The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-06-08

place to live in; that men may be sue
cored; that homes may be- restored ;
that suffering may be relieved; that
the face Of the earth may have the
blight of destruction taken away from
1t, and that wherever force goes there
shall go mercy and helpfulness.
"And when you give. give absolutely
all that you can spare, and don't con-
slider yourself liberal in the giving. If
you give with self-adulation. you are
not giving at all. you are giving to
your own vanity; but II you give until
1t hurts, then your heart blood goes
into II.
"And think what we have here. We
call ii the American Red Cross, but IL
Is merely a branch of great interna-
tional organization, which Is not only
recognized by the statutes of each Of
the civilized governments of the world.
but II Is recognized by international
agreement and treaty as the recOnized
and accepted instrument of mercy and
succor.
"And one of the deepest stains that
rests upon the reputation of the Ger
man army Is that they have not res
pected the Red Cross.
Cross Emblem of Christianity.
'"That goes to the root of the matter.
They have not respected the instru-
mentality they themselves participated
In setting up as the thing which no
man was to touch. because Ii was the
expression of common humanity.
"We are members, by being members
Of the American Red Cross, of a great
fraternity and comradeshlp which ex-
tends all over the world, and this
cross which these ladies bore today Is
an emblem of Christianity itself.
ut fills my Imagination, ladies and
gentlemen. to think of the women all
over this country who are busy to-
night and are busy every night and
every day doing the work of the Red
Cross; busy with great eagerness to
find out the most serviceable thing to
do; busy with forgetfulness of all
the old frivolities of their social :ela-
| tiOnships, ready to curtail the duties
of the household in order that they
may contribute to this common work
that all their hearts are engaged In.
and In doing which their hearts be-
come acquainted with each other.
Drawn Into Great Family.
"When you think Of this you real
lie how the people Of the United States
are being drawn together into great
intimate family, whose heart is being
used for the service Of the soldiers
not only, but the service Of civilians
| where they suffer and are lost in
maze of distress and distractions.
"And you have. then, this noble pic
ture Of justice and mercy as the two
servants Of liberty. For only where
men are free do they think the
thoughts of comandership; only where
they are free, do they think the
thoughts Of sympathy; only where
| they are free are they mutually
helpful only where they are free do
they realize their dependence upon one
| another, and their comradeship In
common interest and common neces-
sity.
II heard a story told the other day
| that was ridiculous, but 1t Is worth re-
peating because 1t contains the germ
Of truth. An Indian was enlisted In the
army. He returned to the reservation
on furlough. He was asked what he
thought of 1t. He said: No much
good; too much salute; not much
shoot Then he was asked: Are you
going backT Yes
"'Well, do you know what you are
fighting forT Yes, me know; fight to
make whole damn world Democratic
party
"He had evidently misunderstood
some innocent sentence of my own.
But, after all, although there Is no
party purpose in 1t, he got 1t right as
far as the word party to make the
whole word democratic in the sense Of
community of interest and of purpose,
and If you ladies and gentlemen could
read some of the touching dispatches
which come through official channels,
for even through official channels
there come voices Of humanity that
are Infinitely pathetic; IL you could
catch some Of those voices that speak
the utter longing Of oppressed and
helpless peoples all over the world to
hear something like the Battle Hymn
of the Republic to hear the feet of the
great hosts of liberty going to set them
free, to set their minds free, set their
lives free, set their children free, you
would know what comes into the heart
of those who are trying to contribute
all the brains and power they have to
this great enterprise of liberty.
81 summon you to the comradeship.
I summon you to say how much and
how sincerely and how unanimously
you sustain the heart Of the world"
The president marched on foot
through Fifth avenue earlier in the
day at the head Of $4,000 soldiers Of
mercy.
Then, standing In the reviewing
stand. he gravely saluted the colors as
the women of the Red Cross filed past.
They marched in seemingly endless
line, bearing their flags as bravely and
wearing their uniforms as proudly as
the nations fighting men.