The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-18
SCHOOL Children help
( IN RED CROSS Seal WORK
DR.. G. r. Phillips Thinks That All
Records Have Been Broken by Sale
of More Than 10000 Seals by
Pupils

After three days of vigorous activ-
ity the 10000 odd youngsters of the
city's public schools to-day closed
their part of the Red Cross Christmas
seal campaign of a914.
Until the returns from the various
teachers are fled with DR.. G. r. Phil
lips the exact number of the tiny
Yuletide stamps that were sold will not
be known but DR.. Phillips, who is
chairman of the subcommittee for
school sales, said he believed last year s
record was broken. In 1918, $4,000
seals were distributed in the schools.
Early this week the 1914 allotment of
10000 were taken around to the diff
ferent buildings.
In most of the schools during the
last three days set aside for the active
selling, the storyfof what is done with
the proceeds of the campaign was inn
pressed upon the youngsters. About
eighty per cent. of the net receipts are
turned over to the anti-tuberculosis So
cety here and the funds distributed for
trolley tickets for the needy children
and grownups who can t afford or are
too ill to travel from their homes to
Some is used to buy tickets for the
poorer ones destination is Mont Alto or
Cresson, some is used to buy clothes
for the long, long journey; some more
money was used last year to furnish
the window tents for the shutin
patients-the clever little canvas can
opies which are, suspended inside the
open windows in such a way as to pro-
vide shelter for the occupant of the bed
and at the same time provide ample
light and air and sunshine.
School buildings. rooms and pupils
settled exciting little rivalries as which
was the better way of disposing of the
seals. From all appearances, however,
the Cameron building will lead again
as last year and a peculiar coincidence
is that small Miss Mary Weleomer, a
sister of the record maker last year,
Miss Katherine Welcomer, will be the
star salesgirl of that building. The
room is taught by Miss Anna Whit
meyer, Miss Whitmeyer's room incl
dentally is the star room in star
building thus far.
Tomorrow will be Druggists Day
in the merchant series of salesdays
and the following well known mer-
chants will take part:
George \. Gorgas, +. L. Gross. Frank
X. Kitzmiller, Brindle' S Pharmacy, Will
liam T. Steever, G. Nj. Forney, Croil
Keller, Golden Seal, j. H. Boher, j. c.
McAlister, Logan Drug Company and
B. H. jenkins.
The stationers florists, insurance
agents and artists will also observe
tomorrow as their special day for past
ing the seals on their packages. They
are as follows:
Florists, Schmidt 5, Utley s; insur-
ance, William f. Essick; artists, Mar
guerite Jacobs.
The need for speedy and liberal
financial support was emphasized by
former British Ambassador to the
United States, James Brice, in a letter
to Miss Mabel Bordman, of the Amer
lean Red Cross, calling attention to the
deplorable conditions existing in north
ern France. The letter reads:
Miss Boardman:- Communications
have reached me as to the frightful
state of distress, beggary, and, in
deed, ruin which prevails over North
ern France wherever the German arm
les have been. The conditions Of the
people are altogether deplorable. |
have been asked to see what could be
done to obtain American relief for
these people, and naturally turn to YOU
to know whether you can suggest names
of rich and charitable persons in the
United States who would be likely to
extend help to the sufferers in these
regions. The distress in Belgium is, of
course. also severe, but | do not know
how much can be done while the Ger
man armies are actually occupying its
territory.
How little we think, YOU and I. that
the most tremendous and horrible ca
lamity that has ever fallen on mankind
by its own fault was so near Very
truly yours, JAMES BRqCE.
First receipts of the Red Cross Di-
vision of the Home and War Relief
Committee were those from the sale of
candy at the Orpheum theatre, Mon
day night, amounting to thirty-four dol
lars. This division follows the work
of the Red Cross Society throughout
the world, collecting funds, to send sur
gical and medical aid to hospitals and
organizing branches for the manufac-
ture of supplies so desperately needed.