The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1916-05-04

only activities which SAVIOR OF pre-.
paredness which have not met with
opposition by any considerable part OF
the people in any section OF the coun-
try. The reason Is that the Red Cross
prepares to save and not to destroy
For Il long time the Red Cross has
maintained classes in first aid to the
| injured. Thousands of women through
cut the United States have taken the
first aid course and after passing an
examination by a competent surgeon
have been given certificates in first
aid work. There have just been sent
to all those graduates of the tirst.aid
course circulars inviting them to I'M
dersO further course which II they
pass successfully. will cause their
names to be placed among those who
are competent to take up certain kinds
of nursing work in case the United
States should become involved in hos
tlities.
For Peace as Well as War.
The Rea Cross is an absolutely neu-
trail organization Its object is to aid
The injured whethers the victim be
friend or foe The course which the
women vii take while preparedness
course. also includes instruction which
WILL he Of great value To the students
because il will enable them TO do tend
INK and healing work in the home and
elsewhere in times of peace. Ihe
course Will include one In home nurs-
Iae ard n the simpler forms of hos
pital tendeuce
Ernest T. Bickncl who Is the ma
ttuual director of the Red Cross. since
the outbreak Of the war has been in
every oue of the countries at present
engaged in hostilities. People do not
understand probably the dangers that
the Red Cross people undergo 1t
happens that personally | know some
thing OF Mr. Btcknell's tour Of Europe
and know the perils he met and the
courage he exhibited in the face not
only OF bullets but of things worse than
bullets The national director, al
though perhaps he never thinks of the
thing in this light, must set an eX-
ample te all who are connected with
the work Of which he is the guiding
head
6icknell and Assoc ates Heroic.
England. France. belgium. Germany.
Austria Serbia. Russia. Poland proper
and Turkey all were visited by the
Washington Red Cross man. He was
on the firing line and overlooked the
work of the Immediate care OF the
wounded who were falling under bull
let, hayonet, or shrapnel. He studied
all the questions concerning the feed
tue and the clothing Of the destitute
ON his report concerning conditions
depended tn 4 considerable extent the
opening Of the purses OF American cltl-
2cus In order that the money might be
poured out to aid the suffering
The world knows comparatively ut
4, as yet of the high heroism Of tho
Americans and Of the people Of other
neutral nations who went into Serbia
Al tie time of the dreadful outbreak
tharc et thc fearful disease called
typhus MI Bickncl was in Serbia
when the disease was at its height.
and as There was no known preventive.
as there Is in - Of typhoid fever and
SMALLPOX. thc chances that he would
take the disease certainly were nine IN
ton.
lt vas while Mir Bckueu was in
Serbia that tho work of overcoming
the typhus WAS undertaken. work
THAT finally was successful The dis
case spread through every hamlet in
She country. All the Americans in
Serbia were In hourly danger OF tho
disease To be bitten by ono " the
insects which already had bitten a
tyrhus patient meant almost certain
death Many Americans died. among
them some of the finest young physi.
clans that this country held. For days
and days tho head OF the Red Cross
was IN the midst Of this scene OF dan
ger, hut somehow he came through
unscathcd
sluest Of Blue Books
Tho blue hook OF blue books in
Washington Is a little pamphlet issued
every month by the state department
and which bears on its cover the sim
Pile title diplomatic List" II contains
the names Of the ambassadors. min
ist,rs. cnuusclors. secretaries and mill
tary and naval attaches who represent
foreign governments in the United
states Included also in the list are
the names Of tho wives Of such Ct the
foreign officials as are married, and OF
the'r daughters who are old enough to
ire .a society
Two dtnloulats OF WASHINGTON are di.