The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-08-28
Ray Cos; "BiIIy Sunday of Stage "
GiUeS Up L14x141ieS To Aid Soldiers

New York.-Mrs. Harvey J. Flint,
nationally known through her stage
work as Ray Cox, is leaving her
two model farms, her husband of a
few months, his racing yachts and
g score Of we'll earned luxuries Of
life to aid the soldiers. She expects
to go overseas with the overseas en-
tertainment bureaus first unit. Miss
Cox's forceful way Of talking and
her Christianlike spirit have earned
her the title Of "ths Billy Sunday of
the Stage"
Miss Cox engineered the campaign
which made the booth OF the stage
women's war relief committee in
front of the public library the ban
ner booth of the city, and she broke
that booth and the committees
travelling theater the tidy sum Of
81, ,682, ,00G was ral1ed from the street
Asked how she managed to ao-
compllsh such tremendous results in
the Liberty loan campaign, she said:
"When you are q Christian, as I
am, and find yourself confronted
with a Job, you go ahead and do It.
OF myself couldn't have done what
I did. Gods power is always there
for the asking, and believe in ap-
propriating it. think we ought to
put into His work every atom Of our
ability. Now Of all times we ought
to give our best"
Then she explained that a con-
tributary reason for her success as a
Liberty loan campaigner was be-
cause the work afforded the first
complete and absolutely congenial
role she ever had.
All With One Aim.
Il got my first big, personal sense
Of country and Of humanity with
that sea of faces in front of me and
There we were all together, with a
tremendous Job between us. Il for
got to be afraid because, I wasn't an
orator. I never dreamed that could
hold a street crowd. That experience
became so fascinating that used to
be embarrassed when someone would
scold me for not going to lunch.
"I feel tremendously grateful
about the whole thing. Another
could have done what I did, but moth
ing else could have done so much for
me. The work brought me closer to
God, to country, to humanity, and to
the splendid women in my own pro-
fession.
"If I hadn't believed in immortal
ity before, the war would have given
me faith. We are at the primal and
we have to go back to God. I can't
imagine how any one can think
that this life is all. Sometimes l
imagine what people will be saying
100 years from now. We don't
realize how big this thing is-ths
best people. on earth offering every
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beautiful and the future free"
Miss Cox was born in Louisiana
into what looked like the lap Of
luxury. But the luxury didn't last
long. The pride Of an aristocratic
old Virginia family shines in her
eyes. It was there when her par
ents owned some Of the most valu-
able property in the heart OF Chi
cago, and although she was only
little girl at the time, 1t took on
brighter glow after her father lost
the family fortune and died.
Never for a moment did Ray Cox
feel sorry for herself. But she did
feel sorry for her mother, who was
not accustomed to the buffeting of
fate, and she was solicitous about
her little sister. For their sakes She
just had to succeed.
Took Care OF All.
Ray Cox had the satisfaction of
seeing her mother spend her last
years in a New York apartment that
compared favorably with the ances-
tral Virginia home. She saw her
little sister through school and onto
the stage, and once in a while she
goes to the Winter Garden to see
Hazel Cox, who no longer needs q
big sisters care
And then. to cap the climax, after
her task was done, she was married
last December to q wealthy young
sportsman Harvey ., Flint.
They have B. 300-acre farm BIT
Hope Valley r. I. There are so
cattle, 100 hogs and 1900 hens there
This and another farm are being run
at top speed for the government.
Much of the farm work Is done by
oxen, and when Ray Cox was In a
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