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S NOW constituted, the American Red Cross is but i.2 years
old.; It was chartered ,by congress In 1905, and i§ protected
by- various laws ^passed since that date. But it-owes, its
£~: existence to the-convention off€feneva(-held 1^18^, and the
t reaty—ofteuca1 led, the Red Cross treaty-—ofl8C4, at which
a number (>f civilized • ftiitioiis agreed that each should form
an organisation for the relief of the wotmded In .war, and that
this organization of each shouhj be resj^et'tM ^y all the others.
^^Phe-mostr powerful rmmediate force making for this
treaty.'0$ a. llttlk .papier. written by Henri Dunant, a. Swiss,
describing the horrors of. the battlefield of Solferluo. ; He
visiTed"'.that'^attlefigld rtffcr' flie Pretich, Italin
armies had fbught' over, it and -had left 80,000 wounded to die uncared for,-
amid agonies that cannot beTtoId.
Neither sur-
geons," nurses nor comrades? paid any heed. to those
#0,000. whose tortured bodies lay for days* on the
$fiUL„jyitll' death' relievedrffiogfi.-. who could nor
crawl away. : v. *.
But Dunant saw—and heard—the horrors there,
and he told so much of it that he was "able to get
the leading/nations to send delegates'to tlie Ge-
t'onv(;liti'ori. and so started the movement
which ha's now developed'Into the Red Cross, A
'ine account of-this achievement was in the Red
fross Mft*gazine of May, 1917. ' ■
Though novv acclaimed a leader in humanl-
arian w.ork.Jhe United State^ w'aS' then so little
Interested in the Retl Cross that th<? treaty was
not signed until 1882, Birt in 1905 the government
woke, at least in part, to the opportunity, and
chartered the American Red, Cross as It-is today,
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head of the^Red CrosJ!,"ahd presides at its nieet-
lngB. But so, little.: influence fyas polities in thla
Very briefly stated, the American Red CroM is at*
organization to 'relievo-human suffering, and its aim is to
prepare, in time of peace and quiet, for its relief work
in war, disaster or pestilence.
It works under the protection and with the-aid of tho
government, and, being international in its scope, is rec-
ognized by arid works, in harmony with similar organi-
zations in'all civilized countries. But its strength comes
from the, people directly, whp give of their time,
their money and their lives to it.
Its reason-for beitig is the same that has called into
existence our hospitals, our asylums, our charity .organi-
zations—;even our physicians — because it stands fO-r a
work which must be done and which, cannot be' done
except by preparation in advance. Until the Red Cross
was organized, the wounded on the battlefield and the
victims of civil disaster1 alike had to go without care until
J aiti!rteur"retief coufd he ^r^nizeid ofter tho rieed^had
Become imperative; "™" ' ' " *; 1 ' "
gave up hope of peace. When,® "finally, the nation
•"declared war", the 36 base hospitals were complete-
" ly organized, equipped and supplied, and back ot
the?ii was a great body of men and womeu trained
to the work, of keeping them supplied. - '"""
That is how the Red Cross works In all its man-
ifold activities,. The, heads of the organization—■
and that means the heads of the naMon—deter-
mine what is needed, and through the division
directors to the chapters goes the word of what
Washington wants—and instantly the people, on
. whom rests the Red Cross, begin to supply It. .. ..
Belgium . was violated, iirid ten millions, of help-
less civilians left starving and freezHig. TUfs Red,
Cross to - the rescue, and at President Wilson's
call money and .supplies ^vere raised and..jent
over, to be there distributed by Red Cross agents.
Serbia was crushed, and strlAen " with "typhus.
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mine, n'en they'll be both the same.—
^ r, to Drive Oixt Malaria
And Build Up The System
• ' Lid CtaadTrd-OBOWS
' b cluli TQf~C. You icnov
. as thiy, farmuia is.
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bbiks^'aad Iron in a tasteless form. The
••at malaria, -the Iroo
■ i iystem, 50 cents.
General Worry 'Note.-
.lO'isin", (ins- alarmed us more In
10 talk of :i. general sub-
n kilts for trousers. We do
■ won.ui look well In kilts,
) It'.'U.i otiUOJ.
