Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-05
SALEOF RED GROSS SEALS
STARTS Off WITH RUSH
Widespread Interest In War OF
tuberculosis Adds to Strength
Of Appeal.
OFFER MADE TO COMMUNITIES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Association VIII
Divide Proceeds With Any Health
Society Undertaking Distribution
of Christmas Seals.

The State Anti-Tuberculosis Associa
ton. which Is conducting tho sale of
Red Cross Christmas seals In tho State,
last night gave out the following rec
sumo of tho work boins done with tho
proceeds from the sale:
Throughout the State OF Virginia
TOT yenrs past at Christmas time
earnest bands OF men and women have
worked faithfully and hard for tho
success OF the sale OF the Red Cross
put on sale by the Virginia Anti
Tub! rculos!s Association as a means OF
raising funds for the conduct OF Its
war against consumption. TO any
.ocalfty Of tho State in which anti
tuberculosis work IL done tho State
association offers go. per cont Of the
sale OF tho seals In that locality
In addition to the so per cent OF the
proceeds Of the sale, the State asso-
cation offers prizes to communities In
order that more of the money may re-
main In tho community for local work
10 the city or town selling the largest
number OF seals per capita Is offered
~ per cent of the associations 90 per
cent; to tho organization selling the
largest number OF seals. s25: to the
boy or girl under twenty-one selling
Tho LARGEST number OF seals. s25; 70
The boy or girl under twenty-one sell
ing the second largest number Of seals.
fio; TO tho boy or girl under twenty
one selling the third and fourth largest
number of seals. Sc each.
Many ACTIVITIES
AIDED BY SALE OF SEALS
Many activities are thus aided
throughout tho State by the little
Red Cross Seal. In Roanoke there Is
thriving medical dispensary which
receives the money Reports have
been received at the Office of the MS
ISOLATION that Roanoke this year paid
me board OF three patients through
GU. the year at Catawba. Richmond,
through the receipts from the sale of
The seal, sent patients to Catawbn and
gave q goodiy sum to Pine Camp, be-
sides caring for the sic!t In their
Danville helped I'm the support OF "A
visiting nurse. az did Charlottesville
aud Alexandria.
All OF these activities are covered
Sos the definition of antituberculosis
iihtch was recently issued by the Ma
= pntl Association for the Study and
'tuyention OF Tuberculosis. This def
tiicn reads az follows:
-. The construction OF hospitals or
sanitoria for the caro- OF tuberculosis.
"2. Tho maintenance OF tho tubercu-
lous.
"a. The provision OF day or night
camps for the tuberculous. the pro-
vision and maintenance of dispensartes,
visiting nurses, opcn-air schools,
frcsh-air classes or preventoria for the
CAR. or treatment of tuberculous cases
~ for the prevention of the spread of
tuberculosis.
80. The maintenance of educational
Legislative activities which have
s9r their object tho prevention OF in
?sction with tuberculosis"
The sale of the seal promises to be
,e best In the history OF the State.
Inc number OF local associations
hlch will be assisted by IL are more
10 number. and the amount OF work
which will be continued throughout
Use year is greater In volume and in