Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-19
STRICKEN EUROPE
NEEDS OUR HELP
American Red Cross Answering
! Appeal on Wonderful Scale
Finest Peace Work
in History.
Now Red Cross Asks You anc
Me to Do Our Part for
Those "Over There
So We Must Join.

In war-torn Europe today there are
point of death from actual starvation
Winter is at hand Yet they gre rag
ged and homeless. They are diseased
tuberculosis, dysentery, skin affec
lions, fevers are ravaging them. They
are widowed and orphaned and broken
with grief.
in order to protect America ana save
the liberties for which\the allies have
been battling three years, our own
lads are over there now, fighting and
diving so that you and / and our wives
and our daughters and babies may not
suffer unspeakable cruelties at the
hands of enemy savages.
Now then: The people of America,
through their Red Cross, have under
taken to right the hideous wrongs the
reutons have done to noncombatants
n Europe, so far as II is possible TO do
80. 1t means building thousands OF
homes, providing food, clothing ana
care for millions, conducting hundreds
Of hospitals on a large scale and thou
sands of medical dispensaries. 1t Is
The biggest peace job the world has
ever seen.
But that isn't all-not by long shot.
The American Red Cross has colos-
sal war labor to perform. 1t must es'
tablish and operate hundreds OF large
military hospitals OF various kinds for
our own armies and those of our al
les. It must provide necessities ana
comforts for the fighting men and FOR
The noble women who are nursing the
wounded. In short, ii must do every
thing possible to take some OF the
curse out Of war.
This work is already well under
way. Our Red Cross is helping all
The stricken people on great scale.
Our Red Cross must not fall down
IN the Job. You and l are RESPONSE
bic for the success Of the enterprise.
or course we can't go over there, and
actually build houses and feed
the hungry and clOthe the naked and
nurse the sick But we can back up
the great machine already In the field
and at work.
What can we do-you and II
Well. first Of all we must be mem
hers of the Red Cross. At this writ
ing the organization needs millions
more of us on its muster rolls. We
compose the army at home support
ing the army in the field-both peace
full armies. At home here we form
chapters and circles that furnish cloth
ing and hospital supplies for soldiers
and civilians in Europe. We must
provide funds. We must show direct,
intimate, personal interest in what the
Red Cross field organization is doing.
We must knit and sew and save and
give.
Right now the Red Cross is cam
imagining for 100000 MEMBERS Fiji
teen million members by Christ
mas Eve is the slogan. One years
membership costs one dollar BY pay
ing an additional dollar the member
gets the Red Cross Magazine for a
year.
Every man, woman and child in this
community ought to be wearing Red
Cross pin on Christmas Day. Every
+ father should make each Of his chill.
dren n Christmas gift of Red Cross
membership - and explain to the
youngsters the meaning of the present
Join now-don't wait-Let your
name be on the honor roll Of Whine,
shiek County Red Cross Chapter
get your membership from any of
fcer of the Red Cross, any bank OIL
most any store.