Disagreeable and Dangerous Trouble
ti " .'m >k but -v' and Certain,
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Horrors of War.
;oy are going to arrest
ail Auspicious j>erson^" - - "
ir. :ie.ck-~ilayhe ..theywon't,-Marl^r
jso: jong, as_youc. susploloit^ ^only- of-
me.—Judge.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
OASTORIA, that famous old remedy
"for ©ants and children, and see that it
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In Use for .dreoTao'^earaT IHI
Children Cry for Hetcher's Oastoria
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anything
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regulate the
stantly using
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chairman of the central committee, by appoint-
ment of President Wilson. And, the present writer
wishes to say that, though he has been connected
more or .less closely ,witli headquarters of the
central division. for two and a half years, he
(ictually does pot know the politics of another
officer of either national or local organization.
Like snakes in Ireland, politics in the Red Cross
Is not. . v_: (
The "government of the AfiTerlcan Red Crlfes is
vested In a central committee of eighteen inei^i-'
hers; Six appointed .by the president of the United
States, th^'-'Others elected by representatives of
the metobers." And'*Since the president himself
is chosen by the people, the policy of the entire
Red Cross is united very closely alike to the gov-
ernment and to. the people. Since a central cotn--
mittee of eighteen Is too unwieldly to transact
routine business with dispatch-., pdwer Is furftier
concentrated in an executive committee of seven
members, of whom five constitute a quorum. The
chairman of the executive committee must, by
law, be the chairman of the central committee.
"Howjclosely the Red Cross Is identified with the
government ls shown by tracing, briefiy, the poST-
tlons held by Its officers. As has heen said, the
president-Of the United States is president, and
he appoints the ehalrman-of the .central committee
and six of Its members. The chairman of the cen-
_tral committee, is.also. clntloiHin of .the executive
"committee of sevetfi. The "treasiiref of the Red
Croaa Iti John Bhelton Wllliama, comptroller of the
currency of-the United States, and the counselor
of the Red Cross is --John W. Davis, United Stated'
solicitor general. / ' T "
Under former President -TiTft op the central
committee are such- men as' Brig. Gen. ChaWes
Bird of the United States. Army; Rear Admiral
William C. Bralsted^surgeon general of the- United
States navy; Ifaj. Gen.'Willianr-fT. GorgaSi jsur-
.Sa£
Lansing. United.,.States secretary of state; Frank-
lin K. Lane, secretary of the interior,-and Judge
^CvWvHorrowI ' , ™
The \york of the national organization 1? carried
on^iuxder three great departments; One fof""lMfl*,„..
tar.v relief; one for civilian relict, and one te.g
^Chapters,..,, The composition of each win be hriefly
outlined. * y
The Sepftrtment of military relief is under Col.
Jefferson Randolph,„,Kean, United States army
medical corps, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
Under Trim are the medical bftreau, in charge of
the medical •personnel of base hospitals, tlie first-
ahL instructlon ; the nursing ..bureau, In charge of
nurses and nurses' aids for base hospitals, arid
women's, classes in training; the service units to
care for soldiers and sailors—ambulance com-
panies. base hospitals,"-nurse detachments, srini-...
tary—detachments and general hospitals; and the
RedT3tt«ss;nsiipply servtce, for the buying, storing
Soft shipping Of alt Rinds of supplies.
The department of civilian rfelief is under Ernest
p. Blcknell, director general, with a long record
-of personal service In disaster relief. His depart-
ment controls ail relief work at domestic and rfor-
elgn-viisasters of fire, flood and pestilence^;® th<P
"relief of noncombatants In war, both here- and
abroad; the care of the families of. soldiers and
sailors; the town and country nursing service;
and the sale of Christmas seals for the stamping"
out of tuberculosis.
ties.
The chapter is governed, on "a smaller scale,
very much as the Red Cross as a whole -is gov-
,,gpied. It .has Its chairman and other officers, its
board of directors and its executive committee, In
whose hands the active work Is carried on. In
large chapters an executive secretary usually does
most of the active work of the executive commit-
tee.
strong and-capable surgeons .and skilled nurses,
backed by money and medicines and supplies fur-.
