The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-15


less public. that you are in danger a
great deal of the time yourself.
Penny day comes Friday of this
week, when virtually every man
woman and child in San Francisco
will have an opportunity to help the
cause.
Pennies have not been considered
very seriously in san Francisco here
tofore.
People are Just beginning TO see
how useful they are.
Almost any one even now will give
away his bright little coppers.
Friday is TO be the day when the
workers of the San Francisco Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis are going to see how
many pennies they can collect through
the sale Of their Red Cross seals.
1t is going to be the day of the
''red cent"
The following article comes from
DR.. A. H. Giannini, executive secre-
tary of the San Francisco Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis:
BY DIR. A. III. GIANNINF
Jesse J. Lilienthal. president of
the san Francisco Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis. in Friday nights issue
of the Cali and Post explained the
necessity Of this Christmas seal
campaign. Funds are necessary
for carrying on an association
that maintains a clinic where 500
cases are treated during the
month and provides nurses. who
make more than is visits per day
TO the homes of the afflicted.
Why are anti-tuberculosIs asSo-
Citations necessary
This question is easily answered
when one recalls that more than
100000 persons die OF tuberculosis
in the United States each year
one every three minutes. One
third Of all deaths between the
ages of IS and 80 are due to
tuberculosis. Thus it is readily
seen that the flower and the pride
of the nation die from this dread
disease 1t costs in dollars and
cents more than $500. 100000
year in loss of life and labor to
the United States. Not less than
1000, 600 persons, it is estimated.
are now suffering from tuber-
culosis in the United States.
EDUCATION TO THwART PLAGUE
The only way TO stamp out this
scourg is by educating the
masses along the lines adopted
by our association. Campaigns.
nation wide in their scope, teach
ing the preventability of this dis
ease, are now engaging the at
tention of at least 1900 anti
tuberculosis associations in the
United States. Therefore one can
readily see the purpose OF the
Red Cross Christmas seal.
Another question: How did the
cd Cross seal originate?
In 1862 the so called charity
stamps or sanitary fair stamps
were used in Boston to obtain
money for the care of soldiers
during the civil war. Nearly
S1.OOO,O00 was raised in this way
between so and '65. Money was
raised by means Of stamps in
many of the countries Of Europe.
Jacob Riis, the social worker Of
New York. and Miss Emily Bis
sell. secretary of the Delaware
Red Cross, jointly originated our
American Red Cross Christmas
seal. In 1909 Mr. Riis' interest
was aroused by the receipt of
Christmas tuberculosis stamp on
q letter from Norway and imme-
dfately suggested the possible use
of it in this country
Miss Bisseu at once saw an op-
pOrtuntty mere 10 prepare stamp
from the sale of which her society
realized $4,000 for tuberculosis
work. So impressed were they
that they induced the American
Red Cross to take up the sale in
1908 on a national basis
PRAISES CALL-POsT WORK
We are certainly indebted to
The Call-Post for assisting us in
this splendid work, and we know
that hundreds of families in this
city will on Christmas morning
offer a prayer of gratitude TO the
entarnrising management of this
paper.