The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-08

Make it q Red Cross Christmas"
That is the striking slogan that
will be adopted by millions Of Am
orleans this year.
That inspiring slogan Is the key
note Of a campaign, nation wide in
its scope, by which the American
Red Cross expects to enlist no less
than 100000 new members, bring
ing its total membership in the Unit
ed States to $4,000 900.
1t is that slogan by which the
North Dakota branch Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has set out to put
itself on the roll Of honor as one of
the most patriotic Of the great
family OF states that is today war
ring on autocracy as represented by
the Imperial German government.
That slogan, carried to the people
by the state Red Cross organization,
by the county chapters and their
branches, is expected to rally to the
Red Cross flag no less than 100000
North Dakota memberships.
The officers of the Red Cross of
this state have fixed 100000 as their
goal, and by effective campaign work
In each and every county, and in
each and every community within
the state, that 100000 goal will be
attained, and North Dakota will have
her place far up in the list of the
states when the great news is cabled
TO France, and announced to the Am
erican soldiers in the trenches, in
their camps. or wherever they may
be.
Should Be 100000.
North Dakota's gift to the Am
erican soldiers should be not less
than 100000, said Judge N. c
Young, state director, today. North
Dakota, thoroughly organized, is in
position to make such a sweeping
and thorough canvass OF the state
that we should be able to report, not
that 10 per cent OF our people are
Red Cross members, but that 30 per
cent Of them are enlisted in the army
OF mercy.
Make it a Red Cross Christmas
the slogan will be carried to all. Our
gift to our soldiers should be $4,000
600 Red Cross memberships. North
Dakota must do her share, and the
preliminary reports received from
several points in the state already
indicate that our workers are alive to
the situation, and that they can be
counted upon to do their share"
On Christmas eve, the candles
that for years and years have been
lighted by thousands Of Americans,
viii be lighted again, but this time
there will be a new significance. In
front OF those candles. on the
windows, will be the Red Cross serv-
ice fiag-the familiar flag of a white
Background and a border of red, with
a cross placed upon the white field to
indicate membership in the Red
Cross.
At 1880 o'clock, throughout the
country, the candles will be lighted,
and there will CLEAN forth to the
passersby. the late shoppers, and to
all those who are abroad that night,
the message OF the Red Cross.
A Loyal Home.
Here is a home that is doing
what 1t can 60 alleviate the suffer-
ings Of the peoples of the world.
Here is home that is backing the
boys in the service. Here is a home
that il patriotic.
That Is the message that the
candles viii fash from thousands
and thousands Of homes the country
over. That is the message that 49,
o00,O people are expected to stand
back of on Christmas eve.
And while the candles are burning
on the Christmas eve now so near at
hand, there will chime forth from
the bells OF the cities, the towns, the
hamlets, and from the countryside,
the Red Cross story. Each half hour,
beginning at 1880 o'clock, the bells
will chime the story. All over the
land the tolling OF the bells will be
n marked feature Of Christmas eve.
Message to Soldier.
And on Christmas morn, while the
folks gather from one end of the
country to the other in religious
services on the greatest OF all church
dates, there will be speeding to the
men in France-to the Americans
who are there waiting to take up
the burden so nobly borne by others
through the long years of the awful
conflict, the message-"ffteen mil
lions OF American citizens are Red
Cross members"
That message will be flashed to
every camp in which the soldiers
win spend their first Christmas as
soldiers Of a nation at war.