Gilpin observer., 1917-09-27
TO THE WOMEN OF GIL
PIN coUNTY-AN APPEAL

uCn, we are tClQ, 'GOd made man ~
brave of heart and strong of arm.
But His Master Mind locked adown
the ages and saw all the vicissdtudes
OF unborn generations OF men, and,
that these might net go uncontrolled.
He gave him woman, to he a help
meet and comforter, and her He
made also brave of heart, but gentle
CT voice and deft OF finger. In all
the worlds history, The Race of Men
has never needed comfort more than
now. We cannot all be Clara! Bar
tons or Florence Nightingales but
we can each do our hit, producing a
result that is truly astonishing.
Through its Red Cross, our govern
ment has asked of it's women the
knitting of million and half
sweaters, socks, scarfs and wristlets
other garments for the brave boys
who are preparing to go to the
trenches. Gilrin county Is proud of
its sons, and rightly, but we are con-
loyal, just as devoted. Surely the
women who have so far failed to help
in this great work have done so only
because the demands of their own
families were tco great or because
they did not understand. But the
time has gone by, when we can reg
ulate our lives by lhe old standards.
Our patriotism demands that just as
our men give of their time and their
strength and their energy, sacrifice
ing every pleasure, perhaps even their
precious lives, so we must be willing
to give of cur time and cur strength
and cur energy sacrificing some of
orir pleasures that they may be made
comfortable.
We cam no longer say, Am / my
bro.her's keeper" and be content.
1t has become a moral obligation with
us to knew how the oher half lives,
especially when it includes rhe flow
er of the nation. Let us do for
these as we would for our own. Per-
haPs oray the chance of a number
stands between your dear boy and the
brave lads who are already gone. Car
we not visualize the thousands OF
American homes where hearts are
heavy because Of the unknown dan
gers that lurk above their boys who
are new Our Boys? Is our char
) ity OF so poor ealibre that we will
not work fer these hcmes? Let us
net wait until the supreme sacrifice
is demanded at our own firesides.
Who can assure us when or how a
latter call may ccme? There is that
splendid boy who was your darling
little baby; there is that husband
whose presence Is the breath of life
to you and whose absence, would be
as the bitterness of death. If the
time should come when Our Country
needs these dear ones, would 1t not
rake It easier for us to bear, If we
knew that by orr timely help we had
enabled his Uncle Sam to give him
succor in his hour CT d.rest need !
When this great war is ended, and
American Liberty stands triumrhan,
above the dead ashes of Hohen1ol
leru despotism, let us all be able tC
say, Il did what ! could to help
But lasting peace cannot come to tn I
blood -drent he'd world until more OF
humanity is willing to follow in the
footsteps of The Master and live fou
service. Just as the glorified Cross
of Calvary is the symbol of omr re
dempttcn, SO may the humble Rec
Cross be the symbol Of our willing
ness to serve.
The local Red Cross has received
a large supply of yarn which will bt
given out ON Wednesday and Frida!
afternoons to any one who wishes to
work. Instructors in knitting will
be given by experienced workers tc
these desiring to learn. Your Red
Cross needs YOU. Won't you help?
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