The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-03-05
Junior Ped Cross

When the Junior Membership Cam
paign of the American Red Gross ends
ON Washington's birthday, the public.
private and parochial schools Of the
United States will have been mobiliEsd
for war work In the interest Of Ameri-
ca and her Allies.
The enrolment campaign was
launched In every State In the coun-
try on Lncoln's birthday. 1t opened
amid marked enthusiasm on the part
Of the pupils and teachers-an snthu-
siasm which has convinced the Red
Cross that the movement will be en-
tirely successful.
Each School to Be Given Charter.
The campaign ID being conducted by
the SCHOOLS themselves. The Red Cross
is not canvassing the schools, but is
depending for It's results upon the ini-
tiative of the pupils. Enrolment Is by
schools and not individuals, and no
schools will be given Junior lied
Cross Charter unless all Its pupils are
luC1uQ6O LII LILO OAaAnCt ChA <>o
a necessary step to the formation of
Red Cross Auxiliary the school must
raise fund equivalent to twenty-five
cents for each child. This fund may
be completed through entertainments
or through contributions from Outsid-
ers. The impression has gone out that
the individual child can contribute not
more than one penny. This is not
true. According to Andrew Ten Eyck,
in charge of Junior Enrolment for
the Atlantic Division, the children can
contribute from one cent to twenty
five cents each to the fund.
Hundreds Of schools In the Atlantic
Division have for many weeks been
doing war relief work under the SUI
pervision of the Atlantic Division.
One of the principal forms Of work
has been the preparation Of garments
for French and Belgian refugee chill
dren. These garments are made from
the apparel of grownups The gar
ments are~taken to the school rooms,
where they are cut down and sterilized
and made ready for shipment abroad.
Children Aiding In Many Ways.
School children give many forms OF
service. Pupils In the first and Sec
ond grades wind balls Of yarns for
their older sisters to knit into sweat
ers. socks and wristlets. They also
wind thread on pieces Of cardboard
for the convenience of those pupils
who devote their time to making sew
ing kits for the men In service. 9th
er children IN the lower grades are
occupied putting pins IN completed
garments, attaching buttons OF cutting
cardboard for pin balls.
The Red Cross has found excellent
workers in the children OF the fourth.
ffth and sixth grades. The boys h
these grades will work Ike Trojans.
They have profound admiration for
American fighting men, and anything
they can do to help them they do with
effervescing enthusiasm. So these
boys, for the most part, have been as
signed to the task of making WOOL,
cloth, two and a half inches square
put up in packages of from twenty T.
thirty. This cloth can be used by SOL
diers for cleaning and shining their
guns.
Another useful occupation for school
children is the making Of puzzles for
soldiers. Nothing hangs heavier on
the wounded soldier than time. The
authorities Of France and England
have found that puzzles divert the
mind OF an injured man from thoughts
which tend to retard his recovery.
A good puzzle can be made BY past
ing colored picture on piece Of
cardboard and cutting It into innu-
merable pieces Of all shapes and sizes.
The wounded men then try 10 arrange
the pieces properly.
The Red Cross Junior workers also
prepare scrap books collect novels and
magazines, put up 5ellies and jams,
make splints and crutches end innu--
merable other things that are nsces
sary.
For the successful conduct Of the
affairs Of the Red Cross every bit Of
this work is absolutely necessary
Some one has to DO It or our soldiers
will suffer many discomforts. And
the men in the trenches may be as
sured that 1t is not going 10 be left un-
done and that behind them there is an
army Of 100000 true blue American
school children devoting their labor 10
the work of the American Red Gross.