El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-19

l Mrs 7. W. I.anier s team were dressed
/ in pure white, with white hats and
I attached to the front of their hats.
Members of Mrs. c. 3. Stevens's team
wore q large Red cross Other teams
/ wore distinctive marks Of the Red
I Cross campaign
Women Weep at Wars Horrors.
Women workers in the Red Cross
campaign shed tears when the speak
I ers Of the evening told the bare truths
I Of the suffering which is going on
I in Europe and which American boys
viii be subjected to. II means TO car
ing for them is not provided by the
American people
A P. Coles. chairman OF the finance
committee of the FL Paso chapter OF
the American Red Cross was toast
master.
Serious Matter For Coles.
Everyone tonight seems 10 be
happy and cheerful" said Mr.. Coles
But you people are working for the
worthiest cause the world has ever
purpose Of aiding the wounded and
the sick and suffering. When the
FL PasO chapter of the Red Cross vas
started, DR.. Brown asked me to take
charge OF the finance committee
did but did not take II seriously at
that time. The more thought that
1 have given the matter the more
serious it has become to me.
~El Paso usually does her part in
anything and 1 know she viii do her
part in the campaign to raise $4,000
for this worthy cause / see many
faces among you who are familiar in
campaigns which we have inaugu-
rated TO promote the business well
fare OF the city. When this city was
called upon TO raise two million dol
lars for the Liberty loan il sounded
tremendous. The work was begun
and carried through and Fl Paso
oversubscribed-
Not Charity To save Boys.
Tonight We have a different ques-
ton confronting us In the Liberty
ribing TO charity but to a good
investment. In this Red Cross cam
paign you will not be asked TO sub
scribe to charity, but you Will be
asked TO contribute for the aid OF
your own boys.
perhaps it is somebody's eise's
father, husband, brother or son who
will have to go to he front and
think that the man who stays at
home and is afraid TO put up any
money TO relieve his suffering ought .
TO 90 in the hole. He should be I
afraid TO show his face The man /
who goes to the front gives up every I
thing. He sacrifices his earnings /
while you. either because Of over age
or some other reason, which is not /
q fault OF your own. stay at home
I think that the man who stays al .
home and does not contribute to the 4
Red Cross is a poor citizen OF the /
United States.
Tells OF Busy Red Cross.
In Washington I visited the Red
Cross offices. the busiest place 7 ever
saw Persons were working there as
hard as they could. Typewriters
were clicking and everything was as
busy as a bee hive. Until you could
see this place you would not realize
what is going on. They told me OF
the suffering that men were going
through in the trenches The French
have not enough food nor money to
suffering wounded Thousands OF
men have died from wounds on the
'attlefields because there was no one.
Tor no means, to carry them off after
hey have been wounded Our boys
re going to be in the same way Il
.id is not forthcoming
while I was in the east. I saw
he army boys embarking on trans
'orts for France TO go TO the front.
they boarded the ships cheering and
lappy. The wives Of the officers
we're there and. although they. wept
L the departure Of their husbands.
very woman said she wanted her {
husband to 60 One mother of a boy !
Who embarked said: Ny only son has {
zone, but I want him to CO.
Every man there felt that he would {
want his son 10 60 If I had son {
II age 1 would be the happiest man (
n the world II he would have been
Imong them.
Must Give Earnings for Year. $
I'VE must realize that we must give