Evening journal., 1917-06-11
SAVE TIN FOIL
FOR RED Cross
Money From Sale Will Save
Lives of French and
Belgian Babies
WANT ALL TO SAVE
WASTE DURING WAR


A large number Of people are born
with taste for candy A consider
able number achieve candy and still
others have candy thrust upon them.
Likewise, the born taste. the achieve
ment and the thrusting upon OF chew
ing gum is more or less insistent
Further, the same trilogy exists IN
the matter Of tobacco, Neuichatel
cheese and other comestibles and
commodities.
All this is by way OF preface.
The real fact that Is wished TO be
brought out IS that very many or
these things are wrapped in tin foil
And even that statement does not
cover the ground, for every gram
every ounce, every pound Of this tin
foil which in the very nature OF our
national wastefulness is presently
thrown away, TO be of no use to any
body has a value which may be
made 70 help IN a manner, not so
spectacular. but just as real as the
registration OF the young men who
have dedicated their lives TO the de-
fense OF a democracy.
SO. II everytime one buys some
candy, some chewing gum, some to-
baccO-anything which for sanitary
reasons Is wrapped In tin foil, one
might stop to think that he is paying
for the wrapper. and that of neces-
sity this wrapper must have been OF
value-and still is-then ono might
believe that an elemental idea OF con-
servation Is apparent.
And so Il Is requested by members
l..aH
man, woman or child who has occa-
sion to use any article Of any sort
which is wrapped in tin foil, carefully
remove this wrapper smoOthe IT, but
do not roll 10 into balls, and collect
It for a week or a month, and then
send the collected quantity to Mrs.
L. A. Kittinger, or Mrs William
Staniar at the headquarters of the
Red Cross in the old city Hall.
Already q certain amount has been
collected through the efforts OF those
vitality interested in the utilization OF
waste for relief work. and II IS pro
posed 10 make every cigar store a
depository for this material, through
out the city and State, the collections
to be forwarded 70 headquarters at
stated intervals, and a little thought,
little care and little sympathy
may 20 a good deal further than ap-
pears on the surface
And what does Il all mean? It
means that every gram, every ounce,
every pound. every ton OF this hith-
erto wasted material will go to help
20 save the life OF some little French
or Belgian baby whose father fell in
battle for the defence OF his home
and his right 10 live. II means that
each bit OF Il will 20 TO help the
stricken mother who is fighting "a
save her honor and the honor OF
women. Ot means that every bit OF
IL may be made TO help 10 relieve the
suffering OF some poor fellow-and
/ that may mean some of our own
who shall be on the firing line and
find that because those OF us who
may be left behind forgot that even
an ounce OF tin foil might have been
made TO buy a handage or a COM
press-or even a bit OF ether to re-
lieve the horror of It alD.
That is what even this little matter
Of a bit OF thought may be made TO
do. That is what-when things are
bought and used which are not abb
solutely necessary. may be made to
make us think that after all our luxu-
ries are even doing their bit.
And what is true Of tin foil is equal.
ly true Of waste paper The Red Cross
of Wilmington has already collected
more than thirty tons OF waste PAPER
and the end is not yet What is true
Of paper is true Of rubber waste Any
discarded rubbers worn 10 a frazzle
maybe. but still available In reclaim
alton. will help TO buy a bit OF milk
for a starving baby, and an old gar
den hose. useless for squirting pur
] poses, can be turned through the
, chemistry Of the expert into a proper
4 bandage for the poor chap ripped opeI
by a wicked shrapnel who is lyini
!, In some field hospital his wounds
- wrapped in straw. or something.worsl
; because those who are left hehinl
forgot that there is really a tax. i'm
& perative. but not formed by law a
J. obligatory
] Rubber waste is not 70 be sent q
r. the old City Hall. but may either b
d taken by owners and sold, the Pre-
= ceeds 20 be sent 70 the Red Cross, o
the committee informed that II /
j, ready for collection.
}; A little thought may get the col
N text. The idea is to save the waste
4, and Help.