The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-20
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the things we send thru the Red
Cross" was another demand.
As I stepped on the boat sailing
for the other side. got Into
crowd Of American hoys-over n
hundred-who were sailors and
members OF the naval flying squad.
ron.
"a. and most OF them were under 20.
They were full OF the very old Nick.
and kept every one on board good
naturcd. even II sea sick as ] was
Every hoy In that crowd was equip
ned with a gray sweater. scarf. hei.
met and wristlcts. and mighty proud
they were to wear them. There is
something about hand.knit gar
ment that sets II apart from the ma
chine product,
Later. when arrived nj our
American training camps In France
and saw our boys. some Of them just
back from the trenches, with the
sweaters showing under their TUNES.
I wished every woman In America
could realize Just how much comfort
these garments were bringing 10
those they loved.
Warns His Heart ~ Well
MY sweater warns my heart as
well as my body" said an American
soldier 20 me. ''for every time pun
II on over my head. think that
some woman must have been think.
Ing Of us over here"
This boy was wearing n sweater.
and helmet under his army hat
kept his ears from freezing. for II
was bitterly cold and nc was dig
cling himself In and cutting hsrbed
wire entangicments on the broad ex'
panse Of fiat country without tree
70 break the icy blasts that swep,
across the miles Of plain that formed
tho American training quarters over
there.
Another boy instseed upon unrorl-
Ing his puttes 20 that he might show
me the hand-kn,t sox. with their red
and blue stripes In the scanned tops.
Since ] came back. ivory time
see y woman knitting socks !
want 10 90 to her and tell her
how ] saw. on Christmas morn
ing nj one Of our largest train
ing camps In France. boys hold
ing their socks to their breasts
and lingering them. much ~ .
child does n beloved RID wagon.
Time after time that morning I
heard the words. Gee. I'm glad !
got these socks. bet Mother knit
these very ones"
Nails second Lie
This camp got hand-kni,ted socks
In It's Red Cross Christmas bag.
Another one OF those damnable
boehe propaganda lies I want 60
nail right here THERE HAS NEW.
Err BEEN A SWEATER SOLD ny
THE RED CROSS TO ANY ONE.
There is not money enough in the
world 10 buy a bit OF knitted wear
from the Rcd Cross. and the hum.
biest American soldier can get IL
freely without price.
can toll you n little story about
that which think will 20 far 20
convince you I know what I am
talking about.
I was Mt training camp Of our sol.
diers. ! was suffering from a terrible
cold II was afterward ut the military
hospital at Gen. PerRhing'a head.
quarters 10 days. but that is another
story.
As brought up Mt Red Cross
warehouse do not think was ever
80 cold in my life. ! had ridden In
an open motor 20 miles across plains
swept by blasts that must have come
straight from the North Pole. my
ears we're white with fros, bite. my
throat WAS raw.
Couldn't Even Beg One
ShiyerlnR In my fur coat. was
taken into this Red Cross warehouse
and shown all tho things that human
minds can conceive for the help and
comfort Of the soldier and those that
war makes needy.
In one Of the compartments I saw
number Of the knitted wooden
scarfs that sou knitters mako over