Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-19
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THE RED CROSS DRIVE.

YOU may be one of those citizens
WHO feels that he has done his Bit.
YOU have given until YOU are weary
Of it all
YOU didn't start the war. /
YOU haven't boy at the front
YOU are comfortable at home.
THE coal bin is filed and you are not
worried
WHETHER it's cold or warm doesn't
matter with you.
YOU are a selfish and unfeeiing
person.
BUT you are going to be thawed out,
YOU can't stand back when others I
serve.
THEY have been hit as hard as, you /
THEY may be pinched by the. new
demands.
BUT they're not saving word IN |
protest
THEY know that this is the biggest
war of time.
IT'S no little skirmish like those or
the past.
HUNDREDS of thousands of our boys
may die.
MILLIONS of the sons Of other ma
tons are gone.
WE over here at home know little OF
war.
WE read the papers, sigh for the
WE-you and I--are part Of the war
machine,
WE are not asked to shoulder a gun.
IN fact little is expected of US.
YES. we bought Liberty bonds.
BUT they are a sound investment.
GREATEST nation Of 'em all is be-
hind them.
WE are sure of our interest twice
year
WE did ourselves favor when We
purchased.
THE government owes us nothing it
won't pay.
YES, we have helped the Red Cross.
WE bought membership for 81.
AND every dollar aids the cause.
/ THAT is not to be denied.
BUT there is need for more dollars
| TALK never won war Bullets have
| 1T requires cash to buy bullets.
| TALK never saved soldiers life.
BUT bandages and nursing have.
THE Red Cross supplies the bandages
and the care
THE Red Cross is composed of you
! and me.
IT can't work without supplies.
YOU and / must furnish the money
to buy them.
BUT, you say, you have given.
b. yNTJ hprnrnk rf all the NANCY
/ already raised?
If you read the papers you ought to
know.
I YOUR dollar has been accounted for
THE Red Cross is an agency Of
mercy.
1T was at Halifax after the explosion
1T comforted the dying.
1T sheltered and fed the homeless.
THE Red Cross is first on the seem
; in disaster
1T does not. confine its work to The
war zones.
!, IT is in all places where there is suf
fering.
. YOU'LL find it at the food and tht
1 FIRE
MEN and women are working for tA,
Red Cross.
: THEY are giving their time withou
l. pay.
: YOU certainly have heard of tina
4 before.
! MEN are sacrificing their persona
Interests.
s WOMEN are doing the same thing.
: ALL for the Red Cross.
II f4~oar 70,
e France.
5 Your boy may be one of the first t
= fall wounded.
S THE Red Cross nurse will be first a
e his side
s IF he can be saved the Red Cross wi
e save him.
n WHAT would you give for that ser
p vice?
e. WHY, you'd turn over all your pos
: sessions.
e THEN don't reeoil at your duty.
l. YOU and | must dig down agail
and once more.
IS IT may go hard. At least we ma
n think it does.
"a BUT we don't know yet of war SUI
81 fering
u THE other f1ghtlng nations do.
le THEY have been at il three years.
Of WE'VE been at it only a fe
d. months.
r LET us pray that 1t will soon end.
BUT if it doesn't We may as we'll pr
pare to endure.
IS NOT only grief, but financial sacr
Id fees.
is ONE way to end the war quickly is
lie give now.
a THE Red Cross is helping us to wi
at IT'S better to give a little now.
ct YOU may have to contribute mo
later.
NOW is no time to hesitate
to MEN should visit Red Cross hea
n quarters.
y THEY don't comprehend the exte
st Of its work.
e PERHAPS your wife or your daug
de ter is helping
If they are you have an idea.
THEY put in every spare hour kn
II ting,
to THE sweaters and comfort kits a
ar made by scores.
NV ALL go to the boys in khaki
1T takes money to purchase materia
THESE include gauze for bandage;
"a, FIFTY cents of your dollar is left
40 home
~ THE other so cents goes to hea
an, quarters.