THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. ORE. MONDAY. MAY 20. 1918.
"A great net of mercy drawn through
an ocean of unspeakable pain"
The Greatest Mother in the World
CTRETCHING forth her hands to all in need; to
Jew or Gentile, black or white; .knowing no
favorite, yet favoring all.
Ready and eager to comfort at a time when
comfort is most needed. Helping the little home
that's crushed beneath an iron hand, by showing
mercy in a healthy, human way; re-building it, in
fact, with stone on stone; replenishing empty bins
and empty cupboards;, bringing warmth to hearts
and hearths too long neglected.
Seeing all things with a mother's seventh sense
that's blind to jealousy and meanness; seeing men
in .their true light as naughty children snatching,
biting, bitter but with a hidden side'that's quickest
touched by mercy.
Reaching out her hands across the sea to
No Man's Land to cheer with warmer comforts
thousands who must stand and wait in stenched and
crawling holes and watersoaked entrenchments
where cold and wet bite deeper, so they write, than
Boche steel or lead. .
She's warming thousands, feeding thousands,
healing thousands from her store; the Greatest
Mother in the World the Red Cross.
stop.
Your help is needed give till the heart says
Every cent of every dollar received for the Red Crou War Fund goes for War Relief.
The American Red CroB fa the largest and moat
ffflolant organisation (or the relief of Buttering that the
World J as ever aeen.
It li made up almost entirely of volunteer worker,
the higher executives being without exception men ac
customed to large affairs, who are in almost all cases
giving their services without pay.
It Is supported entirely by Its membership fees and
fcy voluntary contributions.
It Is today bringing relief to suffering humanity
both military and civil, In every War (orn allied country!
It plans tomorrow to help In the work of restora
tion throughout the World.
It feeds and clothes entire nnmil.tinna in Hm.i nS
great calamity.
It Is there to help your soldier boy in hla time e
need.
With its thousands of workers, Its tremendous)
stores and smooth running transportation facilities
it is serving as America's advance guard and thu
helping to win the war.
Congress authorises It.
President Wilson heads It.
The War Department audits Us accounts.
Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthusl
astlcally endorse It.
Twenty-two million Americans havs joined it
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Marion County $30,000.00
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Polk County $10,000.00
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Salem $15,000.00