-K-Wp.£5i'ORS:
^Workers, but
thousands upon
out and
m' oioei.
re biting like
e river.
keep oa hoeing
mmmm
e np tte system and
era-are con-
derful success,
and-PeverToii-
nsnoOal*
Klftyerfi or ■
,. you'l l-foolllsfp-to
who -has money, r
jwlng it up to y<
The department of chapters Ig undfr..E, H.
\Velis, dl^ctor of chapters. It deals, through the
•directors of the nine territorial divisions, with .the
organization of.new chapters, and the mehibershlp
<^palgnsln-thosftalreadyform^.--
THe Red Cross Magazine, at first little more
itfiaiCa:.monthly,.^
doings of the. organization, has now grown Into
,a splendid publication (valued recently at 91.000.-
000)t which tells by clear pictures and vivid
sto'rleS;. the history, .of the Red Cross for each
month all oyer the world.
Each m mb^ of the Rod Orosn ohovt> thf> omv.
Each chapter Is divided into a section for mili-
tary relief and a section for civilian relief, much-
as the national organization is divided. And each
section has Its committees to carry, out the various
- activities. ^
The section for military relief has its commit-
tees on; Red Cross; instruction; hospital sup-
plies ; warehousing apd shipping; Supplies for
fighting n/e'n, and special committees -for such
work as organizing hospital companies, sanitary'
detachments^ surgicat sectlons-and supply depots.
The Section for civilian relief has Its commit-
tees on; Care of families of soldiers and sailors;
relief for noncombatants; care of discharged sol-
diersand- sailors ; train!ng ln volunteer civilian
relief, and special' committees as needed on local
disaster, eare-of refugees and Other kindred sub-
jects. " • •
How. the Red' Cross operates is perhaps best
told by citing some of the concrete examines--of Its
work. To begfh with, two "of the most recent in-
._stances of clvi 1 ian dlsaster relief, take the torna-
does which devasted Newcastle, and New Albany,
Lifl., at. Intervals of about two "Weeks. "
When Newcastle was lald^lp ruins with the loss
of a score of lives, and several hundred persons
•made homeless and thrown out of work, the pres-
ent writer, learning the sltuatioa-tbJough. tele*..
" graph and ISng, distance telephone messages to
thejiV'ess, notified Division Director John J, QlCon-.
was calling for ^Red Cross nurses, surgeons,
trained Investigators, and arranging with Wash-
irigton "Torwlifi tev e r fuhdsniiglitbc ncedodfo
start the work of rescuing the survivors, feeding
...and housing them, gettlngjthem- back to woj-lc, and
collecting, identifying and burying the dead. AH
night long, from his room in Chicago, he was put'-"
ting this, that and the other agency to work at the
end of a wire, and the dawn of the next day saw
order coming out' of chaos.- .'
, Then, and not before, Mr. O'Connor took train
for the scene,-and when he arrived, found his or-
ders being carried out. - He-took personal charge,
aided by the chairman and committees of the In-
dianapolis and other nearby .chapter^, and the
work of rehabilitation went swiftly forward. -
' While the director was still at Newcastle he
received, a message that an even, worse disaster
had befallen New Albany. Again sending orders
by wirri for -surgeons, nurses. Investigators and t
supplies, he took train for the scene -of the latest
calamity, and again he arrived to find the system
already at work. The living were cared for and
work found for"thim,. the dead burled, and all
with the least possible delay and disorganization
of the dally Hfe of ^he ^fOmmunlty.
The June number of the Red Cross Magazine
contains a sivcclnct account of the splendid relief
work accomplished. ■ .
The work of organizing base hospitals Illus-
trates the forehanded methods of the Red Cross
With a
him, Colonel Kean called last autumn
for the! Red Cross to organize for the army and
typlitis" was stamped
thousands, saved. - -
There "wa^ an earthquake at Messina, Italy.
The American Red Cross was there with surgeons
and nurses, food and clothing—yes, even with
portable frame houses "made In America" to
* -house tlie victims until they could rebuild their
homes. >j
There was a great famine in.China. There, too,
was. thy American Red Tross, not only helping
eed the srtftrvfng. tMit wit h a- cmim 11 s-fn-on of some
of the niost famous engineers of the war depart-
ment. to whom China Intrusted the"task.of spend-
ing $50,000,000 on-a-syst.em of works "to prevent
the overflow of the gT^at river which yearly de
stroyed crops and. caused famine.
