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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
One HUNDRED MERCIFUL MILLIONS
By HERBERT KAUFMAN

0NE Hundred Millions for the Red Cross and not one
penny of it for red tape.
The mightiest charity, the noblest and broadest
volunteer movement of history.
The Red Cross shares no enmitieS, serves no flag but its
own. 1t is Gods agent, His healing, merciful wil-the
answer OF twenty ever-gentler centuries to red barbaVsm.
Twelve million orphan children are wandering about
Europe-twelve million frightened little boys and terrorized
little girls, sent adrift to sob alone and perish in the wastes
to live like swine and die like ours, unless magnificent
America ranSoms them from death-and worse.
How many of your plying dollars will search the desc
lationS and save them for Tomorrow's works
The Red Cross needs another Hundred Million, to CLEAN
the battle areas for this precious seed before it rots in mind
and body-before grief and horror and disease and unre-
straint irrevocably blight them.
One Hundred Millions to prevent famine and stihe peSti-
lence, to stamp out hideous tevers, to check an earth-wide
wave of tuberculosis, to destroy shuddering flths where
verminouS plaques feed and breed and threaten all the uni
verse.
One Hundred Millions to found hospitals and build rest
stations, to send nurses to the Front and refugees back, to
forward surgical units and furnish artificial limbs, to buy
medicines and operating instruments, to re-educate the mutt
lated and show the blind where Hope still shines.
One Hundred Millions to maintain communication with
detention camps, to provide war prisoners with food and
decencieS, to take messages out and bring letters in, to
negotiate comforts and privileges for the captured, to buy
blankets for them and clothes and books and tobacco.
One Hundred Millions for No Mans Land-for stretchers
and ambulances, for aneStheSia and bandages and anti
septics; to train nurses and OrderlieS, to outfit and transport
skilled specialists, to make sure that a dear one shall have a
clean, sweet cot and a sweet, clean girl from home beside it.
One Hundred Millions to keep the world sound and
wholesome. while the armies of Justice hold it safe.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
7. R. TO GET SHELL
THAT HIT HIS son
Captain Roosevelt Who Was In Hos
pitaI, LaudS Red Cross.

Capt. Archibald Roosevelt, who re-
Gently was injured and nursed back to
health in a Red Cross hospital In
speaking Of the Red Cross work, Is re-
ported as having said:
esThe Red Cross is doing everything
possible for us. I cannot say too much
In appreciation Of their efforts, which
make Us feel as If we were back home.
It IL a great comfort to US fellows In
hospitals, and If our folks gcONad see
the way we are being taken care OF
they would stop worrying"
The Red Cross chaplain in this par
ticular hospital happens to be Doctor
Billings of Groton, Mass, who taught
Captain Roosevelt at the Groton
school. The Red Cross shopping serv'
ice in the hospital has been commits
stoned by Captain Roosevelt to obtain
a new uniform for him to replace the
one which was torn to pieces when he
was wounded by fragments of a Ger
man shell.
The piece Of Shrapnel which wound
ed Captain Roosevelt will be present
ed to Captain Roosevelt's father, Col
Theodore Roosevelt
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
WHAT IS WORSE
THAN WAR?
Consumption -Four Times Mere
Deadly Than Bombs and
Machine Guns.

Pierre Hamp, q French medical aH-
thority, estimates that Of the SS,OOO.-
600 people Of all ages still living in
France 100000 must die of tubercu-
losis. The war will have killed about
100000. This means that man with
all Of his inventiveness is far less eff
Gent than Nature as a man killer.
There have been over 100000 new
cases Of consumption in France since
the war began. This is why, despite
the number of new hospitals, there ia
still not sufficient space available for
tuberculosis cases.
The Question Of Pensions. >
Or course first consideration Is ac-
corded to the ever popular wounded
men. Therein lies the tragedy of the
consumptive soldier. With the new
cases coming in daily from the
trenches the consumpti7es are not
as helpless Is the wounded e
When discharged from the army the
severely wounded are allowed a pen-
sion by the government. The cone
sumptiveS, however, receive no allow
ance unless they can prove that their
illness is entirely due to their service
in the army. This is not an easy thing
to do, and consequently comparatively
few consumptives receive govern
mental assistance.
Until the American Red Cross began
to extend its aid the plight Of most Of
these men vas often pitifuL When
discharged from the hospital they are
given certain instructions which would
eventually bring them back to health
But conditions are hard. They are
usually unable to earn much and so do
not get proper or even sufficient our
ishment. Very often they are In no
condition to look after themselves, still
less to safeguard the health Of 9TH
ers. To meet this difficulty local COM
mtttees have been formed to look after
the discharged patients and see that
they do not pass on their disease t0
members Of their families. The task
ls well nigh hopeless. EVENT. proper
living quarters are to be had santa
ton and hygiene cannot be taught
overnight They sleep In air tight
rooms, kiss their babies, drink out Of
the same cups and s the same towels
as the rest Of their families.
In spite Of these appalling dimcuE
ties, however. the rapid spread Of the
disease must-simply must-be check
ed. Even to attempt this would be an
impossibility without the tremendous
facilities and aid Of the American Red
Cross. No other agency could cOn-
ceivably face, much less hope to ae
complish. such a task.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
HOT DRINKS FOR
TIRED FIGHTERS
The Red Cross Rolling
Canteen

