Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-14
Red Gross suppaieg NOT sod.

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Red Gross Supplies Not Sold.
Does the Red Cross sell the socks
that are knit for its supplies? This
was the query that came into the To-
cal chapter headquarters over the tel
ephone, a day or SO ago. The voice
sounded as though 1t might belong to,
a woman OF at least average intelli-
gence, and she followed up her ques-
ton by saying that she and many Of
her friends would not think OF knit
ting for the Red CROSS because they
had understood that the socks and q
good many Of the other articles
are presumably intended, but IRE sold
to any person Or concerns desiring
them.
The worker at headquarters who
answered the phone gently, but firm
l,y, informed the q%uestioner that
neither socks o any other articles
from pajamas to pieces OF old linen,
the Red Cross, are ever disposed of
for a money consideration. Nor does
any article ever go to n place ex-
cept to the properly authorized d.
vision headquarters, from where ship
ment is made to desired points.
So much has been said, and writ
ten. especially during the last few
months, regarding the Red Cross and
Its work, that 1t GEMS difficult to be-
lieve that any person who reads, or
has any association with reading or
thinking humans. would be SO credu-
lous regarding these highly improba-
BILE, and in some cases, absolutely inn
possible things that are being circu-
lated about the great mercy, organt-
cation.
There is a thoroughly systematized
method of handling all supplies that
reach the Red Cross, and any person
knitting or sewing any Of the articles
which are required for the comfort
of men in the trenches and hospitals.
may feel assured that the things they
have made will find their way to the
proper place. and will take with them
good measure of comfort and a
message Of cheer to the fighting men.
Out Of all OF the men who have
wal, and come back to tell us what
they have gone through, has any one
Of them ever said a dissenting word
regarding the Red Cross? Do they
not all laud in the very highest terms
the Red Cross nursing service? and
all of them say that what comforts
and, cares they were given while in
service were all due to the Red Cross.
The government provides only the.
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Is all it is able % do. and these ne.
cessities are based On the require
ments of healthy men. Those who
become wounded, i'll and worn out
from trench service, then, must look
to the Red Cross for care. clothing
and the many little extras that mean
Comfort" + 4- 4
A couple Of years ago, when we
were but interested onlookers in the
present conflict, our Canadian cousins
who were SO deeply ~engrossed in Red
Of the allies, had much the same
trouble regarding the eventual degt-
nation OF the supplies. There was a
story Of a pair OF socks having been
knit for q Red Cross chapter In the
middle western provinces, and later
being purchased by a lumberjack in q
camp in that locality. The lumber
Jack claimed he had bought them Of
the Red Cross. SO the story went. 1t
Travelled at a terrific rate of speed,
and the one pair developed into many
pairs, and finally 1t was made to APP
pear that the Red Cross was doing a
wholesale business In socks. Now
that same sock story Is being told
here, only it's a lumberjack over in
Minnesota that made the alleged pur-
chase.
SO far the tale is attached to but
one pair of the harmless grey socks,
but, like the Canadian pair, It is apt
to multiply in number rapidly. The
story will die a natural death, in due
course, and among intelligent people
shouldn't enjoy a very long life, be-
GAUGE it is so very evidently the pro-
duct Of some one lacking a bit in
thinking material.