That Is how the Red Cross works.
Why" the work Is done by the Red ^Cross is
easiest of all to explaip, though perhaps least un-
derstood by the public. It Is. because the work of
preparing befi>rehand- to meet unforeseen 'emer-
gencies, and of alleviating human suffering; hag
never been undertaken by any other agency.. In
the.words of the old Saw, "everybody's business Is
nobody's business."
It seems almost incredible, but after all the cen-
turies of. wnisand agony, no nation In history ever
went tcr%ar with an organization capable of car-
ing for the men wounded on the..battlefield, to say
nothing of-«the victims of rapliie, disease, famine
and pestilence that stalked across the land-aft
the armies.
Never, until this present year of grace, has
there ever been a base hospital organlz.ed. In time
of peace, to care for the wounded after a battle.
There is a small medical corps with the army, yesj
but it can merely pa.ss'tfti- "wound('(l back, to field
and evacuation hospitals, giving only a temporary
dressing*-—often ijot even that. There are always
them;
now filled by base hospital organizations, ha*
never, heretofore been filled until, thousands lay.
on the Held dying of thirst and fever and loss ol
blood for lack of that very thing.
After the battle of the Marne, In the present
war,-the Red Cross facilities were so limited that
men lay in the scorching" sun On the battlefield fof
' two, three,-four, and even five, days with not
even a drop of water, nor a bandage on theli
wounds. It cost thousands of arms and legs thai
could have been saved, cost many a life rieediesslj
spent,, aijd the anguish endured can never b«
voiced. *
That is why the-Red Cross Is here. It.- rany h(
said that the governments of the various couw
tries should have met the need. True—but fhej
never did. 'vA.ll governments ttre more or lesi
bound down by precedent, constitutional and leg
lslatlve limitations, politics and short-slghtednesa
And U has now been found that. the Red Cross,
protected and encouraged by the-government, c&tf
do quickly and well many things which the gov1'
ernment could not do for Itself.
Speaking locally and aelflshly, there are stronj
personal reasons why every American should hel|
the Red Cross. In this war, It.may be you or ma
ybur brother or mine, Whose life Is saved by ttu
bandages the Red Cross is making. Here a)
home,. It may be your house or mine blown up oj
storm-wrecked or flood-swept; your family 01
mine left destitute by any one of a score of dlsas
clarity fISlon fo> WlHCb-Uie OOUntiry: -^-ter8- Ani3 in that case we ourselves-would benefit
by the, ministrations of the. Red Cross.
From the standpoint Of the business man, 0
strong .and active Red Cross ljs an, tnsurancj
policy. When disaster, comes, • it Is always" tIff
business maii whd ls caliod from his office ot stow
to take up the unfamiliar task of raising funds,
-Investigating cases of. destitution, overseeing th#
purchase of supplies and their distribution, and
getting the survivors back to where they can earn
their living again. But with a trained Red Cross
the disturbance of normal life is at a minimum
Almost i&efbre a citizen's committee copld b<
&aiied:=4ojEMh,*r, capable and experienced men, clfr
navy with" the least possible delay 80 base hospltal
unit's. He did hot want hospital buildings—-what
he wanted „was 36 units of surgeons, dentists^
apothecaries, orderlies, nurses and assistants,; with
all the cots; mattresses, beddings laboratory appa-
ratus, bandages, spllpts. surgical slilrts, bed
gowns, and the thousands of things that must be
hM'before iTsingle wounded gian^can be properly
Mred for. Each of these 36 base hospital units
was to be enrolled and trained; aH their perma«
rjLapt-e4utpmeatboughL-and-JilL..tlietrL-C0nsumable
Tri^otaaw-
•Iwayslre
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.dollar class gets the Red Cross Magazine free, '"^mippHes bought or made, boxed,• labeled and
pm-t of the dues going to the publication. The clr- stored, so that the whole could be shipped by train
eolation, which was oply 25,000 three years ajb, is ' or steamer on noti#Of a' day w tjror - - - - - i- „
now about 200,000, and gro^lng by leaps of Bb.OOO Instantly, all over the country, the division dl-:
at a time. ^It h^s been predicted tty i®eniteffte rector^ passed the ^ordLJ® their chapters., and- the
position to know best that within a few years it« various committees took up the-work of forming
wiH becking $250,000 a year clear profit for the base hospital units.!' Under .the supervlslon^of
vJtted Cross, instend of.costlng $10,(>00 a month, as Washington''.itself"the sOrgoons aiid nurses .wrwro.