In SIX months the American Red
Cross supplied a million French poilua
with hot coffee. tea, chocolate, bouillOnI
at the time they needed it most-just
as they were entering the communica"
ton trenches for q tour Of duty under
boche fire or coming out, tired and
worn, after their grueling vigil e
you were dragging the tiredest pair
OF feet In France through the mud
and IF you were greeted by q CHEEKY
voice and a steamlng pint OF beef tea,
wouldn't 1t be "a grand and glorious
feelin'? Oh, boyT"
Now, this 10 the work Of the "ron
ing canteen," and some day q KpitnG
will sing "the story Of the AnkS"-
tanks Of broth and bOuiElO0 that the
Red Cross Special Front Line Serv"
Ice" tundles up 70 the lines. The
Military Sanitary Service supplies the
wagons and utensils. The Red Cross
unit does the work. It supplies these
hot drinks at o cost Of so francs ($1O(
per thousand men. a cent apieceI -r-
Think Of that-the penny your little
girl sends the Red Cross can buy q big
hot cheering drink. q good natured
greeting, for a Nghting man who de&
perAteIy needs Just that One pennyG
Red Cross Rolling Canteens to the
number Of Is are now behind the lines
In continuous service. Their crews
are exposed to shell fire and often
have to put on gas masks.
Eugene Hale, brother of United
States Senator Hale, served six
months with a rolling canteen in
France, and he says:
"While the men are glad to have the
hot drinks, their chief satisfaction con-
sists in the sense this service gives
them of a friend being there with q
helping hand in a critical hour"
And now the American army has
asked the Red Cross to maintain this
front line service directly In touch
with Tie medical relief stations near
est the Yankee front and this the Red
Cross Is eager to do.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
Children Herded
= 3<s- In Dirty DiIapidated Building
n.-.- Typical Red Gross Case

An ofncial Of q FreRch city that was
being filled with gas bombs by the
Germans found himself confronted
with the problem Of looking after $50
children. He telegraphed the Ameri-
can Red Cross in Paris for help. Fiji
teen trained workers were rushed to
the relief of these children.
Here is what the Red Cross workers
found: Twenty-one tiny babies under
one year old and 729 children under
eight years. They were herded in an
old, dirty, unfinished building, with
out a suggestion of sanitary conven-
fence. 1t was the best and safest the
French official could find at such a
moment but you would not think 1t fit
for a dog.
And here Is what the American Red
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
NURSES PRETTY
Red Cross Hospital Uniform
Most Becoming in His
tory Of World.

I'm O recen news letter from the
front the war correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North. American helps to
explain the song, I'm in Love With q
Beautiful Nurse"
"There are g. Red Cross nurses at
this place." says the dispatch. "They
are cheerful, obedient, brave and COM
petent. And those who weren't pretty
to begin with became 50 the moment
they donned the uniform that Is the
most becoming in all the long history
Of costumes devised for the mystifca-
ton and beguiling Of men.
"In the officers ward was q colonel
with bronchitis. I've seen them in the
Philippines, and I've seen them I'm Chi
na,' he told me. 4 suppose I've seer
about all the existing types, but I new
er yet saw one that wasn't pretty In
side Of "a hours
"He reminded me Of an Irish Tom
my, who, so his major told me, woke
up in a hospital in 1919 and, seeing the
nurses In the ward, exclaimed, May
the hOwly Virgin bless US, but the an
gels have come down to the Somme T."
Hundreds OF Red Cross nurses, how
ever, are doing work abroad in which
their looks are less eagerly considered.
Finding and caring for wal orphaned
babies, fighting tuberculosis, re-estab-
fishing homes in shell wrecked villages
these are some Of the big tasks of
mercy which, thanks to American con-
tributions, the Red Cross sets for it's
nurses.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16

