The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-16
Christmas Seals.


Your Christmas letters and gifts will
carry added cheer and happiness if you
will decorate them with Red Cross
Christmas Seals. These bits Of bright
ness have become a mighty weapon
against tuberculosis. Think Of what
might be done with a million for tiber-
culosis. In 1908 enough Of these little
seals were sold at one cent each to pro-
duce $3.50, 600 In 1909 the sale brought
$240, 900. In 1910-what shall it be2
You can help to give the answer
II you want some Of these seals APP
ply to Mrs w H. Swiggart, Of this
city. For several years Mrs. Swiggart
has been authorized to distribute the
seals. She has done this very success
fully, and wishes the public to know
that she has new supply for the holt
days.
The tuberculosis campaign is increas-
ing all the time, but no faster than it is
needed. The plague is also increasing
rapidly, and every State should provide
home for its patients, where they can
be isolated and enjoy all the comforts Of
home, besides the benefits of trained
nursing and hospital treatment. 1t is
thought that if every State would pro-
vide home for its consumptives, suita-
bly, located and properly furnished and
conducted, it would not be long until
the medical world had the white plague
under control. We might say that it
has become an absolute necessity for a
home in every State. Practically speak
ing the health OF the country de-
mands it.
The State administration is proposing
number Of new enterprises with con-
siderable gusto. Others have already
been established, and there is no reason
why Tennessee should not keep abreast
OF the times; but not a single one es-
tablished or proposed is Of as much inn
portance as the founding of an institu-
ton for the care and treatment of our
people who have unfortunately con-
tracted the dread disease which has
been spreading so rapidly
OF all the cities in the world for an
ideal home there are none better known
than the Quaker Philadelphia.
The reason for this is plain That city
has home for every one OF its unfor-
tunates-its cripples, its castaways, its
foundlings, its blind, its aged Every
person in that city who has been UNI
fortunate or afflicted, with no means to
provide for himself or herself, is fur
nished with a comfortable home Some
Of these homes are maintained by the
city and some by the fraternal organiza-
tons Makes no difference how, they
are there, and no city in the world is
more blessed with good homes than
Philadelphia.
Tennessee is very poor in her charity.
She has very few Of these homes, and
hence the person looking for home
among humane citizenry are not at
tracted to our State. Feed my sheep"
is the divine injunction, and no person
has right to the construction that this
does not mean the body as well as the
soul. Christ fed the multitude first and
then he instructed them in regard to
their spiritual welfare.
But the founding of tuberculosis
hospital is not merely charitable but
humane work. 1t is needed and
needed badly in every State and in every
country in the world. Shall not the
State Of Tennessee take up this work
while she is planning all sorts Of enter
prises for the pleasure and comfort of
her citizensY
Those who can should meet Mrs.
Swiggart and subscribe to the work
Make an offering to the cause and let
the world know that Tennessee is inter-
ested in the work by using the seal on
your letters