The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-14
SCHOOL CHILDREN
 ENTER CAMPAIGN Will Sell Red Cross Christ
 mas Seals HELP BUILD FENCE" Cards to Be Placed in Laundry Pack ages Asking All to Aid in Build ing Fence of Prevention
 Around Tuberculosis
HELP BUILD FENCE"

Dr. George Eaves, through the cour- tesy of Mrs. Frank Nelson and Mrs. Syd- ney Bowie In loaning the use of their motor cars, was able to visit everyone of the public schools of the Birmingham district yesterday and initiate move- ment among the school children, whereby they will be important factors in aiding the Red Cross seal campaign
 In this movement the good offices of Dr. J. H. Phillips were sought and pr. Phillips has volunteered that the school campaign shall be under his 'ead- ership and shall receive his personal su- pervislon. The campaign begins Monday morning and the goal is the distribution of 25,000 seals.
 The public school distribution of Red Cross seals will be in small envelopes con taining five seals and selling for cents. These packages are being prepared now in the office of the business manager of the city campaign. Louis Gelders, in the Chamber of Commerce building. The work is being done by volunteers from the local high schools-many pupils, girls and boys-offering their services after school hours to Mir. Gelders in the d's- tribution of Red Cross seals throughout the city. This involves an immense amount of labor, all of which has to be done by volunteer workers, as the Red Cross campaign committee needs all it's funds toward fighting the white plague"
 Become Associate Members
 The plan for the school distribution of Red Cross seals will enable the school children to become associate members of the Anti-Tuberculosis association of Jefferson county; for inside the envelopes which the children will offer for sale will be an enrolment blank which they can hll out and become members or the Anti Tubercular league by selling Sl worth of the seals. It is believed that hundreds of the school children will avail them selves of this opportunity to become mem bers of this worldwide organization pledged to destroy the dreaded scourge-- tuberculosis.
 MT. Gelders has started to interest the local laundries that they may help 10 build the fence" Two of the largest laundry companies have agreed to insert the following card in all it's laundry packages beginning Monday and other laundry companies will soon follow. The card reads:
 Help build the fence.
 we need $l0,O0o this Christmas.
 What for?
 "ro spend on improvement and enlarge ment of our institutions. To care for incipient, chronic and advanced cases. To create water supply, sewer plants, etc. To care for negro cases. TO do more distinct nursing.
 "The association began work 29 months ago. Already the death rate from con sumption has decreased in Birmingham. N"Help us build the fence to keep out Either buy the seals CT send us n good solid Christmas donation! The name of the fence is prevention
 "Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Jeff ferson county. 3l1h South Twentieth St., Birmingham, Ala"
 To Scatter Campaign
 By the wide distribution of this card the leaders of the Red Cross seal cam paign hope to disseminate the campaign into hundreds of homes that would not otherwise be reached.
 Dr. Eaves stated last evening that the resources of the Ant-Tuberculosis asso- citation of Birmingham were being faxed beyond their limit at the present time. Thursday" he said. eight patients ap- piled at the Twentieth street dispensary for admission. Of these four were ac- cepted. This put a tax on the home that 1t could not adequately handle without notice. There were not sufficient woo,en blankets that the patients might not suffer Blankets were purchased the next day, but I cite this to show the large de- mands now being made on the local home for the prevention of tuberculosis. The people of Birmingham should 70 their own interest take notice of this fact. and work to provide sufficient funds that the battle may not remain as unequal as 1t is at the present time"