Sumptive germs. We have n hospital
Of so beds for children In EVian. These
are reserved for the children who are
too i'll to take farther. Then our Red
Cross has q convalescent hospital out
side the town and yet another In a
nearby village. 1t also keeps six am
balances busy transporting sick wom-
en- and children. Yet even then, the
strain upon our workers Is so great
that for eight long months one Ameri-
can nurse has had to look after 120
beds.
We, through our American Red
Cross, are doing great things toward
defeating the Kaiser in his efforts to
urn France into a graveyard, but we
have just started, and u duty de-
mands that we work fast and without
ceaSinG.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
Way THE RED CROSS HAS TAKEN
TO DEFEAT THE KAISER'S GAME
boo Ragged, Sick and Homeless People Are
Daily Dumped at Evian.

shipments. He simply dumps them In
Evian, on the French-SwisS border.
If it not for the American Red
Cross the task Of caring for these
starved, ragged, sick, homeless, ter
rOrized men, women and children
would be more than the French govern
ment could handle. But our American
Red Cross is making heroic efforts to
defeat the Kaiser's aim to fill France
with consumpt1ves. Trained Red Cross
workers are at the receiving station at
Evian. They first separate those
showing signs Of tuberculosis from
those who are only starving Of have
some other disease.
It is just like the tender care Of
u Red Cross to give particular at
tentfon to the babies and children to
whom the kindly Kaiser has fed con
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
WHAT HOME SERVICE
HAS DONE FOR ME-

My husband enlisted over a year
ago. Shortly after he went away our
twelve-year-Old boy had the measles.
After his recovery his school teacher
complained about his conduct. At
home he was nerVOuS and irritable.
When 1 called at the Red Cross to find
cut how ! could secure an increase in
allowance because of our newly born
babe I told them Of my trouble with
Harry. On their advice I took him to
an oculist, who said glasses were need
ed Immediately because of the-weak-
ened condition Of the eyes following
measles. He no longer cause trouble
at home or at school.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16

Cross workers did In two days: They
thoroughly cleaned and transferred to
new buildings outside the city the en-
tire $50 children. Red Cross doctors
attended the sick nurses were secured
for the babies. Suitable food, was pro-
vided for all, and they were so CLASH.
fed as to provide against the separa.
ton of families also ar organization
for the permanent care of these chill
dren, including their education, was
started and has since been put into
operation.
So much for the $50. But how about
the thousands upon thousands of 9TH
ers. Right now the little children of
France are at your doors crying for
food, shelter, protection against Ger
man brutality and dying as they cry.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16

the first onslaught of the Huns,
! the French were able to with
their invasion, the Kaiser Sc
q gOOdly section Of France.
the captured cities and villages
luired many thousands of French
E to all the rules Of Teutonic
ncy, the noble German worked
FarVed these French close to the
Of death, then saw to it that an
Esive number of them Caught"
fulosis and finally sent these poor
; back to burden France.
as taken the Kaiser from two to
years to suck the healthy blood
the veins Of these sturdy rural
p but now he Is sending them
4 the rate Of about 1000 q day.
Aalser never announces these
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
lam the Red Cross
HENRY PAYSON DOWST
with acknowledgment to Robert b. Davis,
author Of II Am the Printing PreSS.")

