The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-06-07
A NET Of Mercy
THE RED CROSS
IS CALLED
Original Red Cross Work
And The Motives In The
Present Day Work
The Symbol of Service to Mankind

Under this title Stockton Axson in
the Geographic Magazine for April
gives the origin Of the Red Cross and
a most interesting article in regard to
the work of the Red Cross. He says:
"The Red Cross is perhaps the great
est humanitarian movement of mod
ern times, which is of course equiva-
lent to saying of all times, for human
itarianism is a throughly modern
thing; but this particular manifesto
ton of humanitarianism did not orr
ginate in theoretical notions of hu-
maneness.
1t began in hospital and on bat
tie field, with Florence Nightengale
at Scutari, and Henri Durant at Sol
ferino, in actual nursing of sick and
wounded soldiers in a base hospital,
in actual salvage of wounded soldiers
en- a great and bloody battlefield.
There was nothing vague and the
oretical in the motive of Miss Night
engaie or NJ. Durant; it was as prac-
tical as rescueing a drowning man or
twisting tourniquet."
"But the far reaching consequence
of what these two did is being written
daily in the Red Cross activities OF the
present. Every RED CROSS nurse,
and ambulance driver, and canteen
server, and surgical dressings maker,
and knitter of soldiers comforts, is
carrying on the work begun by these
two in the 1850's."
''In doing this it works under two
main conceptions: to relieve (and as
far as possible to prevent) themisery
incident to war and to assist in main
tanning the morale of the fighting
forces" To lessen the fighting mans
misery and keep him fighting"
These seem, specifically, contra
diictory motives; but all who believe
in that just peace know that it is sup
erlatively important to keep our own
soldiers and our allies on fighting
edge until the German beast is beaten
The world will never be habitable un-
til that is accomplished"
while the Red Cross does all 1t
can to comfort the wounded soldier,
it adopts every device it can conceive
to make the we'll soldier better fight
ing man."
Hence it's canteens and rest sta
tions and all it's cooperation with the
government, with the Y.M.C.A., and
all other war agencies, to render the
soldier life as tolerable, as comforting
and as heartening as possible"
"But it goes back of the soldier to
the soldiers family. If there is any
outstanding lesson which the Red
Cossr has derived from it's expert
ence in this war as overtopping all
other lessons which it has learned, 1t
is this; that the morale of the solder
depends almost as much on his nav
ing his family cared for, as having
himself cared for"
In letter from Tom c. Harrison
to his aunt, Miss linda Harrison, IS the
following paragraph. Your Reo
Cross work and your other war work.
is fine. You good folks at home are
doing just as much to win the war as
we boys over here. And will we WIN!
Well guess YES!
ROLL OF HONOR.
From Mrs. Hattie Nash, 7 yards OF
longcloth for handkerchiefs to the
Friendship Circle.
From Mr.. Betty, two subscriptions
to the Red Cross Magazine, for the
colored circles at Powder Springs,
one to the Rev Penn and one to the
Chairman of the Circle.
From Mr. B. G. Brumby, Red Cross
Magazine for James Sheppard, the
Chairman of the Friendship Circle
From the 7th Grade of the Water
man School, Miss linda Harrison,
Teacher, the war savings stamp won
by the grade as aprize offered by Mr.
Morgan McNeel to the class selling
the largest number ofThrift Stamps
Contributed to the wool fund by
the class. The Class bought and sold
$l2z0.29 worth of stamps.
From Miss McMichels class OF the
Waterman School, the book of Thrift
Stamps won as second prize, and con-
tributed by the tiny tots to the Surg
zeal Dressings Committee.
The Young Ladies Auxiliary No.I
A splendid showing was made by