the heat of
battle are replaced, tooth aste band
ed out. raaor blades, towels, tooth
brushes, all aorta of things, not forget
ting the post c"58 t0 end n0IM ,na
the ever wanted packagea ot dfar
ettea.
Taking It 411 In all. tha canteen doea
far more than All the etomacha of the
men It puta aomethlng worth while
Into their henrta.
starving, alck and homeless that our
humanity doea hot depend tion tho
excitement ot War, but that nelghborll
nest Is Just aa strong In us In times
of peace. A unanimous reeponte will
hearten the whole world.
THE RED CROSS
IS REAL SERYICE
By FRANK MORRISON,
Sterttary t -nerlean Ftdtratltn af
Labor.
The work of the Bed Croaa la not
confined to our bore on battlefield or
In hoapltal nor amldat the rulna of Bel
glum and other portlona of devaetated
Kurope. One of Its great actlvltlea la
any nereatary aid to tbi dependent a of
memnera of Amerlca'e military force.
On the battlefield the Ited Croat pro
tenia an heroic figure. . In America,
removed from drat ruction and death,
the Ited Croat atepa silently to the
aide of the father and mother whoee
boy la "over there" and who need coun
sel and aid.
Ko earvlre la too air all for lha Ra4
Cro If allot mania from tha govern
ment or from Ihelr eon are delayed, or
Information on lha tovemment'e war rtak
Inaurance la wealed, the Red Croaa la
boib counaellor and friend It ant are Into
lha homo In the true aplrlt of eharltr
aacrecy.
But flrat and for moat our eoldiere In
Raid and hAepttal muat be (Ivan the mors
attentive care poeaibla. Nothlna wa can
do will equal tnalr ah are In thla move
ment for world democrary. and the Red
Croaa preaenta an opportunity for aa to
play our part In thla treat drama by
contributing lo tha extant or our ability."
Tba Red Croaa appeala to organised
wvkera because of tt one quality
err rice.
Behind' Red Croat eenrlee U an en
nobling eharltr that la not defaced or
eoet marka. a democracy that pereonlfleo
JefTeraon'o great principle of equality and
a religion that lo beyond oectaruuilsm.
MAKE SOLDIER FEEL HE
IS AS GOOD AS EVER
Men disabled In the service who are
returning from the front and who find
It hard at first to see their way to
ward earning a livelihood are a spee
ds) problem for the Red Cross. Un
der the Bmlth-Seare law a fund la ap
propriated to re-educate every dis
abled man who will take the opportu
nity to make a living. It la felt that
auch' men are likely to be weakened
In their resolution to keep their self
respect and find real work by the mis
taken charity of hero worshippers, who
will forget them once the first flush of
war enthuslssra is over. Here the sup
port of the disabled man'a family must
be enlisted, for tn the last analysis It
la the man a family who will be the de
termining influence In hla rehabilita
tion. The relatives must be braced to
meet the altuatlon to make of them
selves for the man a bulwark against
discouragement and weakness.
SMILES AND TEARS GET MIXED.
Two little stories came to the Ited
Crosa headquartera from over the seas
a short time ago. One was a story of
bravery that brought the tears, and
one a tale of tears that brought smiles.
The first story was of a soldier who
asked for a light. He wae in bed, and
a cigarette waa between hla lips, plac
ed there by the nurse after she had
finished spreading hts blanket up(
smoothly. At bis question, she turned
and gave him a box of nmtchea and
hurried on, then remembered that the
arms beneath the blankets were with
out hands.
Nurses hsve to be without tears, but
there were tears In her eyes as she
turned to strike the match and light
the cigarette for him.
"Quit that," he said, "they were good
mlts, and they helped get three or four
Get nuns before I lost them, but they
ain't worth crying about, so tam!"
And the teara atory that brought
smiles? Well, thnt wna the atory of a
big, husky, colored man, who sat read
ing, nnd the Bed Cross worker at the
canteen saw that he had tears running
down bis cheeks. She waa curioua to
know what he might be reading and
waa astonished when she looked over
his shoulder to see that it waa the
canteen cook book.
He smiled through his teara aa ha
aaw that she waa watching, and said,
sheepishly, "You sure must excuse me,
ma'am, but this here book done mnke
me blamed homesick. I'm 'shamed to
make a bahy outen mahse'f, but this
mokes me think o' home."
RED CROSS WOMEN
CITED FOR BRAVERY
American women at Enemay, south
of Rhelms, have been cited In an order
of th dny for remaining at their posts
In an American Red Cross cauteen un
der bombardment for six days.
Throughout this battle they continued
to feed and care for wounded.
