The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-22
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For the blackness overlook him
before he had ran . dozen yards.
But he took this spirit of this
whole great natioq with him-and
as his comrades cllarged past with
break-neck reckle66ness to cross
the space of No Npn's Land, that
boy knew in all the haze of eternity
of the second Just before the night,
that he had done Ms bit as a man
from Gods country should.
And all the rest knew, too
though he was forgotten by them
in mement.
Now. win it be your dollars that
take the stretcher TO the boy who
ran ahead?
win your dollars put water to
his lips? viii your dollars hurry
with him back to the tender care
of the nurse so willing to mother
him through the perilous oblivion.
Will your dollars brighten that
first morning when he sees the soft,
white peacefulness OF his cot and
settles back, reassured by the
smiles about him, to rest just a bit
again?
Those may be your dollars if you
will-for such is thb glorious, mon
derful work dollars can do these
days
Every subscriber 10 the Red Cross
can count his dollars doing just
some such thing.
Every member can know his dol.
lars can be hurrying comfort to the
boy who has taken the spirit of
America so bravely 4over the top"
A five dollar contribution is such
. little thing to do 30 much-may-
be you think It's aIftoo little to
count.
Don't feel that way. Don't let
that boy go down, choking for the
very breath of life-don't let his
call go unheard, just because you
thought a five dollar bill couldn't
do enough.
Subscribe to the Red Cross to-
day, now. Our slogan is Flight or
Givew
Put the five dollars you were
about to spend so needlessly back
into your pocket. Send 1t to the
nearest Red Cross statiOn-and
ask your own heart II what you
got isn't worth thousand times
the price
Red Cross members will not be
called upon for field service-and
whether this war ends tomorrow
or lasts indefinitely, remember the
Red Cross goes right along doing
the noblest, most humanitarian
work in all the world-fOr it is al
ways taking care of the wounded,
food to the starving, mercy every
where
President Wilson, himself, is
President of the Red Cross and
asks that one million men and
women enroll their names as sub
scribers to the Red CrOss-at 81, 50,
$5, $40, $lOO, $1,000, $4,000 or $780,
600.
He does not ask that you do any
thing 'else but pay your subscrip-
tion and then if you wish to secure
10, Is or 100 new subscribers, do so
if you wish. No further service in
the field or elsewhere will be re-
quired.
Is this hour of the nations and
all the worlds need, every Ameri-
can who loves his country and his
fellow men ask: What can I do?
Where can / help"
For stalwart youth the path of
duty is plain. Our country and hui
need Men to fight and die
for them. Yet of our 100,0OO,0OO only
a small fraction now and but q IT,
the at most, or worst, can thus
serve. For all who cannot enlist to
seek "the great prize of death in
battle" or who are not needed in
those ranks, as yet, there is anoth-
er enlistment. 1t is under the ban
ner of the Red Cross. Enlisting
there, all, old or young, man, wom-
an or tender child, can proudly
say.