MtTOFOTCT) -TkfATL TRTBTTNT'.. MTCDFOTtT). OKEfiONT. TTIFKSPAY. MAY 10. jfllS
4 A great net of mercy drawn through
s an ocean of unspeakable pain"
T TAVR, you ever lain in No Man's Land with a shat-
tered thigh and a throat that burned with thirst?
Has your wife ever begged food for her children and
' herself at the mess-kitchen of a soldiers' camp? v.
' Has your little son ever torn his mothers' heart with
a plaintive cry, day after day, for food she couldn't give
him? '.
Has your little daughter, clad in ragged dress, her
Only dress, ever shivered night after night in the ruined
cellar of what was once her home?
Has your city ever been destroyed nay, powdered,
' bricks, stone, timbers and all so ground into the dust that
one scarce knew where street ended and building began?
t. .1 i rr . .1 . .1 T" 1 fj
it is exactly sucn sunering mat jne iea vross is
organized, here and in Europe, to relieve.
The Red Cross asks for' One Hundred Million
Dollars as the least it needs to carry on this work.
Can you dare you refuse to give to this work and
give till the heart savs stop?
Every cent of every dollar received for the Red Cross War Fund goes for War Relief
The American Red Cross Is the largest and
most efficient organization for tho relief of suf
fering that the world baa ever rcen.
It la mado up almost entirely of volunteer
workers, the higher executives being without
exception men accustomed to large affairs, who
are In almost all cases giving their servlecs
without pay.
It la supported almost entirely hy lis mem
bership fees and by voluntary contributions.
It Is today bringing relief to suffering hu
manity .both, military and civil, in every war
torn allied country.
It plana tomorrow to. help In the work of res
toration thruout the world.
It feeds and clothes entire populations III
times of great calamity.
It Is there to help your Roldler boy In hla
time of need.
With its thousands of workers, Its tremen
dous stores and smojth-runnlng transporta
tion facilities it is serving as America's ad
vance guard and thus helping to win the war.
Congress authorizes it. . '
l'resldent Wilson brads It.
The War Ilepartment auilltB Its accounts.
Your Army, your Navy, and your Allies en
thuslnctlcally endorse It.
Twenty-two million Amcricnns have Joined
It.
Contributed to the Red Cross
by
Jackson County, Business Men's Association