Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
no i:NFECTtTIONS or
FtNORS IN THIS GIVING

But when YOU give something .,
your heart, something OF your soul.
something Of Yourself goes with the
gift, particularly when il * given in
such form that j, never comes back
hy way Of direc; benefit TO yourself
You know there is the old cynical de.
nuitiou OF gratitude ~ the lively cx-
pectation OF favors TO come" Well.
there j. no expectation OF favors 10
come in this Kind OF giving. These
things are bestowed in order that the
world may be litter place 10 live in.
;hnt men may be succored that homes
may be restored. that suffering may
he relieved, that the face OF the earth
may have the blight OF destruction
taken away from il and that wher
ever force goes there shall 60 mercy
and helpfUlness.
And when YOU give. give absolutely
all that YOU can spare and don't con-
slider yoursel: liberal in the giving.
II YOU Sivc with self-aduiation YOU are
not giving at all YOU are giving TO
your own vanity. bu, If YOU give unit.
it hurts. then your hearts blood goes
into u.
Ana think what we have here. We
cali IL the American Red Cross. but
il is merely a branch OF great IN
icrnational oieaEizatiou. which is not
only recognized by the statutes o:
each Of tho civilized governments Of
q,
tcrnatioual agreement and treaty as
the recognized and accepted !nstrH-
mcnt alike OF mercy and succor. And
one OF tae deepest stains that rests
uron the reputation OF the German
army is that they have not respected
the Red Cross.
Thni goes TO the root of tho matter.
Thcy have not respected the instru-
mentality they themselves participated
Mn setting up as the ching which no
man wa, to touch because it Was III"
expression of common humanity. We
are members, by being mSnbcrS OF
the American Red Cross. OF a srea,
fraternity and comradeship, which cN-
tends ALI over the world. and this cross
which IL csc ladies bore to-day is an
emblem Of christianity itself.
FOR SERVICE or SOLDIERS
As WELL. As CIVILIANS
II 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 Il great caEerness 10
End out the most serviceablc thing 10
do. busy with a forsetfulness Of all
the old frivolities of their social rela-
tionships, ready TO curtail the duties
OF the household in order that they
may contribute to this common work
that all their hearts boCOlnc acQudliI-
ed with each other When you think
Of this. YOU realize how the people OF
L. United states are being drawn to-
Ecther into a great intimate family
whose heart is being used for the SER
vice OF the soldiers not only. but for
the service of civilians, where they
suffer and are lost in a maze of dis
trcSs and distractions. And YOU have
then this noble picture OF justice and
mercy as the two servants of liberty.
For only whore men are free do they
think the thoughts OF comra deship:
only where they are free do they think
the thoughts Of sympathy; only where
they are free are they mutually hcfp-
full: only where they are free do they
realize their dependence upon ono an
other, and their comradeship in a COM
mon interest and common necessity
l.heard story the other day that was
ridiculous. but 1t is worth repeating
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