Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-18
Miss Boardman Appeals
for Funds for Red Cross


how boys are giving their lives to the
nations service in the war, how wives
and mothers are giving what is oearer
to them than life. of the devotion TO re-
lieve suffering which has prompted
trained nurses by the thousands TO
volunteer, Miss Mabel T. Boardman at
the meeting made strong personal ap-
peal-"What will you and give
Miss Boardman's heart-to-heart talk,
made as representative of the women
of the country who are giving sons ana
husbands to fight, made by one VINO mas
served for many years as actuai 81
rector of Red Cross activities In the
United States, and made by the organ
izer and active leader of the hundreds
of uniformed women VINO nave io5
months been devoting their time ana
skill to making hospital supplies, pro-
duced a profound impression.
She said in part:
1--WE have as a nation yet to awake to
the consciousness that we have entered
into the greatest ara most terrlole OIL
wars.
what are you and 1 ready to give for
our country and for humanity: mat is
the question to ask ourselves today.
our patriotism. 1t is 4 time for deeds,
not words.
What the Men Are Giving.
What will many of the men who are
with Gen. Pershing give? w hat VIII
many of these young men IN KHAKI
whom you see today Waik'ns oul
streets give? With a splendid courage
these men are going forth to face death
and many of them to give their lives
for us and our country. many OF them
TO suffer and then to die, many OF
them to give up their strong, young
bodies and come back to US shattered
and wrecked by the awful weapons OF
modern warfare Think of these men
we love. Think of our dear American
a.I hot eli
wounded in a PARKWAY land with none
of the tender care of their homes about
them To save these precious lives II
we can what will you and ! give?
What will the wives of these men.
what will the fathers and mothers of
-Aese boys give? They will give for
us and for our country those that are
dearer to them than life itself. What
will you and 1 givec What have the
great surgeons and physicians who are
now in Europe or soon to go, given?
They have cast away the wealth OF
large incomes without thought, to
serve their country and humanity.
What have the lesser surgeons and
physicians given? They have sacrificed
the practice long years of work has
built up. giving not only today. but
giving in the years to come. when
they must begin again. They have
given with a splendid patriotism. What
will YOU and l give"
What have the noble hearted nurses
given? These women. who earn their
own livelihood. are giving nearly half
of their usual salary; are taking upon
themselves the overwhelming burden
of their merciful. pitiful service from
which some of them may not return.
This they are giving. What will you
and ! give?
Heroism Of the Allies.
What are we willing to do for the
soldiers of the allied nations who have
fought so bravely, so Loyalty. this long
and terrible war before us? Many of
their coura geous surgeons have been
killed, their ambulance corps men
slain, their nurses worn out from in
cessant labor, their supplies exhausted.
What will you and 1 give for them?
What of the children, the old. what
of the woman of the devastated lands.
such helpless. bewildered victims.
driven from their ruined homes, sur
rounded by misery and desolation.
suffering and dying. Think of those we
love. cared for and protected and what
will you and I give for these others?
Is there a man or woman with souls
70 dead that the wonderful spirit of
through every fiber of their being and
make them willing also to sacrifice
and IL need be suffer in such sacrifice.
Selfish interest has no part to play to-
.Gay in the life Of an American citizen.
These are mighty days. Days that
have not had their parallel in all his
tory. America is going to do her part.
Washington will measure up to our
opportunities and every man. woman
and child in our city will find express
sion for the love Of our country and
the love of humanity in their giving.
Giving cannot mean service for our
country until 1t has meant sacrifice for
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