The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
ISaM TIE RED CROSS NEEDS
TEN MIL4L ION NEW
kla.81 MEMBERS TO HELP
STE ERING HUMANITY

LNAXVLAA
I That is why the Red Cross wants
100000 members. 1t is not so much
the 50 or the $40 or the $25 or the
500 or the 81 fee that membership
costs, though that has its Importance.
II would be even more necessary II
membership did not cost cent But
In this case the fee Is small consld.
Grafton. What is needed is an army
of 100000 true-hearted Americans
who viii stand back of the army and
navy, and supply them with everything
they need TO keep them we'll and
cheery and to give them every chance
for life If they get sick or are hurt.
Confidence In his backing is mighty
factor In fellows spunk when he Is
lighting $500 miles from the nome he
Is defending.
Now word about the different
kinds Of membership: A patron men,
ber pays 500 In one sum, and the in
terest on that money accrues to the
Red Cross every year. A life member
pays $50 In one sum, and the interest
sutiices to keep his membership alive
so long as he lives. But the most
stress Is not to be laid on these forms
In this campaign because, as | have
said, money Is not the chief object.
Everyone who can possibly afford 1t
ought to be what is called a "Maga-
zine Member 1t costs 81, each year,
but 1t brings with ii the Red Cross
Magazine, published every month with
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 50, the
annual membership costs but 81, and
one who has this membership is just
as much Red Cross member as any
one, the only difference being that he .
does not get the magazine. The great .
effort will be to enroll the 81 and 50 .
people, for it is numbers and not mon
ey at this time that the Red Cross
wants.
When the membership has climbed
to the 100000 mark, then will come
the call for members to help turn out
supplies. There is no cOmpulslon-
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
viii have world of opportunity.
Whether you can knit, or sew, or roll
)andages, or run errands for those
Who can do those things, or give mon
y to help them buy supplies of yarn
md muslin and gauZe, you can help.
t will be your part to do the biggest
hing you can to back up the fighting
DOys over there.
The first thing is to become Red
ross member Take somebody in
With you If you possibly can. Help the
team that comes to you
or your name and your dollar or two
ollars. Remember, it is not, In the
nal analysis, the Red Cross you are /
elping at all-it is the boys who are |
yer there fighting for you Nobody t
Oncerned with the Red Cross ever l
cts penny out of anything given for c
elief, or from any garment made and |
to it. Every penny and d
very stitch goes to some American t
oldier or some destitute one whom the
ed Cross is trying to keep alive d
You will hear-if you have not al
'ady heard-a dozen stories about |;
'aft in the Red Cross. They are lies, Il
'eryone of them. They were started Il
and have been peddled o
'er since by gossips, some malicious,
me merely chatterers with no sense r'
responsibility, who would in the a
me spirit repeat a SANDER about q N
'od woman.
You have heard, or will hear, that ,
e high officers Of the Red Cross get n
ost Of the money given it for relief.
iactly the reverse is true. Every (P
ember of the war council, every head
every Red Cross bureau in Washing
n, every head Of every bureau in he
eryOne of the thirteen divisions of to
Red Cross in the United States, 5r
giving his time free, and is spending 70,
'ney OF his own while he does the 70,
rk. ~,
N a recent public speech on this m,
)ject Henry P. Dawson, chairman no,
the Red Cross war council, de- rio
red that of every dollar given the sut
d Cross for relief, about $1.O2 is pre
mt for relief. Not only are the ex- or
lses met from funds provided for she
t purpose, but the money contributed in
ws interest while in bank, and the Ioa
crest also is applied to relief work. lur
he Red Cross is led by the biggest coa
brainiest and most unselish men lrd
nation could find. Trust them. 2on
hey are doing the very best that '")
ms and money and determination nol
do to prevent human suffering, and 'e
AXE care of Pershings boys. Help usii
n. Your own may be there soon. e.
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