Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25


culosis. What Does eRd Cross
Christmas Mean to You?
What does Red Cross Christ
mas seal mean to you? II you have
formed the opinion that II is fad,
correct It, It is not.
The Red Cross Society seven years
ago decided to cooperate with the
crusade against the White Plague.
One community had sold Red Gross
seals and had used the funds do
rived therefrom to further their cru
sade against tuberculosis. It's sue
cess encouraged the Red Cross So
ciety to give the National and state
Associations for the Study and Pre-
vention Of Tuberculosis the agency
to sell these seals. Each year 1t mas
continued this practice. The funds
derived from the sale Of these seals
have been used for the purpose Of
carrying on the crusade, interesting
the public in the subject Of tubercu-
Iosls and its prevention, initiating
movements for the building of his
pitals and sanitaTiums. securing leg
islatlve appropriations for the estab-
fishing and maintaining municipal
and state sanitariums and hospitals,
and securing legislation making tu''
berculosis reportable disease and
requiring homes that have been oc-
cupied by tubercular people to be
fumigated.
Many local societies have extended
aid to those who were infected with
the disease. and have employed Wis
iting nurses to call on those who
were infected with the disease and In
struct them how to take care Of
themselves; how to protect others.
The nurses visit afflicted ones just
as your doctor visits sick member
OF your family.
These are only a few OF the great
many things that are being accom-
plished daily through the assistance
given by these workers in this cru
sade against the White Plague thru
funds derived from the sale OF Red
Cross Christmas seals at penny a.
piece. Your pennies alone would not
accomplish very much; but your pen
nies taken and put with those of a
great many others who approve of the
crusade make an aggregate sum suf-
ficiert to carry on this fight
II this campaign for the sale of
Red Cross Christmas seals is sue
cessful one this year. you will prob
ably have assisted great many who
are unfortunately infected with tu-
berculosis.
There is no doubt but that you Will
have been an aid In saving a great
many from being infected with tuber-
cular bacilli, micro-organism that
is so small that 10 thousand placed
end to end will not make ain inch in
length. There are millions of these
expectorated and scattered by the
carelessness of Indifferent consump-
tives. These become dry with dust.
which is so easy to put in motion and
Sc fine that we breathe it into our
lungs.
III for any reason one has whoop-
ing cough, measles, la grippe, bron-
chitis. pneumonia. or any other dis
ease that will lower our powers of
resistance, we can easily become a
victim---a consumptive and learn by
bitter experience how to. recover our
health. One who is having this ex-
perience knows that the Red Cross
Seal holds out more to them than
most anything else.
There are many afflicted with tn
berculosls in Oklahoma who are
praying that the strong and we'll
may keep we'll and INTEREST," them
selves in helping others and that our
legislature will enact legislation that
promises to be help to them.
EVERY RED CROSS SEAL YOU
USE rs A BULLET IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS.
Z FOR SALE:--My home. 523 North
18th street, will trade for, good land.
Ernest J Bradley. i