Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-19
ALL ACTIVELY At WORK
Committees Of Ladies Making Eac:-
est Effort TO Enroll New Members
For Red Cross in This City.

| Ii will not be the fault Vt tht
ladies who are on the various COM
imittccs soliciting new members fri
The Red Cross in Alexandria if tho
desired number is not obtained just
how many have been secured TO daae
! is not known, but suffice il to say that
no effort is being spared To call upon
every person in the city and that il
is hoped that the three thousand nay'
names will be added TO the rolls oi
/ the organizations before the campaign
closes.
This afternoon the Boy Scouts
will enlist In the work aml will have
transparcncicS on the streets OF the
city and 90 all in their power to aid
N the good cause
Bishop william Lawrence who has
taken an earnest interest III the Red
Cross. has the following to say re-
sarding it:
4 Word TO Men
A well known New York city man
is just dropping his business. which
has brought him in 100000 i" yaor,
to 60 TO Europe for. the Red Gross:
no salary. lie does not tail. about
it; why do you mention it," you ash.
lots OF men are doing the same
hing. Some men are giving up Big
ger incomes, and thousands OF me-
:hanics and iaborin% men are drop
Ding their wages and enlisting in yi?c
Army and Navy
mention it in order that every
man in the country may feel tnat
ne is on call when his country wants
lin. Soldiers and sailors are ready
to give their lives. All honor to them.
rh, time. money and life OF every
citizen belongs 10 his nation. -lll
honor, therefore, 10 those citizens
who consccrate their time. and Efc
IN all sorts Of war interests ut hom3
and abroad. Through the Red Cross
opportunities of service arc given 20
thousands 81 men who without tie
Red Cross would not know Shcrc 20
pat their time and energies IN n;
2ountry's service.
4 word 10 Women.
What an anxious, restless and ni-
happy mass the women Of this cola-
;rv would be if they did not have
ONE definite work TO do for the ho:.s
md men in the camps and trenches
end hospitals! In every village. town
and city groups of women arc gatior-
d together making bandages for the
oldicrs. Out upon the farms an';
plains lonely women are knitting
wcatcrs and nMIflers. AS their ting
,rs work, their minds move also, w!in
he thought Of what they are doing
or those who arc fighting to defend
heir homes. No one can calcalagc
he stcadiness and sincerity which SNe
Red Cross work gives to millions e
women.
a Word to the Boys and Girls.
Whether you are at school or NJ
york YOU can do something for the
soldier and sailor and the Red Cross,
You can save your pennies and nickc:s
N IN one dollar. and become mem
',c, OF the Red Gross. Lots OF you can
make il five dollars. Yoa can go af:eg
he men and women Of the town aud
ret them to join the Red Cross.
In passing twenty people in ne
| street today, you pass one Red Cross
member. When you have lifted the
! membership from five million to NJ
| teen million, you will meet one kea
Cross member in every seven pee
ole t!at you pass. Why not make 1t
ive? One ont OF every hFe pcop!e
| n the country. men, women ana ch'iA-
rem, Red Cross members. l"eh.S
Millions OF members will do It. why
not try?
| Cclored People Working.
Officials o. the American ket!
| Cross are not confirming their labofs
| entirely 10 the white people Of the
United States. Colored workers are
actively engaged amorg their own
neople in arousing interest IN the
organization Of auX.liaries, which are
,cokca forward to as of immense
benefit to the work of the Rcd Cross
! One Of the most prominent OF
these volunteer workers !s Mary Me-
Leod Bethune, Of Daytona, Fla.
founder and principal OF the Daytona
| Industrial School FOR Girls, wnlc!
institution was begun by hcr VIII
81 so and is now beng conducted OF
a yearly budget Of $4,000. She ha'