The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

local nursing associations but Wnere
tbs was impossible every effort has
been made to conduct q thoro canvass
by mail Other agencies used in car
rying on the state campaign We're
thru the school children and thru the
local chapters of the Red Cross.
The way this campaign has srlpped
the people of the state is evident IN the
letters received enclosing checks and
regrets. Many of them are from out
of the way corners of the state where
it is almost impossible to conduct
campaign owing to the dearth OF
transportation facilities and the con-
dition of the roads.
Some conception of the attitude OF
the farmers on this subject can be had
from this letter from a farmer living
in the vicinity of Gordon, Kan:
Friends: We received the Red
Cross stamps and enclose 81 and
thanks. We live so far out from town
where we could get such things that
it is a real help to have you send them
in this way. Glad to help
Others are somewhat more blood
thirsty in character and one goes so
far as to express the hope that the
kaiser will suffer an early and violent
death. Il hand you herewith my
check for the Red Cross seals you
sent. If 1 had idle cash l would send
more. am behind at the bank and
this money is borrowed. The kaiser is
I costing me SIS per month outside of
( small contributions like this as 1 get
no rent on my armory building now,
and L sure needed it as 1 had torn up
my opera house and made it over for
! an armory and it is useless as any
| thing else. Hoping we kill the kaiser
SOON" etc.
Another one in somewhat the same
vein, tho expressed in a different way.
Il fully agree with you in this cause
1t is laudable one, and with conf
dence of good results of the mana ge-
ment, to which all patriotic persons
| should contribute in this crisis. We
nave but one common duty to perform
to unite in one common cause to
Win The which can only be with the
brave patriots called to the colors. I
am enclosing check for 81" etc This
letter may be somewhat mixed I'D and
badly constructed from the grammat-
icaI standpoint but it's all there even y
bit of it.
This Person Knows.
one other letter was from a woman
VINO had evidently had some experi-
ence with tuberculosis case She
eNIuehtIy sent an enclosure of money
| altho the letter does not say how
much You letter and stamps came
10 me safely. Am indeed glad to helm
little in this cause. More if 1 could.
AS l KNOW by sad experience the
aWIul rate of those suffering from
ISIS L HtHh you Tor giving
me a chance to help. 1 have stamps
enough at present-send some to those
unable to buy
In all of these letters and they are
from widely scattered points in the
state the willingness of the people to
help In the cause is expressed. not
alone with their money but with their
moral aid as well. In Topeka the
stamp campaign is progressing in a
Ialr measure-but with the examples
OF the smaller towns and farmers be-
lore 1t Topeka should soar in its eff
forts to Guido all competitors in tile
campaign. Topeka has the most TO
gain in the campaign with her local
sanitarium and the actions of tie
capltal city is the criterion for the
state IN other states and in the nation.
II is up to you to see that every letter
+ ana package and card sent out from
Iopeka or delivered locally by n,es
senger or in person bears its Red Cross
CHRISTIANS seal. Come on you citizens
OF the city and kick in, because the
farmer sure threatens your laureIs
Tor the Ioosest purse string. Surge no
10 the counter, ring a dollar on the
Siap and call for 100 of them there
req cross Christmas Seals