The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-07-06
RED CROSS NOTES

Mr.. David NJ. Waldman. proprietor
of a successful restaurant in Denver,
Col, formerly a waiter in Gilreath's in
Jacksonville. has presented a fully
equipped motor ambulance TO the Red
Cross unit in Denver He made the
gift he said, because the United
States has been square with him. "
How to Become Red Cross Nurse
Charity and kindness must run to
meet the tragedies of war. We can
not afford to wait until they are upon
Us. do not like 10 remind all who
come to see me asking for national
service under the Red Cross.
There are thousands of simple tasks,
but to some this message must go in
time for preparation.
War does not alone kill the young
men of the land. It leaves great num-
bers of blind and broken. For these
there must be some salvage and eX-
pert guidance back into the sembl-
ance of normal usefulness.
Few of the mutilations Of war are
without their counterparts in peace
blindness, crippled and amputated
limbs, deafness. The nation that
served the unfortunates of peace best
will have the largest stock of science
to meet the wreckage of war. 1t is in
the blind asylum of peace time that
Winifred Hollis first do their work
in the homes for crippled children
that the fine experiments with Grip
pied limbs are worked out. The work
that will begin six months from now
is a strangely beautiful combination
of nursing and teaching
The heaviest burden on the blind"
Helen Keller said once lis not blind
ness but idleness, and they can be
relieved of this great burden. Give the
blind man the help that shall secure
him comfort or partial independence "
The French soldiers blinded in bat
tie have found teachers who have Of
fered themselves in war service and
been willing TO teach the fingers of
these men TO see way to new trades
and professions. Blind weavers.
stenographers, potters have found a
chance to work at these new trades
If we are to be ready for these
men, so ready that they do not have
to suffer needless periods of disheart-
ment while we tumble over plans we
must begin at once to systematic
our institution and enlist our teachers
for this service. We must find will
ing and patient volunteers who will
begin to study at once how to meet
the needs of these men. and we must
find money to commander the best
institutional care that the nation has
developed. Those who choose this
service should communicate with the
department of civilian relief. or the
American Red Cross, Washington, D.
&c.
Suppose" that is sometimes what
/ want to say TO women, though |
know that it is cruel demand upon
the imagination suppose it should
turn out to be your son William, to-
day so strong and with so fine a ca
ireer in engineering before him. whose
sacrifice should come in the way of
eyes that shall never see again.
Would you hesitate then to give your
money willingly that the best in the
world should help somehow make il
up TO him? Would you hesitate then
to spend six months studying how
best to aid him then? Well war
means this. Every woman must say
to every othe, thy son shall be my
son. thy sons sorrow shall be mine!'
This is the problem we must meet
The money should come quickly. And
over the country everywhere women
should study the peace time institu
tions for succoring the blinded and
crippled