WHAT RED CROSS MEANS.
Tonr membership In the great
American Ited Crosa meana the
mothering of those little children
made desolate by the Invasion of
the Hun. Mrs. Lars Anderson In
her recent book oo conditions
over there says : "It Is the poor,
homeless, motherless kiddles that
somehow make all the other hor
rors of war fade away Into dis
tance. These frightened, crying,
dying, Innocent children, who do
not know what It Is all about
they wring jour heart dry."
RED CROSS SAHTA TO
FILL SOLDIERS' SOCKS
An Old Fashioned Celebration of
Yuletide for American
Soldiers in France.
A Christmas tree In every ward of
every American hospital and In every
hospital recreation hut in France I
' Every wounded or alck American
fighting man to receive two socka filled
to tho brim with fruits, nuts, candy
and emokes I
These are the moat Interesting fea
tures of a tentative Cbriatroaa celebra
tion program for tba American hoe
pltala arranged by tht American Bed
Cross In France In co-operation with
the commanding officers of our fighting
forcea In that country. Detalla of the
plan to make Chrlatmaa aa merry aa
possible for the soldiers In these Insti
tutions bsve Just been received at Real
Crosa headquartera. Norses and enlist
ed men on duty at these plscea will
also shsre In the distribution of Christ
mas cheer. Because of the limited
amount of available ahtpplng apace
the lied Crone waa compelled to aban
don Ita original plan to aend special
Christmas parcels from here to soldier
patlenta In France. All the articles
distributed will be obtained over there.
Thla la to be an old fashioned cele
bration In every sense of the word.
Every soldier will hang hla socks on
the tree. The socks will be tied with
red ribbon and in addition to the good
lea mentioned above will contain
handkerchief and a card, on which
will be outlined the terriers the Amer
ican Red Cross It prepared to render
our soldiers. Each soldier will re
ceive a auffldent number of Chris trost
postcards now being designed by art
ists in the Red Cross service to en
able him to write to members of bis
family and hla friends back home. '
The Christmas dinner, of course, will
be one of the features of the celebra
tion. After dinner there will ba
musical entertainment, motion pic
tures and general tinging.
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RED GROSS FIGHTS
DEADLY EPIDEMIC
Besides the special work conducted
by hundreds of Red Cross Chapter!
throughout the country in checking
the recent epidemic of Spanish Influ
enza, the organization through ita
headquartera at Washington Is prepar
ing to fight a repetition of the experi
ence that waa ao disastrous thla fall,
educating tha public thoroughly re
garding the eytnptoma and the proper
care at the beginning of an attack. In
addition-to thla, the American Red
Crosa la fighting tuberculosis. The re
. cent appropriation to the National Tu
berculosis Association will be used for
educational aa well aa relief work
throughout the country. '
So much has been said about the
aftermath of the epidemic that espe
cial attention is being given to the
work along thla line. The weakness
, which follows Influenza leaves the pa
' tient In a condition which makes him
a good field for the germs of tubercu
losis. A thorough physical examina
tion, proper food and clothing, tha use
of mild preventives, will check tha
progress of the disease at once.
Tuberculosis, or consumption, aa tt
la frequently called, la both preventa
ble and curable, provided the treat
ment of the disease is begun before It
Is too far advanced. Medicine plays a
comparatively small part The fre
quently advertised "consumption
cures" should be rooked upon aa poi
son. The only medicine which should
he taken Is a good tonic which wilt
stlmulnte the appetite and build Up
the system generally. The main cure -lies
in proper food, sufficient teat,
fresh air and sunlight and living, If
liosslble, according to tha plan pre
scribed by a good physician. . Thia re
news the patlent'a vitality and soon
kills the disease entirely.
For several years the National Tu
. berculoala Association haa been financ
ing Ita woik by the sale of Red Cross
seals at Christmas time. The seala
sold for a penny each and by making
a concerted effort enough money waa
usually raised to carry the work
through the year. Thla year there will
be no seala sold because the American
Red Cross baa made an appropriation
for the anti-tuberculosis work, and
those who formerly spent their time
selling seals will Join in the work for
the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call
during the week of December 16 to 33.
80N0 OF LITTLE THINGS.
'
s By Jtknne Judaen,
Thla la the song ot little things,
A clean, white bed in a quiet
place,
A cigarette and the saving grace
Of smiles that Illumine tha
nurse's face
These are the Joys tha Red Cross
a brings,
Thla la the song of little things,
An old man brought to hla home
again, t
And children who play, forget-
a ting pain, e
A hut that shelters from mud
a and rain
Thla ia the rest the Red Cross
brings.
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