It did until a short tttae ago. __ - ekosen and' enrolled. Purchasing agentar bought
i^thgnationalftrgftBizMiert'af'Washlngtonr^gttge^^
ityrFor^-Uni^^&m^myidod.iato: engaged^^ ^thie-w^ftTsoramlt^
tftmnm,!nl/,n ' ^nn nn I.Annlfnl olinnllna owf tttnntln'rd pftttfitHS-flBfl ..'
iected by the head of a division, himself undes
orders «from Washington, lays a' firm and steads
hand off affairs,jwp$ relief i# given surely, swiftly
jnsfly, and the business man does not have t<
Spend valuable days and weeks at work for" whlcl
he has no training. -' ^ ': •" . 'v
Nationally and locally, the J^ed Cross is tW
best accident insurance any people can. have.
tONT TUlO aiLLYT
H^Ki
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"Arcliv^:..she,:of t%e high archea and Arched eye*
and set brows-said, archly, "do you love me "
-"Why. of course, why shouldn't* f; i3iady«l
- The juice of two fresh lemons strain-
ed. into a ,. bottle containing three
ounces of orchard-- white- makes n
whole quarter, pint ofithe mostremark-
able lemon.,Skin beaiRifier at about the '.
cost one must pay for a small jar of
the Ordinary cold creams. Care should;
be taken to strain the lemon juice
through a fine cloth so no lemon-pulp
gets In, theif this lotion will keep fresh
f„or months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach and re-
move such blemishes as freckles, sal-
lowness and tan and is the ideal skl|S ^
softener, smoothener and beautifier.
■ Just try It! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any nharmai
two lemons from the grocer and make-
up a quarter pint of this sweetly .fra-
grant lemon lotion and massage It
rCTO^H^HceTnecr™
hands. It - naturally Shptjld ihelp to
soften, freshen, bleach and bring out
the roses and beauty of any skin. It
Is simply marvelous to smoothen
rough, red hands.. Adv.
Stocking Up...
Conversation overheard on . the
train: ^
"Understand you're In the Home De-
fense league?"
"Yep. I was-out all night."
"What doin'?" „
"Watcliing the water tbwer."
-"Watching the water tower?"
"Yep. Come on and help us."
"Not me. Look here, old man; It's
going to be only a little while before
we have bone-dry prohibition In this
country, and I haven't any time to
waste watching water."—New > York
Evening Post.
- J
He'd Ask Her.
At a dance in a certain town a visi-
tor to the place got Into conversation
with an elderly gentleman. -
Presently.. the. younger man said,
pointing ato a lady across -the room,
who was smiling pleasantly In his dl-
rectlon:
"I wonder if that dreadful-looking
woman is actually trying to flirt with
me?"
"I don't know," the elderly gentle-
Elan answered mildly, "but I can eas-
ily ascertain for you. She's my wife,"
More War Knowledge.
A patriotic^ young woman who has-
been ttfKi'ng trie "waif situation serious--;
ly since tlie advent of the United. m
States into the fray, remarked the oth-
er evening after a_ careful, perusal of
the paper that she could not under-
hand ho#' the German'"junk dealers
had^sa-much influence in determining
the' course of the war on the part of
Prussia. *
Investigation disclosed tfie fact that
she liad^feen studying an article deal-
ing- with the'attitude ojf the "junkers,"'
or tlie party of the landed aristocracy -
in Prussia.—-Indianapolis News.
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Compensations.
"Elizabeth's baity cries all night, she
.Sivs. "Why should she mind? Isn't
her husband a floorwalker?"
^ A kind act Is never a-stepping stone
tp ...misfortune..
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the vital mineral elements
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ments bnfe lacking in
many eerea! foods. J Ai
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