I am the Symbol Of the pity Of God.
I burgeon upon the Haunting banner of victory and the
dropping guidon Of defeat. .
I am the token Of peace in the midst of battle, of gentle
ness shining through the sombre mists of hate.
I am q chevron ON the sleeve of mercy, an honor mark
set high upon the brow of compassion.
Iam the color Of blood spilled for democracy, the form Of
Christs tree of agony, and my followers, at need,
cruelty themselves to make men live.
/ carry the hope of life into the red pits of death, andza
dying soldier salutes me and smiles as he goes to
touch the hand of God Almighty.
stand for the organized love of mankind, the c~o=ordinat-
ed Impulses of young and old to do good, the sacred
efficiency Of human service.
mark the flag under which are modified the forces of
industry and finance, of church and school, of
capital, of labor, of genius and of sinew.
I am Civilizations Godspeed to those who defend her; l
am the message from home.
I am the Symbol of the pity of God. .
I AM THE RED CROSS. - r.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16
DMANCE GONE
Fncy Kills Sentiment as
achine Makes Socks
N Is Minutes.
BY RUTH DUNBAR,


snowy white your fingers look
the scarlet wOol!" was the
e speech Of grandfather when
paying suit to grandmother,
history Is correct, never al
AtIe things like love and court
distract her mind one minute
per knitting.
modern young man is robbed Of
ppOftunity to make these pretty
g, Tor the wool is no longer
out khaki. Worse yet, the
sits before a cold, steel ma
~uu srinds off socks in, as many
az II takes hours to knit them.
u What efficiency does to rO-
1s various Red Cross workrooms
"e" 1ork County Chapter there
Fatly seventy-Hve sock machines.
81 s1ese are in the model work
~EastThirty-eighths street and
sus6 have been ordered are held
"SWc conditions. Here instruc.
~Cn the use Of the machine to
ross workers.
FOnplete pair of socks can ha
NE machine in % minutes.
tnlne looks like a cross between
Sckle and a pile driver. The
mfeads it through the arm and
70 the threader. The body
Iaenine is a circle of needles
~e ends like crochet hooks.
\ .S also are made on the sock
me strips sewed together and
hug at top and bottom knitted
the machines in the Rec
Nv VIAfooms there are many
ForL pIIEate individuals or group!
b tn = at home and donate the re
fo, He Ked Cross. In a famil,
uh Instance, four or five womer
Oseener and buy a machine
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-16

There are Is divisions of the Red
Cross in the United States. There is
a complete organization at each diyi-
sion, with a great warehouse for the
collection and shipment Of all kinds Of
Red Cross supplies,
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
REPUTATION IS
 RESENTED BY THE
 OXFORD FACULTY

LONDON, Aug. 20.-A memorial asking for the promotion of tenn perance in Oxford which was pre- sented to the University authorities has been resented by them on the ground that it's insinuation that there was need for greater temper ance was untrue. The memorial was signed by 731 persons, of whom 566 were graduates of Oxford.
 In reply the authorities declined ito receive or discuss a memorial which implies that drunkenness has been prevalent at Oxford of late and that the influence of the Uni versity has not been used in favor of temperance They added that "such insinuations are unwarrant- able and insulting"
 The drinking customs of English Universities are surprise to Amer jeans who encounter them for the first time. Students have beer GUS tomarily with their meals in the college commons, and wines if they want them and can afford them. Drinking port after dinner by the dons and undergraduates is an old and generally followed custom. The "Freshers' wines" to which the pe- titioners objected are drinking par tics held in the students rooms, which are also a recognized custom of the universities
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
ISLANDERS ARE DOING WELL WITH
 ARMENIAN FUND

DOUGLAS, Aug. 22.-The island fund for the Armenian Relief, says the Island publicity committee, has passed the $200 mark, and still more money is needed The drive will close next Saturday evening. All of those who are not on the list are asked to please rush to the Palace of Sweets, the First Territorial Bank or the Treadwell Store and sub scribe. Over 2,500000 people are starving. Help is needed for them. People who have plenty in Alaska can hardly realize what few cents or few dollars will do towards sav- ing lives of children and refugees who are denied common food to keep them alive Thus far no appeal in Alaska has gone unheeded.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
Juneau Boy at the Fighting Front Enjoys a Real Family Meal with
 French People.
MAID DROPPED PLATE
He Wanted to Laugh, but Didn't; the Americans Are Not Fond of
 the Germans.

