The Press., 1918-02-28
JUNIOR RED CROSS IS BIG FACTOR
 IN WAR RELIEF
Army of 2O,OOo,0O0 Youthful Workers to Be MobiIized by
 Washington's Birthday.

When the Junior Membership Cam palgn of the American Red Cross ends on WashingtOn's birthday, the public. private and parochial schools of the United States will have been mobilized 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 Lincoln's birthday. It opened amid marked enthusiasm on the part of the pupils and teachers-an enthu- Siasm which has convinced the Red Cross that the movement will be en. tlrely successful.
 Each School to Be Given Charter,
 The campaign is 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 a Junior Red Cross Charter unless all its pupils are included in the blanket enrolment. As a necessary step to the formation of Red Cross Auxiliary the school must raise a fund equivalent to twenty-five cents for each child. This fund may be completed through entertainments or through contributions from outSid- CTS. The impression las 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. Ave cents each to the fund.
 Hundreds of schools in the Atlantic Division have for many weeks been doing war relief work under the su- pervision of the Atlantic Division. One of the principal forms of work has been the preparation of garments for French and Belgian refugee chil- 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- end grades wind balls of yarns for their older sisters 10 knit into sweat CTS, socks and Wristlets. They also wind thread on pieces of cardboard 3 for the convenience of those pupils I who devote their time to making Sew-;1 ing kits for the men in service. 9th. CT children in the lower grades arc \ occupied putting pins in completed d Ie hVrk cardboard for pin balls. =
 The Red Cross has found excellent. workers in the children of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The boys in \ these grades will worE1 ike Trojans. Il They have profound admiration for American fighting men, and anything they can do 10 help them they do with efferv escing enthusiasm. So these boys, for the most part, have been as- signed to the task of making woolly cloth, two and a half inches square, thirty. This cloth can he used by soI4 diers for cleaning aid shining their guns. .. II
 Another useful occupation for school children is the making of puzzles for soldiers. Nothing hangs heavier ou 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 he made by past ing a colored picture on piece of cardboard and cutting 1t into innu merable pieces of all shapes and sizes. The wounded men then try to arrange the pieces properly.
 The Red Cross Junior workers also prepare scrap books, collect novels and magazines, put mp jellies and jams, make splints and crutches and innu. merable other things that are neces- sary.
 For the successful conduct of the l affairs of the Red Cross every bit of | this work is absolutely necessary Some one has to do 1t or our soldiers 1 will suffer many discomforts. And | the men in the trenches may be as- sured that it Is not going to be left un- done and that behind them there Is an | army of 2O,OO0000 true blue American school children devoting their labor to | the work of the American Red Crosa,