The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23

said: Canada has given for Belgiur
$14 per capita, while we, have give
so cents per capita
Rev. Father McNeill followed MI
Wallace. He indorsed the Red Cros
! in strongest terms aid urged his heal
+ ers to support it in every way posi-
! BILE. Among other good things h
said:
| | believe what has been told me. W.
have few poor people with us, and d'
not realize the conditions in Europe
am astonished that America has dom
so little for Belgium. thought w
excelled the world in charity. If thu
money has not gone as it should go
it will 20 now, and Manila will fur
nish her part of it as she has fur
| nished her part OF the enlisted boys
l would rather be fighting in the lines
than to have the duties OF the Rec
| Cross nurses. There are many things
| to inspire on the lines, while the in
spiration is lacking for the nurses. We
all have part in alleviatlng the SUI
ferings of those who have been a,
the battle front and it will be in order
now to back up the sacrifices already
made. l am told that the Catholic
boys excel in the navy and ! urge
Catholics to take foremost and I'M
portant part. Why should they not
now take their part on account of the
blessing derived from this, Our Coun
try?
The crowning moment Of the eve
ming came when Fred Steckelberg. a
prominent farmer and president of the
German verein was called upon. He
said:
"We Germans have been misunder.
stood, but want to say that we are
standing by this country. 1t is hard
to fight against brothers and sisters.
am German born, but an American
citizen. The German verein pledges
it's support in every way. Now in re-
gard to the Red Cross, they came out
in the field to me and suggested that
we give $50. So we called meeting
and are giving $10O."
Some of the 500 donations were:
German verein, Bruce Rogers lmple-
ment company, in honor OF Frank and
Max Berkemier, who enlisted and are
the sons of Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Ber-
kemiera Manila Telephone company
operators; Manila National bank and
First National bank.
Henry Hamann, one OF the most
prosperous young American-German
farmers, has been intensely interest
ed in the cause, and started out by
giving $25. Then at one time during
the giving several men at the same
time offered tSs25 in the names OF their
wives. Henry jumped up and gave
$25 for his wife Then it dawned up
on him that he was not married, but
he increased his subscription TO $1O0.
One 0f .tfle really q gfeatest gffts
came from Mrs. Peters. a German lady
who works out for the support OF her
two children. She has hard time
making ends meet, but gave So Her
donation meant as big a sacrifice as
any in Manila. The donations of the
children amounted to great many
dollars and their sacrifices made them
especially glad because they had an
opportunity to be real little soldiers
in the cause of suffering humanity.
Little Raymond VanSlyke thought
that he wasn't going to get to be
little soldier, because he was sitting
in the gallery and no one had noticed
him. Later when one OF the men
asked him if he had given his bit he
began crying as if his heart would
break and said that he had Two dol.
lars that he wanted to give and was
afraid no one was going to ask him
for it,
Miss Isabelle Morgan and Miss
Pearl Suiter, two of the telephone op'
orators, attended the Red Cross meet.
ing at Denison the Sunday night be.
fore. They came home and talked
with Mrs. Wilfong and Miss Mary Car
ey, the other operators, with the re.
suit that each has pledged $25 toN be
paid by monthly installments. They
have agreed among themselves that
the money for their Red Cross pay
ments shall come from personal sac.
rifice in the way of getting along with
out certain new clothes or performing
extra labor to earn this money.
just as the Red Cross meeting was
opening Mayor Saunders was called
to the railroad yards. Three boys
there, car cleaners, said they wanted
to join the Red Cross and pledged a
dollar month for year, making $36
for the three. They are Frank Wahl,
Joe McNertney and Dale Griet.
Just at the close of the meeting
Mr.. J. O., A. Olson, of Astor, called
the hall and said that he had been
thinking about that Red Cross meet
ing and that he couldn't sleep until he
had made donation Of $25 to help
out that meeting.
The ladies donated more than their
share. The school teachers come in
for good subscriptions, especially
those of the lower grades deserve COM
for the support they have
given the Red Cross by solicitation
and furtherance in the class rooms.
When the bunch of boys went out
of the high school to enlist The peo-
pie of Manila gave them rousing
demonstration. At the close of this
Clifford Theobald, one of the departing
boys, said they were going ont to do
their best for the country and hoped
the town would back them up, The
feeling of the people at Sundays
was that this was a. a.golden1
to carry out Gifford's
parting wish. n'. HgHl y
The men who have been working for
the Red Cross in Manila have done a
great amount of work, and have an
that would do credit to
l.. @r>&o A.,