Letter from Craig Condit, whose address is: U.S.P.O. 701, St. Nazaire, France.
 July z, 1918.
 Dear Mother:
 1 am starting Sunday morning right by writing to you, the first thing before work begins. The fresh morning breeze is wandering in through the bars on our windows. I'm not in jail, this used to be an old French Government building and has bars over the windows.
 I believe I told you something of my trip the Fourth. l went to La Baule, a French summer resort of some note and we had a beautiful time 1 saw several with tennis racquets and would have liked to get in the games. The men were were certainly enjoying themselves. Of course we cannot shed our uni forms even to follow style. A French soldier can wear white serge trousers as a part of his uni form and their blue uniforms look very well this way.
 The beach at LaBaule is wonder ful and the little French beach shelters line it for over mile. There are several grand hotels and fine villas extend along the Boule- yard la Darlu for a long way. much appreciated this trip.
 I must tell you of the fine supper I had the other night. The Amer jeans we know Cred and D invited us out to supper. It is the first time I have eaten at family table for eight months and things did sure taste good. They have lived so long in France they have the French habits of eating. They start with some sort of skinned sardine, as near as I could make out. This is served as a "teaser.' ' We told them not to have any meat as it is hard to get over here and we have meat every day in the army. Then came the Russian sal ad I do not know what the in- gradients were, but if they served Russian salad in the army, the jot would not be half bad. Oh, for got the soup. It was fine, from fresh beans, just out of the garden Toasted bread was brought in at in tervals all through the meal.
 The French maid was very nerv- Ious because of two Americans to dinner. She dropped plate, and from the way she blushed I imag- inc it is terribly poor form to drop things, if you are a maid. l would have liked to have laughed at her,
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22

but with a regard to the proprie- family training honor @ I for bore
 When it is all said it is really the desert that makes the meal, and Mrs Terry did not fall down here, either. We helped make the de- sert, so we knew what to look for First. sliced oranges were laid down, just so. in the dish. Then, all around the edge and in the center, were red and white currants and cherries. Over this was poured a syrup called Mericno, or something like that and on top, sprinkled su- gar. Go, la, la, la. is the correct French to use on such occasions.
 The first contingent of German prisoners, taken by Americans, has arrived here. It would do you good to see them although some of them are mere boys, in fact appear to be children. One of our checkers traded a plug of tobacco to one of them for his identification tag and it gave 1899 as the year of his birth and they all look that young. Of course many are older. It takes the American guards to make them step around The boys guarding them have seen the front and have no particular love for the Germans. I saw d couple of prisoner hesitate about doing what the guard wanted done. He showed them uuire force fully that he was not joking. The prisoners are taken care of at that
 The salmon berries ought to be ripening by this time. Two years ago today I was up on the noun tains four miles back of Thane, vis- iting the McClellans. We caught a fine lot of trout that day-over a hundred. We spent the Fourth in Juneau. Father came clear over ta Douglas to get his flag that Merle and borrowed to decorate the "Souci" Cor whatever it was) io- tel with. He will remember that pe took 1t off the front porch ano how great his surprise was to find Il missing.
 I have about drained the week gossip, so will close.
 Your son,
 CRAIG CONDIT.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
ALIEN ENEMIES ARE
 WOUNDED BY GUARD
 AT CAMP FIT. DOUGLAS

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 22. Fort Douglas shot and wounded sev- en alien enemy inmates who refused to obey orders and disperse.
 They attacked him with stones.
 The prisoners have been in surly mood since a tunnel which they had been digging to make their escape was discovered under a building last Tuesday night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22

orders taken ana filled for rsne or embossed visiting cards, nvitattons announcements and oth. r @olety and professional stat tonery
 h'nnt-o prtntnR tonln-a-
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
HELP! HELP!

TREADWELL, Aug. 22.-Gabe Paul the popular manager of the grocery department of the Treadwell Store, is looking for some kind hearted per son to act as keeper for a gentle and peaceful cow Mir Paul says that the only fault the COW has is a fondness for conservation gardens, and would be glad if any one could suggest way to keep this wander ing bovine at home.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
OUT ON JEFFERSON

DOUGLAS, Aug. 22.-The outgoing passengers on the Jefferson from Douglas and TreadWell were MT. and Mrs. Ben Schramm and Theresa Kunde for Seattle and R. G. Way land for Wrangell.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
PETER JOHNSON JR. HOME

DOUGLAS, Aug. 22-Peter John son, youngest son of MT. and Mrs. Pete Johnson, came home last night on the Admiral Schley, from Cor dova. Pete has been at the West
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
CANNERY RUNNING AGAIN

DOUGLAS, Aug. 22.-The Douglas cannery received load of fish on the North Star yesterday and is again operating full blast. So far MT. Keegan has put up about 1000 cases, and expects to put up at least two thousand more before the sea son closes.