Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21

ANNh " WY ~ NfH 80 E@--
15.OOO.OOO members. II Is not 20 much
the 81 or the $40 or the $50 or the
500 or the 81 fee that membership
costs, though that has It's importance.
II would be oven more necessary II
membership did not cost n cent. But
In this case the fee Is n small consid-
Grafton. Whit II needed Is an army
OF 15,00O,0O0 true hearted Americans
who will stand back Of the army aud
navy. and supply them with everything
they need 10 keep them well and
CHEEKY. and TO give them every chance
for life II they get sick or are hurt.
Confidence In his backing IL a mighty
factor In n fellows spunk when he Is
fighting $500 miles from the homo he
Is defending.
Now II word about the different
kinds Of membership: A patron mem
her pays 500 In one sum-, and the In
terest on that money accrues to the
Red Cross every year. A life membe
pays $25 In n sum. and the interest
suffices to keep his membership alive
so long rs he lives. But the most
stress Is not to be laid on these forms
In this campaign because, as l have
said, money Is not the chief object.
Everyone who can possibly AFFORD II
ought to be what Is called n "Maga-
zine Member" II costs 81, each year,
but It brings with It the Red Cross
Magazine, published every month with
a wealth Of pictures OF Red Cross
work. and inspiring articles telling
what the Red Cross Is doing all around
the world.
For those who cannot spare 81, the
annual membership costs but 81, and
one who has this membership 10 just
as much n Red Cross member a. any
one. the only difference being that be
does not get the magazine. The great
effort Will he to enroll the 81 and ~
people. for II Is numbers and not mon
ey ut this time that the Red Gross
wants.
When the membership has climbed
to the 100000 mark, then will come
the call for members to help turn out
supplies. There IL no compulsion-
nobody has to pledge himself to give
any money except his dues, nor to
give service nor anything. But Of
course you will want to help, and you
will have n world OF opportunity.
Whether you can knit, or sew, or roll
bandages, or run errands for those
who can do those things, or give mon
ey to help them buy supplies Of yarn
and muslin and gauze, you can help.
II will be your part to do the higgest
| ihinU pntt aun IN haaL an the Aphllnn
boys over there.
The first thing Is to become a Red
Cross member. Take somebody In
with you II you possibly can. Help the
membership team that comes TO you
for your name and your dollar or two
dollars. Remember, II 10 not. In the
final analysis, the Red Cross you are
ove there fighting for you. Nobody
concerned with the Red Gross ever
gets n penny out Of anything given for
relief, or from any garment made and
! entrusted TO II. Every penny and
every stitch goes TO some American
soldier or some destitute one whom the
! Red Cross Is trying to keep alive.
iou VIII ucuE-h SOu nuNe NOT NJ
ready heard-a dozen stories about
I graft In the Red Cross. They are lies,
! everyone OF them. They were started
|. malIclously, and have been peddled
! ever since by gossips. some malicious
some merely chntterers with no sense
Of responsibility. who would In the
, same spirit repeat u SANDER about q
: good woman
: You have heard. or will hear. that
the high officers OF the Red Gross gel
, most OF the money given Il for relief
Exactly the reverse Is true. Every
member Of the war council, every head
VI every Red Cross bureau In Washing
!, ton, every head Of every bureau II
: everyone Of the thirteen divisions a
! the Red Cross In the United States
is giving his time free, and is spending
! money OF his while he does tn
work.
] In a recent public speech on thiI
! subject. Henry T. Dawson. chairman
4 Of the Red Cross war council, do
clared that OF every dollar given tht
!, Red Cross for relief, about S1.02 u
spent for relief. Not only are the OK
penses met from funds provided fol
I that purpose. but the money contributed
draws interest while In bank, and IN,
Interest also Is applied TO relief work
h The Red Cross ls led by the blgges
o and bralniest and most unselnsh mel
3 the nation could find. Trust them.
a They are doing The very has. tba